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Best Coin Forward Challenge (Formerly "Bear Essentials")

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  • coffee-break_2
    coffee-break_2 Posts: 270 Forumite
    Bet that £1 coin made a lovely clinking sound when you dropped it in the pot, emsikins :D.

    Well, whoopie! a shiny 5p in the pot today lol.
    Sealed Pot Challenge member no:918
    NSD     VSP member no 52
    £365 in 365 days
    Debt £5000, started DMP with CCCS Feb 2010
  • newlywed
    newlywed Posts: 8,255 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    £1 for me yesterday plus a 1p as I'm using my coppers pot ;)
    working on clearing the clutterDo I want the stuff or the space?
  • scotmumof3
    scotmumof3 Posts: 1,951 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Hi everyone this is a great idea can I join PLEASE !! Got made redundant 5th Jan so belt has had to be tightened so much it's cutting off circulation but thems the breaks eh! Last night looked in purse and put a nice shiny £1 in my jar emptied all the coppers too about 30p so thats not a bad start would have wiated to 1st Feb but no patience.
    Debt free as of 29.10.2020 🎉😁
    SPC #73 Feb NSD 0/20
  • painted_lady
    painted_lady Posts: 1,020 Forumite
    500 Posts
    I challenge myself similar to this. At the end of the day I put anything 20p or lower into a loose change pot,occasionally I throw in a 50p. I also put £1 into a sealed pot on a regular basis, which I will only open when full.
    As it is the end of the month, I am going to go count my loose change pot. Its amazing how soon the pennies add up, especially when you bung the odd 50p in.
  • Sarah2490
    Sarah2490 Posts: 266 Forumite
    £1 for yesterday and another £1 for today :j

    Another £2 today so I am now over my shock of spending one!
    Crazy unorganised mum in need of help!
    NSD = 0/42 - July Shopping Challenge = 0/£40
    Debt - 0/£4k (estimate)
  • VALM
    VALM Posts: 5,954 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    If you are running this challenge for Feb as well I'd like to join please. Always looking at ways to save more cash.
    Back for the No Buying Toiletries challenge. I pledge to only buy when I run out of a product that is not already in my stash no matter what wonderful emails land in in my Inbox or threads I read on MSE re: glitches!

    SPC Member 046
    £2. Challenge member 55
  • scotmumof3
    scotmumof3 Posts: 1,951 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    50p for me today not too bad was hoping for £1 but DD had youth club never mind maybe tomorrow;)
    Debt free as of 29.10.2020 🎉😁
    SPC #73 Feb NSD 0/20
  • coffee-break_2
    coffee-break_2 Posts: 270 Forumite
    I'm so broke - only 5p today and 1p going into the 'coppers' pot :).
    Sealed Pot Challenge member no:918
    NSD     VSP member no 52
    £365 in 365 days
    Debt £5000, started DMP with CCCS Feb 2010
  • emsikins
    emsikins Posts: 121 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Evening all, good to have a few more join us. Welcome scotmumof3 and VALM! Great to have you join us... VALM I'm planning on doing this for a while still so look forward to hearing how you get on!

    A good £1 again for me (payday wasn't long back so I'm managing to keep a few!) and only two days left before I can get that money box open and count up! It would be good if people can post their totals at the end of the month and I'll update the front post to show how much everyone is saving this way.

    I've also updated the front page and have changed the name of the group - somehow "Bear Essentials" didn't seem quite right anymore - it was ok for me as my money box was a bear but for others the title doesn't give much away. I figured "Best Coin Forwards" worked a lot better?!! Hope that's ok with everyone else?!
    Total debt at LBM... £16,815.02 :eek:
  • VALM
    VALM Posts: 5,954 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Hi and thanks for the warm welcome. Will play catch up from yesterday so that's 2 x 20p and 1p in the coppers as well. x
    Back for the No Buying Toiletries challenge. I pledge to only buy when I run out of a product that is not already in my stash no matter what wonderful emails land in in my Inbox or threads I read on MSE re: glitches!

    SPC Member 046
    £2. Challenge member 55
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