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The "Every Penny's a Prisoner" Thread

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  • Hi folks, haven't posted on here for a bit but my penny saving drought ended specatcularly today...found 77 pence in loose change just lying there in the street!!! :T:T

    ..into the money boxes they go!!!!
    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!!!!"


  • Hi folks, haven't posted on here for a bit but my penny saving drought ended specatcularly today...found 77 pence in loose change just lying there in the street!!! :T:T

    ..into the money boxes they go!!!!

    All in one place?!

    Found another penny at home - they're slowly coming out of hiding and into my tin!
  • 40 pennies captured from my husbands side of the bed !!!
    #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 :A
  • miggy
    miggy Posts: 4,328 Forumite
    1p road kill and 250p not spent on shopping due to finding whoopsies!

    And one I wish I could add but it 'warn't me mum' - DD got 350p's worth of mince marked down at her work to 50p. :) I've paid her and it goes to feed us tonight but I can't honestly claim credit! :D
    Miggy

    MEMBER OF MIKE'S MOB!
    Every Penny a Prisoner

    This article is about coffeehouse bartenders. For lawyers, see Barrister. (Wikipedia)
  • 5p roadkill and a NSD so a good day today
    Debt free, aim to be MF by 50 (Sept 2026)
    No more buying books...Read 33/40 Bought too many!
    EVERY PENNY'S A PRISONER :D
    Take lunch to work #60
  • freebyfifty
    freebyfifty Posts: 3,189 Forumite
    Heck :mad: I've not captured any pennies for ages :mad:

    I am slipping. :o

    I did pay the wheelie bin cleaning manny out of my change pot if that counts and got some whoopsied bits in my last shop.......I suppose I am capturing pennies without really realising it :)

    As for roadkill??????? Well, I think that you lot are constantly five steps in front of me :rotfl:
    Free by Fifty
    Debt of the Moment -
    August NSD Challenge 14/15
  • jet9cat
    jet9cat Posts: 1,657 Forumite
    Captured a single penny in roadkill today but more importantly I've been saving those virtual pennies by buying a pasta sauce in Home Bargains for 99p that I usually pay £1.75 for in Sainsbugs:eek: so x 3 pots of sauce that's about £1.29 plus sugar at 20p less than Sainsburys x 2 bags and a tin of rice pud at 30p less means I've saved £1.99 on brands I would normally buy, by bothering to make the trip to Home Bargains - just shows how the pennies can add up when you keep an eye on the little monsters!!
    Every penny's a prisoner
    PADding is addictive
    MFW August 2023 - unless I get my butt into gear :D
  • Hi folks, another good on the "roadkill" finds, found 59 pence. :)
    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!!!!"


  • Sligo
    Sligo Posts: 210 Forumite
    No pennies on the floor at Pilates last night. :(

    But I got so many reduced items at Mr T's on Monday night I can't even count up the pennies I saved! I even bought for my friends and dropped them off on the way home - they loved them!! Well I couldn't leave behind huge bags of carrots for 6cent and bananas for 8cent plus much more! :j
  • sparrer
    sparrer Posts: 7,548 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    I usually buy petrol at Mr S for the Nectar points, but thanks to petrolprices site I found the garage 1/2 a mile away is selling it 4p/litre cheaper! Filled up, 40 litres, saving £1.60p which is now safely captured in the whiskey bottle.

    Also found 2p on the cash point I used last night. Strange, but I'm asking no questions. It's captured :D
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