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Change Jar Challenge

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  • JAMIEDODGER
    JAMIEDODGER Posts: 4,339 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    i have just recounted my jam jar savings and had miscounted in my sig, just updated to show correct total....now over £20!!! if i keep going at this rate i will have almost 100 quid by beginning of december for xmas food yay!!
    November NSD's - 7
  • candyblue
    candyblue Posts: 640 Forumite
    Another £2.19 today
    £23366/ £39206.92 DFD Nov 2016
  • Jaxx_uk
    Jaxx_uk Posts: 183 Forumite
    Hello new savers. I have the evening off from work tommorow (working two jobs at the mo!!) so I will be doing a thorough update

    But welcome to everyone who has only just joined, welcome to the challenge, good luck to you all

    Jaxx
    ** Matched Betting Veteran **
  • mrs_metal
    mrs_metal Posts: 103 Forumite
    I've gone through the house and managed to find £5.07 in change, not a bad start :D
  • hazzie123
    hazzie123 Posts: 2,755 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Yay just counted me coins and I have £21.26 :j

    Dont forget all those tossed aside coins laying on the footpaths like treasure.:cool:
    Debt Free Date:10/09/2007 :j :money:
  • seaskye
    seaskye Posts: 11 Forumite
    Hello everyone! I'm a newbie and I'd like to join the jamjar challenge - got to make a start somewhere!

    Aiming to be solvent....
  • ciaral4
    ciaral4 Posts: 18 Forumite
    Just back at work after 2 weeks off, not much saving going on during that time!!! My total now £22.97 must get saving
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    RBS loan [strike]10,667.40[/strike] 9,245.08(only 52 more payments to go @177.79)
    Evans cards [strike]650[/strike] 440.68
    adams card[strike] 250[/strike] 165.99
    £2 coins - £0.00(banked £0.00)
    anything under £1 jar £0.00 (banked £0.00)
    boots advantage card 31
  • SarahNeedle1872
    SarahNeedle1872 Posts: 6,166 Forumite
    80p from Oh last night....£5.14 for week, £31.71 total:grinheart

    Sarah x
    'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde
  • magni
    magni Posts: 651 Forumite
    I'm up to £17.03 and have banked £10:j
    100 Day Pot £13
    £2 coin saver #205 £40 banked and £22
    Weekly Spend
    June NSD 9/10 DFW Nerd 54
  • Janeryan
    Janeryan Posts: 290 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Ok have now amassed £1.00 in copper so will bag it up ready to be banked-off to update my sig now!
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