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The "Every Penny's a Prisoner" Thread
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miss_empty_piggy wrote: »Opened my jail today and counted 1710000 pennies (is that right it was £171) well chuffed. Will go towards the holiday. X
I think you might mean 17100 pennies, unless you saved £17,100 and in that case I wanna know your secret :rotfl:Free by FiftyDebt of the Moment -August NSD Challenge 14/150 -
freebyfifty wrote: »I think you might mean 17100 pennies, unless you saved £17,100 and in that case I wanna know your secret :rotfl:
Oh my goodness, I really wish that I had saved that much but unfortunately not. Thanks for keeping me right!!! x0 -
love the idea of this thread - I love 'finding' pennies and adding them to the pot
#8 £2 Savers Club 2020: £90/£250
#2 Saving for Xmas 2020 £1 a day: £70/£366
#057 Sealed Pot Challenge: £38.75/£150
*Mortgage free & Almost Debt Free*
:A Learning to be a better custodian of Money :A0 -
45pennies 'found' in my daily purse clear out!#8 £2 Savers Club 2020: £90/£250
#2 Saving for Xmas 2020 £1 a day: £70/£366
#057 Sealed Pot Challenge: £38.75/£150
*Mortgage free & Almost Debt Free*
:A Learning to be a better custodian of Money :A0 -
2 big shiny 200 penny Godfathers imprisoned today!!
I think the search is only going to happen in the house today, snow is providing too much camouflage for those pesky outdoor pennies!0 -
90 pennies liberated from daily purse clear out!! xx#8 £2 Savers Club 2020: £90/£250
#2 Saving for Xmas 2020 £1 a day: £70/£366
#057 Sealed Pot Challenge: £38.75/£150
*Mortgage free & Almost Debt Free*
:A Learning to be a better custodian of Money :A0 -
70 pennies found in the bottom of my handbag. They may make a break for freedom later as I am at Zumba though
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5p found in the road....and its now imprisoned in my coin jar:TMFiT-T4 Member No. 96 - 2022 is my MF goal
Winter 17/18 Savings Rate Goal: 25% [October 30%] :T
Declutter 60 items before 31.03.18 9/60 ** LSDs Target 10 for March 03/10 **AFDs 10/15 ** Sales/TCB Target 2018 £25/£500 NSDs Target 10 for March 02/10 Trying to be a Frugalista:rotfl::T0 -
Found a lonely 5 pennies nicely placed on top of a bin while at the cash machine. He's not lonely anymore 0
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Hi all
Managed to squeeze 5 pennies out of my OH as he had a birthday card off me to give to his sister. They cost me 10p each so I told him he could have "mates rates":rotfl:
Best wishes and wrap up warm:wave:
DFWNERD no.1168Rules of Happiness 1)Free your heart of hatred 2) Live Simply 3):jEvery penny's a prisoner
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