"Sealed Pot Challenge ~ No 6"

Sue-UU

blue_eyed_girl wrote: »

They had a charity crib collecting inside Mr. M's this morning and I found a stray 20p in my pocket which was earmarked for the pot but it is the season of goodwill and all that and I couldn't walk past it now could I Sue???? Hope I am forgiven

b_e_g

Hiya b_e_g, so good to see you before Christmas. Have a wonderful time with hubby(does that sound rude?? :idea: ) Of course you're forgiven..goodwill indeed.

Kerry_Woman wrote: »

Have potted £4.12. 39p of that was road change. Change from the last few days.

Hello Kerry. I've missed you! What a lovely sum and a really nice bit of angel droppings to store away. :grinheart

Excellent savings, DebtFreeASAP!!!! Yes, I know it was a Christmas present, but very, very wisely spent.

Oh, believe me, mossy, you're not the only one to get a strange urge to rugby tackle people on see them finding roadkill. sparky's always first though.

Don't you fret, Bunny, he'll be pleased you bullied him later on.

All the very best to your DH, jakes-mum, to all others who are poorly right now too, I sincerely hope you're ALL able to enjoy Christmas.

Our S-I-L has a terrible throat at present, barely any voice either! I won't tell you what our DD and their kiddies say. :rotfl:

flumpkin wrote: »

Hello - well having been totally torn in town last night I chose not to spend my £1 on a lovely tin (for my sealed pot) in the pound shop and stick with my Walls Ice cream tub instead I dithered for ages before deciding I would 'pot' the pound instead.

No-one knows I am potting this year - think dd and dh would laugh.... however plan is that they will be more on board when I break it open on Nov 28th 2013...then they can buy me a lovely tin for next year

However tonight I was sorting out coats in the hall and removed a couple that don't fit (next year's challenge )... I checked the pockets and..... £10!!!! in the pot it goes :j:j:j

Love this challenge.

Very well done on waiting, flump, on saving too! :T What a wonderful surprise it'll be for your DH & DD next November!!! :j ....so good to hear how you're loving the challenge!!

You've every reason to be pleased, DHelen, all savings are money SAFE from being spent...worse still - wasted!!!

Brilliant, Savingforsomeday....you too, new leaf!!!

sparky0107 wrote: »

Sue hope you've got an Ark on standby with the severe flooding warning for the South, hope you're all safe X

Hiya sparky! We're fine part way up the hill, thanks, but if we flooded then the village would be submerged!!!! We went to a friend's (after doing her shopping) then on to town and there's a LOT of flood water around, but it's far worse in Devon & Cornwall. You & J stay well too.

Keep chipping away, Emily.

little_sweetie wrote:

We had a lovely meal with our friends on Wednesday. G has now had his scan results and although it definitely is prostate cancer, it doesn't appear to have spread (thanks to the dear Lord) and he'll have an op to remove it in the new year.

I've been doing a budget for next year (how I wish I could utilise spreadsheets like some clever folk on here :think:) and was wondering if anyone else is increasing their food budget for 2013 in view of the possible increase in veg prices etc? I can see an increase already, do we need to worry?

Hi little_sweetie! Thrilled to bits you had a good meal, but so very delighted to hear of G's news!!!!! :T Thank the Lord indeed for a wonderful gift!! :grinheart

Re the budgeting, T & I do it all year round. Try, where possible, to stick to what you've been spending each week/month, but don't be surprised if you can't always achieve it. That's what I'd say to anyone. This government will carry on trying to [STRIKE]screw us[/STRIKE] take all they can from us, but no matter what, we have to just do our best. Worrying about anything like that never helps, so just go with the flow and be happy. Right now you just look forward to..and enjoy Christmas! I truly hope your DD is feeling much better soon.

Well, my last saving for this year is £10 in the pot, all things considered I'm really proud of that!

A Very Merry Christmas

and a

Happy, Healthy New Year,everyone!!

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.

e4rub

Potted 31p :j

Emily x

themstarrynights

hi all, I hadn't been able to log onto mse properly for a while and completly forgot about my pot!! just realised the deadline passed.. I never opened my pot (it's a pot of dreams one and I don't want to smash it to count the money until I need it) but can I join again please Will use a new pot this time and would love to join in once more!

themstarrynights

Also just noticed this on the first page lol
304 brummiebabe ............Target £200 by the end of 2010

2010?? I got confused and thought I was on a very old thread :P had to check! x

*edit* also now the more I think about it, the more i'm wondering about opening my pot just so I know how much I managed to save!

Lost2

4 pence road kill

Savingforsomeday

£3.60 potted tonight leftover from doing the last of my Xmas shopping today.
That's me bought everything I need so hopefully won't be spending much over the next few days

getting-there-slowly

£2 potted last night - change from last minute dash to shops.

redmel1621

Very little potting here just lately, but 20p went in yesterday.

Have a lovely christmas everyone xx

mossy

No potting for me because there's been no spending!! :dance: (Can't be upset about that.)

Just lots of baking mince pies and making paper mache pinata Christmas puddings to fill with goodies for friends in the mossy house! :snow_grin :rudolf:

I hope everyone has a lovely Christmas break!!

:xmastree:HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE:xmastree:

sparky0107

themstarrynights wrote: »

hi all, I hadn't been able to log onto mse properly for a while and completly forgot about my pot!! just realised the deadline passed.. I never opened my pot (it's a pot of dreams one and I don't want to smash it to count the money until I need it) but can I join again please Will use a new pot this time and would love to join in once more!

themstarrynights
No need to ask to re-join, your number is the one you get to keep forever, so go get your pot of dreams, a knife and a glass of wine, tip the pot upside down, get the coins out with the knife & drink the wine while doing it, then get yourself over to SPC5 and declare your total (if you want to that is, no pressure!) :rotfl: