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"Sealed Pot Challenge 4"
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Just you keep religiously saving all those pennies frasersmum, you'll get there - in time. We all have our dream destinations, but they have to come at the right time - it'll show itself some day you'll see, same as mine will of Canada, though due to health problems the insurers won't a colossal amount!!!
You always know how to make me feel better Sue - I hope you get to Canada, and when we get to Florida (and we will one day) I will remember that its all down to You and Sparky and your fabby thread
Moving on up
SPC #382 ~ £40 banked
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mcjordi wrote:hey gang.. im thinking im gonna have to get a bigger sealed pot as the one i have now is at least half full already
Big 'ed!
That should have read - well done. 
frasersmum123 wrote: »You always know how to make me feel better Sue - I hope you get to Canada, and when we get to Florida (and we will one day) I will remember that its all down to You and Sparky and your fabby thread
Ahhh, thanks frasersmum, tis true though we all have our dreams..need em in fact. However, if we achieve them all too soon - what's to look forward to. Clever little bug... aren't I?
Sue x[/SIZE]Sealed Pot Challenge 001 [/B] SizeGrand Totals of all members[/B] (2008 uncounted) 2009 = £32.154.32! 2010 = £37.581.47! 2011 = £42.474.34! 2012 = £49.759.46! 2013 = £50.642.78! 2014 = £61.367.88!! 2015 = £52.852.06! 2016 = £52, 002.40!! 2017 = £50,456.23!! 2018 = £47, 815.88! 2019 = £38.538.37!!!! :j2025£39,45.16!!!
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Would love to join in with you guys but I hardly ever use cash these days - other than the odd tenner here and there for buying coffee at work and the change from that is then put into my coffee buying pot...
What I have started doing though is clearing my bank account balance down to the nearest fiver each time I check it (which seems to be more or less daily) and sweeping that amount into a separate savings account. It's a bit like the sealed pot thing - just I never actually get my grubby mits on the physical cash!
Anyway, I'm hoping that by doing this I'll be sweeping around £3 to £4 a week into the savings account so will hopefully get in the region of £200 saved up for Christmas next year My posts are my own opinions based on my experiences and info gathered from sites such as this.
They are not a substitute for professional financial advice - but you knew that already didn't you?
VSP 2011 - Member #25 - Started 6th December 2010 - Total As Of 4th May 2011 (21 weeks in!) - £323.67/£500 - So far so good!0 -
I think there is a Virtual Sealed Pot Challenge, pretty much as you described, if it's of interest...
H x:jDebt Free By Xmas 2013 #010 £16,660.26/£16,660.26 100% paid, DFD 25/06/13!:j
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That's brilliant - thanks Helen! I'd completely missed that thread - heading over there now My posts are my own opinions based on my experiences and info gathered from sites such as this.
They are not a substitute for professional financial advice - but you knew that already didn't you?
VSP 2011 - Member #25 - Started 6th December 2010 - Total As Of 4th May 2011 (21 weeks in!) - £323.67/£500 - So far so good!0 -
have added the £1.57 out of my purse into my pot today, haven't got a new sealed tin yet so using old one at moment, till I get home and get a new one that is 0
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I got 3 £2 coins in change today so stuck em in the pot 0
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hi not added much to my pot today only about 50p princess moo born 25/11/2009
Sealed Pot Challenge # 1895 20p Savers Club 2013 # 60
Save £5k in 2013' challenge £0/£5000 #047
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£1.06 in the pot today....5p of which I found lingering on DH's desk............that'll teach him
I love reading how much everyone is saving and what for.....it really helps to keep motivated and not raid the tin!Sealed Pot Challenge (1031) 2012 = 148.17
Virtual Sealed Pot Challenge - 2012 191.39
Emergency Fund: £9798.81/£12,280
2013 Goal: Overpay mortgage: £1745/£6000 (MFW 2013 No 49)0 -
Hi all
Just 40p for me today and to everybody who is trying to claim my loverly road kill (the £20 note) it is safely placed in my sealed tin However my hubby says that I must be good or santa wont come this year So if anybody can tell me the serial number we will ofcourse return it to its rightful owner 0
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