"Sealed Pot Challenge ~ No 6"

e4rub

Potted 89p this morning :j

Emily x

mossy

5p to pot this evening. Have decided that I am going to try super hard to keep to my grocery budget this month. Normally I end up going over or spending it all at the beginning of the month, however as we are properly skint etc, I have decided I need to crack it this month.

I have split my monthly budget out in to five weeks, plus extra for the first shop and a certain amount towards toiletries/household stuff. Fingies crossed! Might go pop over to the monthly grocery challenge thread to seal the deal properly!

Take care everyone. x

jakes-mum

£10 FB sale today and DH has just informed me he's buying me the silver pandora bracelet just cos he loves me :rotfl: I'm waiting for the thing he really wants to be mentioned any day now :rotfl:

I'm feeling my road kill fetish is getting out of control, dd wandered over to me in the post office and said 'can I buy a sweet with this penny?' On enquiring where she got it, she said 'I found it on the floor', first thought in my head? ' I can't believe she beat me to MY road kill' :eek: :rotfl:

nell36

Jakesmum - enjoy that Pandora bracelet

Free listing weekend on fleabay, so I am going to get some items listed. Have my eye on a few Christmas (did I actually type that!!!) presents. Working on the basis that if I can pick up a few bargains now and tick a few names off the present list, then I get to use more of my pot money on "me" when its finally counted up. Am beginning to think that a nice holiday this time next year, when all my treatment and recovery time is all over and done with. What an incentive to keep potting, if ever I needed one.

£1.20 in the pot this morning.

Lynsey

Morning all and another weekend is upon us!! God, is this year flying!!

Potted a single £2 coin.......................so

£355+ potted so far.

nell36 - Xmas?? I've got a few bits bought already, things like whisky and a few stocking fillers. Wrapping paper?? Enough for many more Xmas's and no doubt more 5p rolls in January. lol :rotfl:
So yes, the contents of the "pot" will go further.
I already have a Xmas fund (save cashback ect), so that's all sorted.

mossy - I've been frugal for approx 18 months with food shopping and just ended my "crusade" at the end of April. I'll have to have a few more frugal months before Xmas, though this week has been a very low spend week. I have at least 4 months worth of food as I'm a "hoarder" and need to focus on that. That'll save more pennies.
Good luck.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Lynsey

Untouchable

Didn't leave the house today so nothing in the pot!

Since I do the shopping since moving in with boyfriend in January, our fortnightly budget is $150 (~£90) but we generally go to about $140 or so which is mostly just from buying homebrand everything, doesn't kill us to use homebrand on an already small income. I used to go to the markets to buy meat and vege, but the hour and a half to the markets just made me exhausted for the day carrying around 15 kg of fruit, vege and meat. Though I should get back into that habit.

On the pot note, I keep shaking mine and guessing how much is in there and thinking if I could just count it all!

little_sweetie

Hi all,

Sorry I've been AWOL and have missed such a lot of posts :eek: but we have just come back from a very wet and windy 10 days in Cornwall (without any internet access). It was lovely nevertheless, so a big WELCOME to any new potters I missed whilst away. Hope everyone is well. We spent a bit more money than we planned on spending so not much left to pot. I'll check pockets etc tomorrow when I do the washing and pot anything I can find See you all then......x

mossy

Put the last bit of money in to the house moving fees savings account. :dance: Just need to exchange now!!

It's a good job as we decided today (while some friends were round) that we're going to go on holiday to America for Christmas!! Exciting, but expensive. Especially when we have a new house to pay for. Looking forward to (hopefully) spending Christmas with friends in the states. :xmastree: I'm sure my pot will help me!

Untouchable

I found 70 cents roadkill today! I was stoked!

Lynsey

Morning.

mossy - you must be well excited with that. A nice Xmas treat.

Potted £1.10 (1 x 50 and 3 x 20p coins).

£356+ potted.

Lynsey