Sealed Pot Challenge 5 ~ Part 2

jillystew2008

Hi there Please can i be added to the challenge?

Need to save for Christmas 2012 too!

jakes-mum

Sue-UU wrote: »

Not at all surprised at the first part, jakes-mum,but marvellous news on the 2nd!!! :j Re the getting around, are you getting the mobility allowance too?? If not, do try.

Yep I get high rate mobility, that blue badge is my life, without it i'd be completely stuck

Kylieminoag wrote: »

I had a job interview last week (am down from 150 applicants to the last 20 for 6 jobs) so we all have fingers crossed at our house at the moment..... its a job I really really want and will involve lots of travel so if i get it the opportunities for roadkill will be immense!! :rotfl:

Good Luck :j:j:j

jillystew2008 wrote: »

Hi there Please can i be added to the challenge?

Need to save for Christmas 2012 too!

Welcome Jillystew :wave:

Our resident sensei Sue-UU will be along with a number for you forthwith and ask you to pop it in your sig (and make sure you do or your next weeks punching bag for the under 6 group of her local karate group)

Have a read of the first page as it has lots and lots of very exciting and important information

Now get a pot and start chucking money in it :j

Kerry_Woman

jakes-mum - Great news.

Kylieminoag - Good luck.

jillystew2008 - Welcome to the thread. Enjoy saving.

Have potted £2.87.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

diddldonna

Doing well for day 2 of this challenge.

Put in about £2 loose change today ontop of yesterday's big house hunt for coins think I am doing well.

mrsljsouth

Ladies, Gents,
I need your help/advice/opinion. I don't know if this is the right place to ask but I'm sure you'll point me in the right direction if not

I'm contemplating giving up my debit card and having a cash card only however I'm concerned about paying for things/bills on line.
Do any of you have cashcards only? I was thinking it might concentrate my mind when I don't have easy access to cash....

Help please!

tinks112

Good evening all you lovely people

Well i have potted £4.72.

As you can see from my sig now i am trying to save for a new carpet for my stairs, and 2 bedrooms as we need it. Nice man came round and gave us a quote for £640.00 which is good as we live in a maisonette and have a huge landing. So the man has got it right down because we said we will take up the flooring thats already there, we are only having underlay up the stairs as the carpet we have chosen is quite thick and lovely lol. So I now have 2 pots one that will remain sealed and one that i can open for my carpet.

Hope thats ok

Have a good Bank Holiday xx

TarantulaLady

Have put about £3 loose change in the pot today. Already getting excited about how much heavier the pot is after one week

Have a great bank holiday everyone!

Sue-UU

You're most welcome to join us, jillystew2008! Welcome to MSE also. It's lovely to have you with us. Have fun saving. You'll find your number at the bottom of the list on post 4 of page 1. Please read through post 1 as it'll let you know exactly what to do with the challenge.
* Please pop your number on your sig, it helps so very much.

Have a lovely day with your DS tomorrow, mumof3plusoh, the weather's a lot nippie today, but fingers crossed for you tomorrow. All the best for DS.

jakes-mum wrote: »

Yep I get high rate mobility, that blue badge is my life, without it i'd be completely stuck

So pleased to hear that, jakes-mum, we need to know our folks are well taken care of.

mrsljsouth wrote: »

Ladies, Gents,
I need your help/advice/opinion. I don't know if this is the right place to ask but I'm sure you'll point me in the right direction if not

I'm contemplating giving up my debit card and having a cash card only however I'm concerned about paying for things/bills on line.
Do any of you have cashcards only? I was thinking it might concentrate my mind when I don't have easy access to cash....

Help please!

Hi mrsljsouth, I must confess to not knowing a great deal about cash cards, but do know DH & I feel very safe having our debit cards at hand. Try asking the same question (C & P your post) on the DFW board or on Budgeting & Bank accounts

Must dash folks as our DS & hi DW have just arrived!!!!

Sue xx

nu1isit?

Hello Potters :beer:
Good luck with the job kylieminoag ...

Already getting excited about how much heavier the pot is after one week

A word of warning tarantulalady...it gets quite addictive :eek: :rotfl: :eek:...as long as you don't take to hugging it to weigh it, whispering in it's ear ...No it's not what I do at all before anyone asks :rotfl: :rotfl:....***nervously coughs***...I really don't :rotfl: ...

A stroke of bad luck and good today...came through the magical tyne tunnel, threw my cash in - but alas the barrier didn't raise, after much embaressment unbuckling of belt, opening of door, apologising to those behind and returning spat out coins back into the machine, a stroke of luck - behold a magical 20p piece :j...Am I the first to get toll booth kill? I've got to be, haven't I :rotfl: :rotfl:?

Hope you've all had a good weekend so far, happy potting :beer:

alliboy03

Hi all managed to save another £2.04p after my shopping the other day. 2p was roadkill my youngest found. He was very excited to find it as he knows mummy loves roadkill:o

(Just hope he doesn't say that to his teacher. She'll think "dead animals on the side of the road":eek:)

I counted out all my money Ive saved for "sealed pot challenge" and bagged it up for the Nationwide. It was very heavy to carry into town. Anyway when I got there the woman behind the counter said she could only except 5 bags at a time:mad: The reason given was they didn't have room to keep loads of change:rotfl:Why do I bother with them, it's only because there a building society and not a bank. Went down the road to my other building society and they quite happly took all the bags which had been sorted and counted perfectly. They couldn't understand the Nationwide's policy and niether can I??
:question:I feel like getting rid of Nationwide, anybody have any idea's whos good to bank with?? Banks I can't stand =
1) Barclays at no1:(
2)Santander, (Ive had many a run in with):mad:
3)Tsb/lloyds:(
4)Halifax:mad:
5)CO-OP:mad:
6)Natwest:mad:
7)Royal bank of Scotland:(
Happy saving and big hugs to all that need it:grouphug: