Sealed Pot Challenge 5 ~ Part 2

luckycharlie

oopalah wrote: »

Hello everyone,
Sorry I've been missing for such a long time.:)
I have a confession to make - I've had emergency repairs done to the house and I had to open the pot for some funds towards it.:(:( I've also had to sell my shares, close my ISAs and other savings accounts, sell a ton of stuff on ebay and managed to scrape together about half of what I needed. So - I'm back in debt as I had to take out a loan, too.:(:(
Still, on the bright side, I've been here before. I got out of debt once, I can do it again.:)
I haven't read all the posts but I'm glad you're all still saving and can't wait to see the total.
By the way, Sparky, I had £473.60 in my pot when I opened it. Does it still count?

Oops x

Hi Oops

I'm sure it will count. It was great you had the money in the pot to help you out

At least you know what to do this time

X LC2

ladsmadd wrote: »

Hi Everyone
have enjoyed spending some of my pot money on treating me and my mum to tickets for michael buble in july:j, without the pot would not have had the spare money to buy them.Also treated myself to a new outfit for works christmas night out.
Have been and brought 3 pots and sealed them and covered with paper ready for challenge 6, one for bronze,silver and £1 &£2 coins.
Looking forward to seeing all your totals next week.

HI LADSMADD

Glad you enjoyed spending your savings and was able to treat your mum

XLC2

jakes-mum wrote: »

Ooooooooooooooo another £2 coin in the big tub DH said hes going to come on here and start chanting 'Open the pots, open the pots' :eek: see I told you he was a trouble maker, hes constantly trying to tempt me to open ours early as he wants to know whats in there I know he's hoping for a cut of the money

Dont worry we wont take any notice of him!!!

XLC2

Kerry_Woman

Have potted £1.71 into the pot.

Sue-UU

oopalah wrote: »

I have a confession to make - I've had emergency repairs done to the house and I had to open the pot for some funds towards it.:(:( I've also had to sell my shares, close my ISAs and other savings accounts, sell a ton of stuff on ebay and managed to scrape together about half of what I needed. So - I'm back in debt as I had to take out a loan, too.:(:(
Still, on the bright side, I've been here before. I got out of debt once, I can do it again.:)
I haven't read all the posts but I'm glad you're all still saving and can't wait to see the total.
By the way, Sparky, I had £473.60 in my pot when I opened it. Does it still count?

Oops x

Hi there, Oops, I really am so very sorry you've been so badly hit to need emergency repairs and now to go back into debt! My word, what a blow, BUT at least you had some cash to go towards it.

What you saved is still so important though, so yes of course all £473.60 WILL be counted, no worries about that!!!!! :T You'll soon be back in the black, Oops.


Well done your DD's Dr, Susanne! He was soon on the ball in realising that, with kiddies around, your DD was at risk. Still, better to be safe etc and I bet she has plenty to look ahead to in the meanwhile.

sparky0107 wrote:

All declared totals are on the SS, and they're building up nicely Ma'am!

Thanks a lot, sparky, good to hear.

What a night!! A lot of flooding here and I have our eldest DD with me as she couldn't get in to college. :grinheart Might just have to spoil her a bit.

Have a great day, everyone, keep dry, safe, healthy and keep saving well........just 7 saving days to go!

Sue x

Anyone wishing to join, please just ask, you're more than welcome, it's never too late.There may be a lot of us, but don't feel intimidated, we're a lovely lot, so come on in.:grinheart

Please read the 1st post on Page 1 first so you know what's what.

System

Sue-UU wrote: »

Gotchya Rosy!! I knew the other day I'd forgotten to wish someone's DD a Happy 21st, but forgot in the end. Haven't found it since, but here you are! I hope she had a super Birthday and celebrated it in style. Belated Birthday greetings for her. Always wanted to to St Paul's Cathedral...one day!

Thanks Sue, it was a lovely day/week
Ooh i can't wait till next thursday!
Rx

little_sweetie

I just had to pop in and share my horrendous morning with you all.....it started when we popped into town to pay some bills. The first pay & display machine on the car park wasn't working so I found number 3 machine which ate my money but NO TICKET came out :mad: so I had to find yet another machine and pay again. Another £1.30 but I didn't dare risk getting a fine. We toddled off to the cash machine inside Barc*ays so that I could draw £250 to pay a bill. The money came out alright but I must have been a bit slow putting my bank card back into my purse or something because the machine sucked back my money :mad: and I was left empty handed! :eek::eek: I dashed to the counter whilst OH waited expectantly by the machine in case it spewed it out again but to no avail. I have to wait at least 48 hours and up to 21 days before I get my money back!! I can't believe it :mad: what a nightmare. OH blames me for being slow but there was nothing stopping him from taking it out 'cos I had to give it to him anyway....grrrr

Anyway, we gave up and came home. I think I need a stiff brandy now

I have just 42p in my purse so I might as well pot it now...

Hope everyone else is having a much better day

little_sweetie

PS so sorry to hear about your repair oops that is so frustrating but at least you had something towards it which you wouldn't have had you not been an SPC'er. Big <<HUGS>>

crimson.addict

little_sweetie wrote: »

We toddled off to the cash machine inside Barc*ays so that I could draw £250 to pay a bill. The money came out alright but I must have been a bit slow putting my bank card back into my purse or something because the machine sucked back my money :mad: and I was left empty handed! :eek::eek: I dashed to the counter whilst OH waited expectantly by the machine in case it spewed it out again but to no avail. I have to wait at least 48 hours and up to 21 days before I get my money back!! I can't believe it :mad: what a nightmare. OH blames me for being slow but there was nothing stopping him from taking it out 'cos I had to give it to him anyway....grrrr

I can inform you that is is about 20 seconds before it sucks it back in it is sad that i know this! at least it goes back into your bank.

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out_of_debt_at_last

little_sweetie wrote: »

I just had to pop in and share my horrendous morning with you all.....it started when we popped into town to pay some bills. The first pay & display machine on the car park wasn't working so I found number 3 machine which ate my money but NO TICKET came out :mad: so I had to find yet another machine and pay again. Another £1.30 but I didn't dare risk getting a fine. We toddled off to the cash machine inside Barc*ays so that I could draw £250 to pay a bill. The money came out alright but I must have been a bit slow putting my bank card back into my purse or something because the machine sucked back my money :mad: and I was left empty handed! :eek::eek: I dashed to the counter whilst OH waited expectantly by the machine in case it spewed it out again but to no avail. I have to wait at least 48 hours and up to 21 days before I get my money back!! I can't believe it :mad: what a nightmare. OH blames me for being slow but there was nothing stopping him from taking it out 'cos I had to give it to him anyway....grrrr

Anyway, we gave up and came home. I think I need a stiff brandy now

I have just 42p in my purse so I might as well pot it now...

Hope everyone else is having a much better day

and i thought i was having a bad day!

little_sweetie

crimson.addict wrote: »

I can inform you that is is about 20 seconds before it sucks it back in it is sad that i know this! at least it goes back into your bank.

out_of_debt_at_last wrote: »

and i thought i was having a bad day!

Aw thank you both for the sympathy and for the info about the 20 seconds grace crimson.addict I won't make the same mistake again!

samtoby

It's been so long I thought I'd pop by- hope everyone is good :-)