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"Sealed Pot Challenge 5"
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Potted 42p todayBarclaycard: £4,217.55/£5 = 0.11% | Tesco £3,810.55/£3,770.55 = 1.05%
Total: £8,027.80/£5 = 100%/0.06%
Mortgage £99,692/£51,652.33 51.8%
Car Loan: £9,217.20/7,527.38 81.67%
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Morning all, potted £5.00 today :-)sealed pot challenge number 31 3£496/4£706.75/5 £376.74/6 £645.08/ 7 £861.34 /8 £786.90/9£610.49/10 £722.03 / 16 £802.00/ 17 £1,300/18£2,247.26 gold star from sue 🌟0
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Are people saving for something in particular for their pots? Or just to see what they can save?x
I have 2 pots. One that contains 20ps which i save every year to put towards a new camera. And the second i put anything other than 20ps in. This (as i already have £165 in it) will be split into two. Half for me to spend on Christmas presents for people and half for my mum to use as i think she struggled this year. We have a big family so even £20 each adds up to alot. She will moan at me but i'm slightly more stubborn than her so i should get my way
Sealed Pot Challenge member #071 VSP #4
£723.44(SPC5) - £753.77(SPC6) - £857.19(SPC7) - £1,632.19(SPC8) - £2,707.15(SPC9) - £2,950.30(SPC10) - £0(SPC11)...so far
I love LC2 and Jakes-Mum :rotfl:
Star's from Sue :staradmin x28
CC Debt - £2,927.14 Savings - EF - £4,797.21/£5,000 - H2B - £4,691.03/£12,0000 -
Are people saving for something in particular for their pots? Or just to see what they can save?x
think my previous years have always ended up going toward debt
but not this year 
I have My lovely sealed terramundi that I pop my £10 pocket money in each month (this is just because I have nothing I want to buy and am hoping my mum will take me to blue water after christmas
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My Metal tin is anything an everything ive got in change which is going to be used as a deposit for a holiday in 2013 for me DH and the kids (:shhh: they dont know)
And depending on the news on thursday, I already have a big plastic jar some sweets came in all cellotaped up with a hole in the lid. If we get the right news I will start popping any 50p's I get into in instead of pot 2 toward DS's bus pass.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) £2470.95/£1000 (19) £0/£10000 -
I have 2 pots/tins. The little one is for all change over 50p and any notes I manage to save or sometimes get from selling the odd thing! All other smaller change goes in my large sealed tin - will take ages to fill though! All will go towards Christmas presents as we have a lot of people to buy for. Any left over will go into my 'deposit for a house' fund Sealed Pot Challenge Member no. 048
SPC4 = £392.34
SPC5= £585
SP6 = £341
SP7 = £110.50
SP8 £335.00SP9 = £404.49 SP10 = £417.13 SP11 £2600 -
Hi Everyone
Just off to Sparkyland :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
XLC2SEALED POT CHALLANGE No 021 2013 Saved £2570:j:j:j
Roadkill live too near Sparky to ever get any:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Just polishing my stars:staradmin :staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin :staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin0 -
Are people saving for something in particular for their pots? Or just to see what they can save?x
Morning all!
I'm just trying to save full stop, samtoby. OH and I were both made redundant within 2 years of each other, OH only works 14 hours a week (can't find anything else and no overtime offered...he's 62 ) and I have had to take enforced retirement. Our income has dropped to a third of what it was 5 years ago and although we don't have a mortgage we only just manage to cover our bills plus a bit of spending money for OH. (We don't claim any benefits, by the way, other than my state pension) We do have a car...our bit of luxury and short UK holidays when we can manage it. Anything I save will be going into a savings account for a rainy day. This forum has cheered me up no end I love the banter and cameraderie!
Have a brilliant day everyone!Sealed Pot Challenge #012
SPC #5 £111 SPC #6 £175 SPC #7 £151 SPC#8 £78 SPC#9 £72.50 SPC #10 £23.50 SPC #11 £276.18
SPC #12 £108.56 SPC 13 £127.89 SPC 14 £113.620 -
luckycharlie wrote: »Hi Everyone
Just off to Sparkyland :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
XLC2
Make sure you've got your nose scraping the pavement, and i want a full run down on exactly what you got off 'Sparkys Turf' while he wasnt there :T:T:T
:rotfl: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) £2470.95/£1000 (19) £0/£10000 -
Ooh can I join please :beer:
I have cleared out the 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s from my car, bag and purse this morning that was change leftover that we know we never use and I´ve managed to put £6.40 into my pot!!
My goal is £500 to put towards our house deposit.:j Comping wins: Gig tickets, Lovemydog tag, Country Livings Christmas fair tickets
Freebies: Redken hair product, Cow teddy, Pebble grey illuminated compact mirror.0 -
It is so interesting to see what people to save for. I think I will keep doing this once I have my mortgage to put money away for Christmas. It is always so much, with the price of a nice toy for my DS or something for my Mum, it all amounts up. x3 Children - 2004 :heart2: 2014 :heart2: 2017 :heart2:
Happily Married since 20160
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