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Change Jar Challenge
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Hi
I'm now at £18.62
An increase of only £1.30 oh well every little helps0 -
Just got OH to empty his pockets so:
20ps - £13.20p
10ps - £2.30
5ps - £3.15
2ps - £0.72
1ps - £0.63p
Total = £20.00You cant take a step forward with both feet on the ground0 -
£1.96 for me this week, back at work so not spending any money to get any change back!LBM 03/07 £44k:eek: DFD 31/12/17 :A 12/17 £2545.50
Credit Card £2500.00 & Next £45.00
Savings = £81.21 & Help To Buy ISA = £4700.000 -
Had a lot of no spend days over past couple of weeks so have only got £5.39 to add to last total. Most of this from having been away for the weekend and spending loads
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Total now is £12.89 - £75 still seems a long way off :eek:Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds Live is AWESOME!!2009 Sealed Pot Challenge Banked £100Comp wins: Shearer Candles (£43)Depressed, dieting, binge-eater with gastric bypass. What's your problem?:cheesy:0 -
Hi just been away, put all loose change in and my new rand totaL IS £ 5.38..Woo Hoo...:hello: Hoping to pay off debts just that bit quicker..:rolleyes:
Started jar challenge 25th July £ 5.38 22/08/07.
woo hoo.......:T 0 -
62p this week - signature updated!!!0
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Can I join the challenge. I have one of those huge whiskey bottles...£150 challenge.... already has coins in it... will count it tonight when I get home:eek: LBM (Aug 07) - £57,587.31:eek::j Debt now (June 08) - £0 :jOfficial DFW Nerd Club - 662Proud to have dealt with my debts0
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Any one else finding it slow going? I'm trying hard not to spend any money and my total is very slowly creeping up! Oh well suppose money I haven't spent should mean I will have money left for Christmas - roll on the kids going back to school - hopefull will be able to sort out a budget and stick to itHoping to stick to the challenge this year!!
Make £5 a day for 366 started Dec 2019
YTD £ £ 78.23/£1£1,825
Cash - £ 48.23 Vouchers - £ 30
Wombling into 2020 £38.780 -
Its a tough one isn't it? I guess its better to not spend a lot and fail the challenge than spend loads just to get change.
I'm lucky that OH does most of the spending and I *borrow* the change from his pockets :whistle:
I've put %5.56 in my har already this week, but over £4 of it is from OH's pockets.... and he's gone out again tonight, so more change will come home with him tonight 'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde0 -
I don't think I'm gonna make the £100 target by Xmas, I think I may have to set my aims a little lower. Anyways I've saved £4.03 this week, I did work out that I'd need to save around £5.05 or something to hit £100 by 1st Dec but it's not happening
Tesscha0
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