£365 in 365 days

Snowy_Owl

I've been doing something similar to this. Got engaged two years (jan08) and get married this coming July. We have a big terramundi pot that we've been putting in spare gold/silver coins (change etc). This will be opened just before our wedding as this will be extra spending money for the day & honeymoon. I also have a little penguin mony box that can be opened. In this goes all the bronxe & 5p's. Wehen full, it gets counted up, bagged and changed at the bank and the £1 coins go into the big point (we'll get more in that way). Every week for the past 18 months though, I have been putting my £1 lucky dip money for the lottery and just getting my own regular line. That way I should save @ £100 ish pounds!

Snowy

Pippajo

I'm so excited about this challenge, I'm sure my family will think I'm nuts if I told them i've signed up to it :rotfl:

If they don't know about it can I spend it all on myself at the end of the year :A

Thanks Chicky for starting it,

Pip x

firestronaut

Hi, I think I'll sign up for this.
£1 a day is doable. But I think I'll aim for £300 for the same reasons as you.

Hollypolly

Please can I join too?

Thank you

skintbuthappy81

Could you include me aswell please?? need to save SOMETHING this year!! thanks xx

Preacher1970

I save 1p, 2p & 5p in one of those bit water bottles you get on drink water coolers but its a long way off full. :rolleyes:

415SanFran wrote: »

My biggest problem is that I use them a few times and then get bored with them!

I used to be the same with DVDs from play.com always went for the 50% off etc but tended to watch them once then shelve em, over a year and half I accumulated over 4000 DVDs and by that time there were so many I could never make up my mind and would end up watchin TV instead.

It just dawned on me one day how much money i'd wasted and swore I would always ask myself "Do I need it" before buying anything else on the internet and I havent bought a DVD since (well for gifts I have)..

euronorris

Can I join too please?

As it turns out, OH was given a giant savings tin which will apparantly hold 500 one pound coins. It'll be euro's for us obviously, but still.

euronorris

Oh, oh, how is this going to work? Are we going to post everytime we add money to the pot? Or what? Mmmmm......

savysue123

can i join too please great idea!!

kingfisherblue

I'd like to join as well, please. I already save £2 coins (I'm quite obsessive about them!) and put all 1p, 2p and 5p pieces into a large coffee jar. I then transfer everything into the credit union.

I'm quite good at not dipping into money saved, so I'll use a large coffee jar and every now and then I'll swop some pound coins for a note - then I won't have loads of £1 coins at the beginning of 2011!

I'm also trying the NSD Challenge, as well as continuing to save £2 coins, transferring money not used on DDs to my credit union account, and generally trying not to waste money! So hopefully a good financial start to the next few years!