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The "Every Penny's a Prisoner" Thread

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  • hp48910
    hp48910 Posts: 216 Forumite
    No pennies discovered today. Although I thought I had but they were ones I hadn't 'banked' from yesterday. Still, it gave me a little buzz, until I realised!

    I'm hooked on this!
    Everything is ok in the end. If it's not ok, then it's not the end:)

    Every penny's a prisoner:p
  • miss_empty_piggy
    miss_empty_piggy Posts: 721 Forumite
    500 Posts Debt-free and Proud!
    Hi All
    Thanks to all the supportive messages I received I plucked up the courage to ask all for the christmas buffet money. I said that I wouldn't expect anyone to pay just yet (as per xmas/5 week pay etc) but they were both fabulous and paid up asap, the other will be asked monday on her return to work. So managed to reclaim 600 pennies today and they are going into HM Sealed Pot. Am absolutely full of cold (it's totally disgusting) so won't be finding any pennies amongst the xmas decs I was intending to take down tonight!! Maybe tomorrow. x
  • Wellyboots6
    Wellyboots6 Posts: 2,735 Forumite
    Managed to capture 197 pennies over the past two days. OH has got big holes in his jeans (I have offered to mend them) and pennies have been making their escape quite regularly. I would feel guilty, but I had offered to mend the holes!!
  • jet9cat
    jet9cat Posts: 1,657 Forumite
    Captured another 5 pennies today.

    :( 200 pennies escaped from the small change jar today - but only as far as being paid into the bank against the cc, so release was only temporary :rotfl:

    Sounds like there's lots of people just chucking small change around for you all to find - I think the people of Lancaster are either more careful or someone else is getting to it first but I'm keeping my eyes peeled :)
    Every penny's a prisoner
    PADding is addictive
    MFW August 2023 - unless I get my butt into gear :D
  • brizzledfw
    brizzledfw Posts: 7,302 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Hi great thread and fab fab idea FreebyFifty..so can I join please? Will start scouring the streets tomorrow..may even raid the kids piggy banks they would never notice :rotfl:

    Off to update sig now with the new mantra

    Brizzle
    MFiT-T4 Member No. 96 - 2022 is my MF goal :D
    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::T
  • nu1isit?
    nu1isit? Posts: 561 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Captured 61 pennies, they were looking suspicious and lurking around the bottom of the wifes old crafty bag. They are now detained within The Sealed Pot :D.

    Thanks Crunchy Nutter, I've no intention of plugging and unplugging them, so hope they last. My dad has an uber expensive HDMI lead and I can't see much difference between them either :p...


    Hope you've all had a good day guarding them pesky pennies :D.
    😇 Sealed Pot Challenge: Member No: 20: 2012 = £92.14; 2013 = £45.27; 2014 = £54.70; 2015 = ; 2016 = £70.38 2022 = £10.58 2023 = ???? 🍀 2023 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD 65/365 so far. 👾 The Other Way, or the MSE Way: My Personal Challenge 🍀 The Other Way, or the MSE Way: My Personal Challenge 2012
  • R2B
    R2B Posts: 34 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    35 pennies saved using my price check voucher!
    Now to collect all the pennies around the house for paying in!
    2020 Extra income £348.14
    The £1000 Emergency Fund Challenge #68 £544/£1000 54.4%
    Loan DFD Paid off 2019 June '21 - Credit card DFD May '22 - Mortgage DFD April '42 46
  • ailz95
    ailz95 Posts: 380 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    Count me in. If you don't mind I won't look at my debt in pennies :eek: only the payments.
    Clutter free wannabee 2021 /52 bags to cs. /2021 'stuff' out of the place

    YOU CANNOT BE ALL THE GOOD THAT THE WORLD NEEDS, BUT THE WORLD NEEDS ALL THE GOOD YOU CAN BE
    taken from Shelbizleee on YouTube - her copyright
  • Chrisblue1962
    Chrisblue1962 Posts: 1,203 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Another sucessful roundup.

    Found 26 pennies skulking about on the mean streets of Merseyside. Now they are cooling their heels in my money boxes :)
    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!!!!"


  • nu1isit?
    nu1isit? Posts: 561 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Found an old account I'd forgotten about, captured and reclaimed a stunning 4500 pennies :D...33p also apprehended from lunch :p...

    Keep your eyes peeled, them pennies is pesky :rotfl: :D :rotfl:...
    😇 Sealed Pot Challenge: Member No: 20: 2012 = £92.14; 2013 = £45.27; 2014 = £54.70; 2015 = ; 2016 = £70.38 2022 = £10.58 2023 = ???? 🍀 2023 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD 65/365 so far. 👾 The Other Way, or the MSE Way: My Personal Challenge 🍀 The Other Way, or the MSE Way: My Personal Challenge 2012
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