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"Sealed Pot Challenge 5"

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  • inamin
    inamin Posts: 122 Forumite
    Ok, so this is my first day on this challenge and I found £0.02 roadkill (love that term) and 18p in the car in change. SO 20p for me today. I have no idea where I'm going to put this 'pot' as my hubby has a habit of finding cash around the hand and spending it!!! But will fnd somewhere, maybe in an old makup/cleanser tub of some kind!!! I'm thinking of using the cash I save to pay off some more of my debts at the end of the year or alternatively for xmas 2012, I don't spend a lot for xmas anyway so I'm thinking that if I can save enough I will be able to pay for xmas without feeling it. if that makes sense? SHall I give myself a target I wonder? Maybe ...£150!?!?! £2.88 a week...I can manage that surely. x
    Barclays overdraft £1290 :(
    MBNA £3239 :(
    MBNA £4108 :(
    Extra payment a week challenge (started WC 11.5.2015) This week - £0 Total - £0
    £1000 emergency fund - £0/£1000
  • mytimetoshine2012
    mytimetoshine2012 Posts: 136 Forumite
    Hello everyone,

    I'm a newbe to the forum, although I have been a 'lurker' for a while. I like this idea very much. It occured to me the other day that I when we buy 'offers' in the supermarket (BOGOFF, money off etc etc) we don't actually 'save' the money it fets allocated elsewhere. I am going to use my pot for this purpose as well as additional change.

    Another exciting challenge!!!:j
    My beloved Grandmas mottos::A "A penny saved is a penny earnt"; "Nothing's a bargain unless you need it" "Mend and make do" #
    Sealed Pot challange 1573 £5.15
    Don't throw food away £2.72 wasted so far for 2012
    Make £10 per day 104~working on it!:)
    March NSD's 18/14 April 1/14
  • supasick
    supasick Posts: 126 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    hey everyone!! I potted a fantabulous amount of £14.68!! 1p was in roadkill at the bus stop. I'm now doing a happy dance round the house. i shal be rich one day!! ;)
    Was debt free then ex walked out and COVID hit.
  • mandz1
    mandz1 Posts: 2,548 Forumite
    quite a bit in the pot for me today, although didnt count it.
    PAD Maker
  • hjanea
    hjanea Posts: 121 Forumite
    £6 in £2 coins going in my pot this evening. So pleased the christmas spending is over and I can get back to my normal budget with any left over going in my pot on a thursday evening.
    Helen. Single mum to DD(7) and 2 siamese cats. Trying to decrease my debt and spending and increase my savings and lose weight-30lbs so far!
    Sealed pot challenge-1373-2011-£80.52!!!! .Disney savings-£378.17 + sealed pot.
    CCs-virgin1-73.58,virgin2-131.44,fluid-1650.75,sainsburys-1289.56-all 0%.Total-3145.33
    August GC- 44.91/ 250. NSDs-2/3.
  • mud_flower
    mud_flower Posts: 35 Forumite
    Sorry about that Sue :A. But it was a very interesting programme on how life recycles itself. Could have done with less close-ups on maggot infested pigs and decomposing rats imho... but very interesting all the same :D.

    Just polished off a plate of sushi. I'm not adventourous food-wise and hadn't eaten it before.... but i must say it was delishhh!!!! Plus it was very MSE as it was in the reduced food section and i got my Boots points too :T. Oh yeah, i know how to live :rotfl:.

    Well, no potting for me today, but well done guys for making every saved penny count :T.

    Until next time...:beer:
    Virtual Sealed Pot Challenge # 89 - £00.83p
    Pay One Debt 2012 # 18 - BT debt £40
    Sealed Pot Challenge # 1483 - no running total, just seeing how it goes :)
    :beer: :j :j :beer:
  • katiefinger
    katiefinger Posts: 54 Forumite
    Please can I play!? I love this idea ... it will be useful to actually have something to do with those spare coins rather than just have them festering in suspect places around the house gathering dust. Plus, I'll now have a reason to pick up 'roadkill' despite the sighs and rolling of eyes from my Blokey.

    :D
    Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt. So it goes.
  • bubbs
    bubbs Posts: 67,966 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Told DH today, his response was what you want to do that for? I dont get it!! I said so i dont dip in it and just spend it! him well why cant you put in the sweet jar? like i just said i dont want to dip in it, him well you dont dip in it now do you? me no ...by this time thinking :eek::eek::eek: ..oh well never mind it will me ALL MINE :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Anyway about £3 in today:T
    Sealed pot challenge number 003 £350 for 2015, 2016 £400 Actual£345, £400 for 2017 Actual £500:T:T £770 for 2018 £1295 for 2019:j:j spc number 22 £1,457Stopped Smoking 22/01/15:D:D::dance::dance:- 5 st 1 1/2lb :dance::dance:
  • Kerfuffle
    Kerfuffle Posts: 1,384 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud!
    Hi everybody,

    $2.10 in the pots for me today.
  • TheBees
    TheBees Posts: 605 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Hi Sessie - I'm liking your idea of £1 a day... I thought I might manage 2 x £1 coins per week but might have to up the ante!
    Hoping to retire earlier than 67!
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