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"Sealed Pot Challenge 4"

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  • evening all,
    hope all is well..

    i have put a few quid coins in my jar today along with a few bits of silver and copper.
    ive also found a fiver in my quidco from last year when i delved abit into matched betting, did make £400 in one month, but it is alot of work and time consuming.

    that will be going in once it has been transferred to my account:)
    Old Account Recovered
    Debt at LMB April 2009= £14,980
    Debt free Sometime in November 2013
    £69k left of 90k Mortgage - Overpaying by £270 a month
    Current Savings = £13000
    MSE turned my life around years ago
  • henna123
    henna123 Posts: 135 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    HI - £10 for me in the pot today :) I took money out for shopping, had to buy more than i thought so ended up having to put it on the card anyway!! :( so I put £10 into the tin as I KNOW if there is over £10 lying around the house hubby will want to order a takeaway! good job he doesnt know whats in there already! thats £20 in notes gone in so far along with the coins so looking ok at the minute :)

    P x x
    Make £10 a day Feb £ /£280
  • Kerfuffle
    Kerfuffle Posts: 1,384 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud!
    Morning everyone,

    Had a rubbish weekend. Have had a migraine and still feel shattered today. So nothing in the pot as I am just going to laze about today.

    XLC2

    <<Hugs>> to you. Hope you're feeling better soon.
    Hi

    I'd like to join please? Newbie of 2 days and read some of the posts with interest whilst suffering with a chest infection. 2 days in bed is a great way to prioritise your debts.

    My target for Christmas 2011 is £100.

    Thanks

    Queen Goomba

    Welcome Queen Goomba, hope you're feeling better soon too. Two days in bed is a great way to prioritise your debts. just make sure you put your intentions into actions when you get out of bed.:rotfl:

    Well done everybody for 'clunking' pennies/ pounds into your pots, and also for the silent paper deposits! There's some awesome amounts going in them.

    Toodles
  • ruby_eskimo
    ruby_eskimo Posts: 4,829 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Hi everyone! Back from Prague and I'm now engaged! So excited, I'm telling everyone! Anywho, I put £12 into my pot just before I left and will be putting £100 in it tomorrow after I've changed my left over money back into sterling! Hope everyone had an awesome weekend!
    Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £
    LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000
    Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 2017
  • Hi everyone! Back from Prague and I'm now engaged! So excited, I'm telling everyone! Anywho, I put £12 into my pot just before I left and will be putting £100 in it tomorrow after I've changed my left over money back into sterling! Hope everyone had an awesome weekend!

    Congratulations . Now when's the wedding and are we all invited. X
    Sealed pot (2010) no: 878 £719.60 :jCompleted
    Sealed pot(2011) no: 878 £2323.56 :j Completed
    SPC 7 no:233
    Lets fill those tins :grouphug:
  • ruby_eskimo
    ruby_eskimo Posts: 4,829 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    fishcakes wrote: »
    Congratulations . Now when's the wedding and are we all invited. X

    Thank you! The wedding won't be till 2013 I think. And you're invitation will be in the post!
    Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £
    LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000
    Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 2017
  • Hales
    Hales Posts: 860 Forumite
    Hi everyone,

    Sorry I was useless this year at keeping in touch - can I please sign up for next year??

    How is everyone?

    Hales
    xx
    Official Dribbler :D
    This is the year to #getfit
  • Hey hope everyone's had a good weekend :)

    Took £10 out on the way to work to pick up some bits for the office so the change I reclaimed from petty cash has landed in the tin now I'm home. Then another £10 out to pick up a couple of bits for dd's school party tomorrow, change now added to the tin also ... quite a few gold ones too!

    My first year of SPC so I'm super excited to see how much I can manage x
    * SPC Member #1094 * VSPC Member #33 £35.08*
    CC Challenge Member #31 £000/£500 spent
    Quit Smoking after 5 failed attempts - July 2010 :A
    Personal test of willpower for 2011 .......
    '"I will not spend my Clubcard or Nectar Points"
  • To Sue-UU and other SPC members...

    Thanks very much - have started my sealed pot with a rather magnificent £78.52...I knew I had a few coins tucked away in an old gift box to start me off, but until I counted yesterday, didn't realise quite how much!!

    Also found ~45 euros that I'd tucked away from a holiday 18 months ago...nice one!!
    MBNA £0/3200 Capital One £0/£1500 Overdraft £0/£1650 Barclaycard £0/£5000 Natwest £0/£3500 Goldfish £0/£6500 RBS £0/£7000 Car loan £0/£6800 Student loan ~£8200
    Debt-free: end of November 2011 (excluding student loan)
    Sealed Pot number:
    1100
    Virtual Sealed Pot 2012: 31
  • Hi everyone! Back from Prague and I'm now engaged! So excited, I'm telling everyone! Anywho, I put £12 into my pot just before I left and will be putting £100 in it tomorrow after I've changed my left over money back into sterling! Hope everyone had an awesome weekend!

    Congratulations - will it be a MSE wedding or an all out bash?
    Moving on up :o SPC #382 ~ £40 banked
    12k in 2016 #15. £541.91/£3000
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