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The "Every Penny's a Prisoner" Thread

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  • saorsie wrote: »
    100 pennies discovered on the bathroom floor suspecting escape from OH uniform trousers ( btw to clarify this was in the shape of a pound , I reckon he might have noticed if 100 pennies had made a break for freedom :rotfl:)

    -s-


    :rotfl::rotfl:That made me lol !!!
    Free by Fifty
    Debt of the Moment -
    August NSD Challenge 14/15
  • Just took a wander to the post office to post ebay parcels and found a lovely shiney 20p looking for a loving home :)

    I have placed it in my 'dross jar' where it can make friends with all the other re-homed pennies. :)
    Free by Fifty
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  • MsDaisy
    MsDaisy Posts: 104 Forumite
    Hmmm, Longships, I'm struggling with that one too. Like you, I've had a few small wins but nothing to write home about. I can't really afford to do the lottery, but . . . :undecided Maybe a compromise is needed, one lotto and one euro millions ticket a week/month? I might try that, at the moment I can't quite go cold turkey on the thought that it might be me :D
    Sealed pot challenge no 1521

    16/28 lbs. . . . . . . . £2100.85/£2000
  • I made a whole 2 pennies on a survey today. But then I went and spent 896 pennies on food this evening with my friend. I am justifying it as it was for a post break-up moan though!
  • Found 5 pennies today .. in the Phone Box Money Box for you matey!!!

    Plus I found a blank 4GB Sandisk flash drive which still works despite looking as if it has been run over by a car :D

    I need to make an improvised outer case / shell for it, not sure what to use yet. :think:
    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!!!!"


  • freebyfifty
    freebyfifty Posts: 3,189 Forumite
    Good Morning,

    Just found 21 pennies and a half used book of first class stamps in an old purse :)

    My 'dross jar' gets a little bit fuller every day :) and now I don't have to buy stamps to post my Christmas cards :)
    Free by Fifty
    Debt of the Moment -
    August NSD Challenge 14/15
  • I started collecting £2 coins about three months ago because a friend of mine told me that she did this, and it was quite addictive. I was moaning to her the other day that I only had about five £2 coins, and she looked at me in disbelief and said "I collect 2p pieces, not £2 coins"!! So that's why she is so addicted! In five days I have "re-homed" ten 2p pieces, and yes, it is addictive!
  • Wellyboots6
    Wellyboots6 Posts: 2,735 Forumite
    Oooh today is a good day! 300 pennies in petrol vouchers appeared in the post, hopefully a NSD too, and I am picking up a freezer off freecycle this evening. Things are looking up!
  • Not much today - found two pennies at the self service in Tesco.

    As Tesco say "Every Little Helps!" lol :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!!!!"


  • saorsie
    saorsie Posts: 1,905 Forumite
    300 pennies winging their merry way from p*yp@l following a survey yesterday however that will not really compensate for the 1975 pennies that I have just spent on an iPad cover today will it?! :o

    -s-
    Frugal living challenge 2012 live on £8500 ~ £7725.87 remaining
    Make £5/day in 2012 ~ £482.24/£1830 ~ 22.52%
    Proud Member of PAD since January 2010 ~ Total paid to date £11386.64
    Savings Pot for 2012 ~ £772.60/£3000 ~ 23.38%
    Lose 19lbs / Save £2k by 30/04/12 *5/19lbs* £158.72/£2000
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