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The "Every Penny's a Prisoner" Thread

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  • Knitting_Nora
    Knitting_Nora Posts: 1,450 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    tealady wrote: »
    Hi all
    Every penny a prisoner is going to be my mantra for the New year, great idea and so easy to remember.
    So if you are in a shop aisle where the chocolate is and hear someone muttering "every penny a prisoner" it will be me talking myself out of an impluse buy.

    Chocolate is never an impulse buy - it's just medication in the wrong aisle....it's an essential like fuel and other meds, which is why you don't get the same level of deals as you do on fruit etc.
    :D
  • freebyfifty
    freebyfifty Posts: 3,189 Forumite
    Knitting_Nora wrote: »
    Chocolate is never an impulse buy - it's just medication in the wrong aisle....it's an essential like fuel and other meds, which is why you don't get the same level of deals as you do on fruit etc.

    :D


    :rotfl::rotfl:

    Lets hope we all get over medicated this Christmas :)
    Free by Fifty
    Debt of the Moment -
    August NSD Challenge 14/15
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    Dr Dragon bought me some nut free chocolate truffles, be a shame to waste them ...... :D
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
  • Knitting_Nora
    Knitting_Nora Posts: 1,450 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    The_Dragon wrote: »
    Dr Dragon bought me some nut free chocolate truffles, be a shame to waste them ...... :D

    And it's important to reward the behaviour you want to see in others....appreciating his gift would be an important way to reward such good behaviour....;)
  • FrugalinStrood
    FrugalinStrood Posts: 13 Forumite
    15p down the back of the sofa. My first !!!
    Proud to be debt and mortgage free:j Now working on paying off OH's mortgage by Jan 1st 2014
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    Knitting_Nora wrote: »
    And it's important to reward the behaviour you want to see in others....appreciating his gift would be an important way to reward such good behaviour....;)

    Indeed yes! (even if I am trying to shift 10 stone in weight :o)
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
  • Knitting_Nora
    Knitting_Nora Posts: 1,450 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    FrugalinStrood wrote: »
    15p down the back of the sofa. My first !!!

    Ooo, well done! To the penny prison with them before they escape!!
  • Knitting_Nora
    Knitting_Nora Posts: 1,450 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    20 pennies discovered by the local library this morning....I don't think it matters that I had to dig in the mud for them...nope...nosireebob...

    Nora.x
  • Chrisblue1962
    Chrisblue1962 Posts: 1,203 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Whilst doing some last minute shopping in Liverpool today found change amounting to 10p...got told off by OH..."Only doing my duty ma'm" :rotfl:
    DFW'er - Lightbulb moment : 31st July 2009 - £18,499
    28th October 2019 -     £13,505 - 27% paid off.
    Demolishing my House of Debt.. one brick at a time!! :)
    Thinking of spending???..YNAB says "NO!!!!"


  • Kerfuffle
    Kerfuffle Posts: 1,384 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud!
    Hello freebyfifty, :wave:

    Hi everybody,

    I'm going to join your thread if I may. I've kept seeing the words "Every Penny's A Prisoner" in other people's signatures but I didn't realise it was a thread name, you could say the penny has dropped.

    So I've subscribed to the thread and as you can see from my signature I have some debt to pay off in the year ahead, so I'll pop in when I make payments and hopefully we can encourage each other along.

    Merry Christmas :santa2:
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