£365 in 365 days

captainspam · 2 January 2010 at 11:20AM

Hi can i join in this please. I did do this last year but only managed to get to £70 then opened the tin as it was needed:o

Hope i do better this year

niksyg · 2 January 2010 at 11:39AM

Have just put a £10 note in as no change anywhere in the house that isn't already in some sort of pot! Will leave putting £1 in a day until 12th Jan as have but the equivalent in already...but will add any extras and keep thread/sig updated....ooooh I love this saving malarky!

kimberley111 · 2 January 2010 at 1:04PM

Count me in too x

BenS1 · 2 January 2010 at 1:47PM

I've made spreadsheet for this as I'm doing something simular to what dippykitty is

. So far £5.37 made since this officially started yesterday (I did have some before, but strictly it doesnt count).

Really looking forward to paying off my overdraft

daisy1973 · 2 January 2010 at 1:56PM

kingfisherblue wrote: »

£2 in my pot so far - it's a treasure chest shaped money box with a wooden owl on the lid and a slot just below the branches. I'm a Brown Owl and this was a present about four years ago - it really encouraged me to save, sad though that may sound!

I've printed off my calendar and have marked off yesterday and today with a forward slash. I'm also doing the NSD Challenge, so I'm using the same calendar for that and will circle any NSDs. I won't keep track otherwise!

A couple of friends have also decided to do this, and I'm thinking of putting 10p a day into piggy banks for each of the kids. They don't really get pocket money as such, so this would be a way to help them learn to save. I think I'd do it until Novemeber for them and then they can buy some inexpensive Christmas presents for immedicate family. What do others think?

Good idea for the kiddies,my friend's mum did something like this last year,saved up her 5ps then the kids could buy their mum etc a christmas present,they really enjoyed being able to do this to,hope that helps you.

snowydogh · 2 January 2010 at 2:15PM

julie_toots wrote: »

Hi, can i join too. Addicted to Diet Coke, 2 x 2ltr a day at least, and i'm gonna give it up . I reckon if i put the money in a sealed pot i should have a great start to 2011.

Oh good luck :beer: - the first week is hell! I was addicted to diet coke - gave it up last week...and the first week of migraines is terrible....after that...its grand!!

snowydogh · 2 January 2010 at 2:19PM

Oooo Count me in too!including the £5 extra savings if we reach the target members! I joined the forum last year, but didn't really use it - I really want to go to New York for my birthday in December, so I'm getting all the hints and advice I can get!

I got around £500 for birthday and christmas - just people giving me 10's and 20's here and there! I'm going to save half of that and put into my savings account as a start for my trip next year!!

Hopefully I will be on here alot (between studing

) and getting advice, help and support from everyone!

skaps · 2 January 2010 at 2:55PM

kingfisherblue wrote: »

A couple of friends have also decided to do this, and I'm thinking of putting 10p a day into piggy banks for each of the kids. They don't really get pocket money as such, so this would be a way to help them learn to save. I think I'd do it until Novemeber for them and then they can buy some inexpensive Christmas presents for immedicate family. What do others think?

I think its a great idea, depending on how old they are, they can do jobs for money that they can use to bump up this saving. You could get them to calculate how much that would work out to be in December so they could plan in advance what they would get people and then do things to make more money if they did not have enough (again this depends on their age)