Sealed Pot Challenge 6 ~ Part 2

Kerry_Woman

Potted 57p.

mumof3plusoh

Back from a great hols in Wales. Weather was mixed and I even look like I have a bit of a tan, or rust not quite sure lol.

Potted £1.43 today.

Need to do some serious potting from now on as C*****mas is fast approaching. Sorry to swear on here as it is still August.:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Have a great bank hols everyone and hope the weather is kind. Off out for the day with another 3 families. Not sure where yet just waiting for the majority vote. Either Bolsover Castle which apparently has an event on or somewhere local. OH will not be with us as he is on nights.:(

Love and hugs to all xx

Southernman

Holy Moly.

I've never really ventured into this section of the forum before but i'm shocked by the 3000 people who have already signed up for the challenge!

My backstory

Last week i opened my £2 coin tin and it had a grand total of £490! I put £250 towards my mortgage and £240 towards my holiday plans!

So yesterday i had to go in search of a new £2 coin tin! I wanted the type that you open with a tin opener once it's full to the top! I didn't realise what a challenge this would be though. Off to Home Bargains i went and all they had was some plastic children's piggy banks but too small for what i was looking for. Poundworld had nothing so i went into Poundland.

Well i struck lucky (sort of). They only had 2 designs, so i'm now a proud owner of a tin with a fluffy chihuahua with a crown on it on a pink background!

So i now have 8 £2 coins in it to start me off and i've just sealed with cellotape my coca cola money tin for my silver and coppers too! Checked how much i had already in there and it was over £15! It certainly does build up!!!

Let the saving commence!!!

mumof3plusoh

A very warm welcom Southernman. Our leader Sue will be along shortly to give you a number that is yours forever. We are a very friendly bunch so join in with the banter.

jakes-mum

Aww ty for the congrats ModestyB, DS is very pleased with himself (as he should be as there are alot of people who find it very claustrophobic and are completely unable to complete the course)


Welcome Southernman to our madhouse Sue-uu will be along shortly to allocate you your very own one of a kind, not to be lost, leant or pawned for tin money :eek: number. She will ask you to kindly pop it on your sig and read the very first post as it contains lots of very important information about the challenge and what can and cannot be included in your pot.

Sparky is our main man counter upper, should you have to open your tin at any point before count up day eg for an emergency or because you prefer to bank as you go along, please pop the amount removed next to your special SPC number so that it doesnt get forgotten from the total

Also so you dont lose us, feel free to subscribe to the thread through the 'Thread Tools' link at the top of the page on the green banner

Finally enjoy saving, tell us lots of stuff about yourself as this lot are right nosey and dont believe anything they say about LC2 and me being naughty, they are big fibbers the lot of them :eek: :rotfl:


Hello all :wave: - DH went off to the pub last night and stuck to the coke so came home with over £5 in change for my pot :j :j hes such a good boy . . . or its because I just agreed to him going on a boys holiday . . . . I think its the latter personally but you never know

Sue-UU

A very warm welcome, Southernman. It's lovely to have you with us. Enjoy yourself saving and join in the banter. You'll find your number at the bottom of the list on post 5 of page 1. Please read through post 1 as it'll let you know exactly what to do with the challenge.

Please also subscribe to the thread by clicking on "Thread Tools" (lower green bar) and clicking "Subscribe to this thread"...or you may lose us! To put your SPC No on, go to "Quick Links" (right side of top green bar), click and then click on "Edit Signature" and you're away.

*Please pop your numbers on your sigs, it really helps.

bargainlover08 wrote: »

14p in the pot today.I have been terrible at putting money in the pot, hardly any in there this year

No worrying, bargainlover, there's still time to at least save as hard as you possibly can, if possible then put a set amount in on a specific day each week to make sure you have something to look forward too. Do what you can, and...be happy and proud!

Congratulations young Jake!! :T You've done yourself proud, have a wonderful time with Granddad and never give up doing your best!!

nell36 wrote: »

£1.02 for my pot today. Heading off for another lot of chemo on Tuesday so that will mean a week of NSD whilst I recover. Catch up with you all soon, and hope you are enjoying the Bank Holiday weekend.

All best wishes for tomorrow onwards, Nell, be sure to rest and reserve that strength. We'll be with you in spirit wishing you well.

EverTheOptimist wrote: »

Another £2 coin in baby ETO's pot and £2.15 in mine.

Oh that's brilliant, ETO, share and share alike. :A DH & I are have a lovely weekend, off out to the woods later...blissful and full of Butterflies, Moths and Insects at the moment, the camera will be busy! :j

You enjoy the bank holiday too Sue. And everyone else.

That's it, Kerry, keep it up..as though you'd do any different.

mumof3plusoh wrote:

Need to do some serious potting from now on as C*****mas is fast approaching. Sorry to swear on here as it is still August.:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Disgraceful, mumof3plusoh, such appalling language when we're still in August!! :mad: Hope you had a really lovely time away...with the rust. :rotfl: BTW, here's a lovely, shiny gold star for you :staradmin for that lovely welcome, don't forget the words "have a look at the 1st post of page 1 though.

A gold star to you also, jakes-mum, for that perfect welcome covering it all..and more!

Enjoy a lovely Bank Holiday Monday, all, don't stop saving!


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 be shy, 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.

dinglefoot

Welcome Southernman! I guess that's where all the £2 coins have been!

I haven't found any road kill in ages However, I am about to sneak a £5 from my OH's wallet into the pot What's his is mine and all that (Plus I paid for his English breakfast when we went out this morning and it was technically my change!)

Southernman

Thank you so much everyone for the lovely warm welcome!!!

You all certainly are a friendly bunch!

So there's already been a bit of a disaster this fine bank holiday monday. I went out to Manchester to pick up exciting items such as bread, tin foil...the usual yawn stuff.

(i also went for a 3 course meal at my favourite Chinese for £5!)

Anyway an hour after leaving the Chinese i tried on a dress in a shop to see how it looked only to put my dress i'd been wearing back on...thing is i realised i'd been wearing it BACKWARDS for the last 2 hours!

Drama!! Still, i managed to knock £1.07 in change back into ol' trusty the coca cola tin when i got back!!

Lynsey

Afternoon all, hope you are all getting the sun - lovely here today.

jakes-mum - you are obviously very proud and rightly so. Great to hear good news.

Southernman - welcome to the thread and good luck.
Dress on the wrong way?? I bet you didn't know if you were coming or going!!

Talking of £2 coins, I potted 3 today along with a 50p coin.
So £6.50 potted.

£507+ potted so far and 3 months and 2 days to go. lol

I'm looking forward to seeing what the breakdown (coinage) is at the end (28th Nov). I only save £2, £1, 50p and 20p coins and reckon the £1 coins will amount to over half my savings. I only decided to save £1 coins at the last minute and glad I did.
How many bags will I need?? Will the Post Office take all the coins in one go??

Enjoy the rest of the sun and fingers crossed the decent summer continues. Actually better than recent years and more please.

Hope all are well.

Lynsey

MissE001

Didn't do much potting last week - mainly because I didn't spend much money so that's kind of good news

Ended up with just over £1 in change and a £1 coin which were potted yesterday. Hoping to have another low spending week - not good news for the pot but very good for the budgeting :A