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"Sealed Pot Challenge 5"

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  • elfen
    elfen Posts: 10,213 Forumite
    Random pound coins end up in my cat....it's just there for when I need it.
    Already my pot is feeling heavy!
    ** Total debt: £6950.82 ± May NSDs 1/10 **
    ** Fat Bum Shrinking: -7/56lbs **
    **SPC 2012 #1498 -£152 and 1499 ***
    I do it all because I'm scared.
  • samtoby
    samtoby Posts: 2,438 Forumite
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    NSD today :D
    3 Children - 2004 :heart2: 2014 :heart2: 2017 :heart2:
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  • alert! evryone drop what you are doing and immediately make your way to coat pockets! I have just had a rummage through the coats hanging up and found 3 pennies!!!

    p.s. Make sure they are your coats obviously...
    Save £12k in 2012 no.49 £10,250/£12,000
    Save £12k in 2013 no.34 £11,800/£12,000
    'How much can you save' thread = £7,050
    Total=£29,100
    Mfi3 no. 88: Balance Jan '06 = £63,000. :mad:
    Balance 23.11.09 = £nil. :)
  • clairelh
    clairelh Posts: 137 Forumite
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    Madmoneysavingmum - You're so right about the children getting there too quickly. I've scoured the house over the weekend to find housekill and what does my eldest do the second she gets up this morning? Spots 2p sitting on the bookshelf! She was very good though, as I got her to put it in the money pot rather than in her little purse.

    I've managed to grab the office chocolate tin left over from Christmas, so I'll be taking that home to make our proper pot with. :o

    Right, off out for a lunchtime walk. ;)
  • lou_mango
    lou_mango Posts: 29 Forumite
    Hi All + Sue-UU

    Please can I join? Planning on buying a house this year and have been saving for 2 years now for deposit and the sealed pot challenge is right up my street! :o)
    On riday emptied last years sealed pot and had over £200!!! Hoping to get around the same amount by June.

    Happy potting everyone
    Saving for first house [STRIKE]Target - June 2012[/STRIKE]New Traget - NOW
    Deposit so far £35786.00
  • jakes-mum
    jakes-mum Posts: 4,642 Forumite
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    edited 9 January 2012 at 2:00PM
    I have been smoke free for one week today :D That alone has saved me approx £26 this year!!! Makes me think I should be putting my quit smoking savings in the jar, imagine that across a year :eek:

    I really recommend you do this, I did it with Dh and it really helped him stay smoke free, every 2 days £6 went in the tin (well untill he convinced me to sign him up to the gym that he only went to for a month :mad: :rotfl: then I took that out his 'fag' money') after 5 monthsish he had £265 in there :eek: :eek: even he was upset by how much he wasted on those sticks :(

    Oh and very well done on the 1 week :D I didnt crave myself when I gave up, but watching DH go through the withdrawal was something I hope to never see again :eek:
    SPC No 002 SPC(3) £285/£250 (4) £519.84/£500 (5) £768.32/£500 (6) £911.30/£600 (7) £913.23/£600 (8) £1184.82/£750 (9) £2864.04/£750 (10) £3846.25/£1000 (11) £1779.72/£1000 (12) £1596.55/£1000 (13) £1534.70/£1000 (14) £775.60/£1000 (15) £700.20/£1000 (16) £2081.34/£1000 (17) £1691.15/£1000 (18) £225/£1000
  • DorsetGirl_2
    DorsetGirl_2 Posts: 1,416 Forumite
    £5.55 into my tin today. I like a nice round number :D
    Pay off all my debts before Christmas 2015 #165.
  • moomi
    moomi Posts: 339 Forumite
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    ooh, i was sorting out paperworkl last night & found £60!!!!!! childminding money from october last year I must have put to one side but not spent as we took the week off with the kids. Sadly I havent put it in the pot but I have paid it off credit card straightaway so as not to waste it. Yay, now only got £650 left to pay off! will be xleared by end of FEB 2012
    Mortgage Balance May 25- £9975. Planning to be paid off by Dec 25🎄
  • sams247
    sams247 Posts: 1,364 Forumite
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    Well here I am again, joined ages (years) ago, then had a slight hiccup (went BR) and am now scrabbling back into the light again. So saving is a plus for me this year. Trying all sorts, including coming back on here. Dusting off my lovely terramundi and first bit of change will be in there at the weekend (not before as I am totally broke and dependant on every penny this week for petrol/food money)

    So hello again, and I'm looking forward to saving with you all this year
      To those who are given much, much is expected

        £2025 in 2025 = £680.60
          Food Budget £180/9.30.
            Fiver Friday #13 £35
          1. 65p to the pot today, not a lot but it would have only gone on chocolate if it had stayed in my purse which would have resulted in me gaining the wrong kind of pounds! :D

            Been a bit of a spendy day for me, but have had two NSDs this weekend and have now emptied my purse of all but £2 which I am saving in case we need milk towards the end of the week. Don't think that I will need to buy anything else this week so will keep my eyes peeled for road kill, and if we don't need milk the pot will get the £2!

            Love this challenge :money:
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