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The "Every Penny's a Prisoner" Thread

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  • freebyfifty
    freebyfifty Posts: 3,189 Forumite
    Chrisblue1962 wrote: »
    Have had a good day - found a total of 23p in change when out and about today. Into the money boxes they go! :)



    Where was this???? Is there any left??? *runs off to get hat and coat* :rotfl:
    Free by Fifty
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    August NSD Challenge 14/15
  • Chrisblue1962
    Chrisblue1962 Posts: 1,203 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    freebyfifty wrote: »
    Where was this???? Is there any left??? *runs off to get hat and coat* :rotfl:

    lol :rotfl:Oh, near where I work...Some days I find nowt!:(
    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
    I let 20p escape today :(

    I went out for lunch with some friends and they had one of those tussles over how much they owed and this 20p went back and forward and back and forward, in the end it just lay in the middle of the table. I was very tempted to grab it and say 'I'll just have it then' but I didn't want to show myself up :o

    So we left and the 20p escaped my clutches :( I am still ruminating about it now :o
    Free by Fifty
    Debt of the Moment -
    August NSD Challenge 14/15
  • Chrisblue1962
    Chrisblue1962 Posts: 1,203 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Freebyfifty

    That 20p is not free...it's out on parole! It will be back....they always come back.

    Found 22p today btw :whistle:but spent £2.50 on lunch - normally have butties :(
    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!!!!"


  • tealady
    tealady Posts: 3,850 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    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.
    Find out who you are and do that on purpose (thanks to Owain Wyn Jones quoting Dolly Parton)
  • boultdj
    boultdj Posts: 5,333 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I seem to have come to a stand still! not found or saved any penny's, but on the plus side I'v not paroled any.
    £71.93/ £180.00
  • freebyfifty
    freebyfifty Posts: 3,189 Forumite
    5000 pennies gained yesterday by selling a bike that has been in my garage for about 2 years. It had never even been out of the box and if it stayed there was never likely to :o so I sold it to someone at work :T

    They went straight into the bank so I wouldn't be tempted to let them escape over the holidays :)

    First prisoners I have taken for ages :)
    Free by Fifty
    Debt of the Moment -
    August NSD Challenge 14/15
  • Chrisblue1962
    Chrisblue1962 Posts: 1,203 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Well Done Freebyfifty !!!
    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!!!!"


  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    Yay to freebyfifty! Fantastic news :j
    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!
    freebyfifty wrote: »
    5000 pennies gained yesterday by selling a bike that has been in my garage for about 2 years. It had never even been out of the box and if it stayed there was never likely to :o so I sold it to someone at work :T

    They went straight into the bank so I wouldn't be tempted to let them escape over the holidays :)

    First prisoners I have taken for ages :)

    Ooo, well done! You're like the new sheriff in town, rounding up the naughty pennies....*wanders away humming the Rawhide theme tune...rollin', rollin', rollin'...*
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