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Pay Yourself a Christmas Bonus!

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  • bottleofred
    bottleofred Posts: 2,902 Forumite
    Hi Hummingbird what an excellent idea. I'd like to join please and will go for a bonus of £10 per week.

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  • hummingbird
    hummingbird Posts: 1,522 Forumite
    Welcome to karen and bottle of red!:wave:
    £10 a day extra in May '18[B]£35/310[
    Virtual Sealed Pot 2018 £500/£2500 = 20%
    You can find my diary here:http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5189836:beer:
  • If_My_Pennies_Were_Pounds
    If_My_Pennies_Were_Pounds Posts: 1,202 Forumite
    I have a tin that only gets silver coins put in it, I counted it up over the weekend and it has £19.80 in it so that will be my Christmas Bonus tin!

    Funny thing is that OH leaves the odd 10p or 20p lying around all the time and I pick it up and put it in the tin, therefore the OH is paying my Christmas Bonus :rotfl:
    VSP - £14.76 | Saving for a Deposit
  • hummingbird
    hummingbird Posts: 1,522 Forumite
    If_My_Pennies_Were_Pounds wrote: »
    I have a tin that only gets silver coins put in it, I counted it up over the weekend and it has £19.80 in it so that will be my Christmas Bonus tin!

    Funny thing is that OH leaves the odd 10p or 20p lying around all the time and I pick it up and put it in the tin, therefore the OH is paying my Christmas Bonus :rotfl:


    Sounds good to me ! LOL!:rotfl:
    £10 a day extra in May '18[B]£35/310[
    Virtual Sealed Pot 2018 £500/£2500 = 20%
    You can find my diary here:http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5189836:beer:
  • karen_is_trying
    karen_is_trying Posts: 143 Forumite
    Well the first of my £1.20 is in my jar most of what ive found mooching around house lol tumble dryer tomorrow haha.
    1414-sealed pot challenge :j157-virtual sealed pot challenge:) £10.23..
    £175.73/£280 october grocery challenge:eek: 3/15 NSD October ;)
  • Superbiatch
    Superbiatch Posts: 585 Forumite
    I really like the idea of this as last Christmas nobody except my OH got a present due to me losing hours at work and embarking on a DMP. Thankfully i'd already purchased his helicopter ride in advance and then the company went into administration - but you know Christmas was still nice.

    I do fancy it being a little less stressful this year though, so I'm going to start tomorrow (payday) £1 per day and get one of those cans which you can't open up - thanks for the idea :)
    LBM: 22.12.2010 :j Self-managed DMP start 29.1.2011
    DMP Mutual Support Thread No: 413
  • karen_is_trying
    karen_is_trying Posts: 143 Forumite
    £1.20 jingled all the way to my pot today £2.40/£2.00 whoohoo lol hope everyone is well and lovely weather holds out for a while longer x
    1414-sealed pot challenge :j157-virtual sealed pot challenge:) £10.23..
    £175.73/£280 october grocery challenge:eek: 3/15 NSD October ;)
  • karen_is_trying
    karen_is_trying Posts: 143 Forumite
    Another £1.20 for me today £3.60/£200.00 x
    1414-sealed pot challenge :j157-virtual sealed pot challenge:) £10.23..
    £175.73/£280 october grocery challenge:eek: 3/15 NSD October ;)
  • deanbwfc
    deanbwfc Posts: 22 Forumite
    I already started doing this a couple of months ago, i don't put a set amount in each day/week i just put the silver in from my change, counted up it up yesterday and have just less than £83 so aiming somewhere between £200-250 which will cover all the Christmas presents and maybe a treat for myself. I do actually get a Christmas attendance bonus at work which is worked out at £20 each full month your not off due to sickness and if you have 100% attendance for the 12 months they add £60 to the pot so totalling £300 less tax and n.i, 7 months gone and not been off sick yet so £140 in the bonus pot
  • hummingbird
    hummingbird Posts: 1,522 Forumite
    I like the idea of collecting silver change - might try that!:money:
    £10 a day extra in May '18[B]£35/310[
    Virtual Sealed Pot 2018 £500/£2500 = 20%
    You can find my diary here:http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5189836:beer:
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