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  • SarahNeedle1872
    SarahNeedle1872 Posts: 6,166 Forumite
    Loosing track again this week :o
    I *think* I'm up to £6.85 for the week, £56.13 in total

    Sarah x
    'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde
  • millionaire_in_training
    millionaire_in_training Posts: 5,818 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I am rubbish at this !!!!!!!! Keep tapping money out of this for lunches etc. Poor kids go to school with jangling pockets some days. I need a terramundi.........OI SANTA ARE YOU LISTENING.........I want a terramundi
    5 Year plan. April 2020 to June 2025- CC and mortgage free by time I'm 60
    Currently CC £23,674.36 /£14,895.41/£14315.42
    Mortgage £28,214.65/ £26,254.71/ £25,746.43
    By end 2020 I want CC at £ 19,000.00.
    By end 2021 I want CC at £10,000.00
  • stressed.mum
    stressed.mum Posts: 736 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    I have one of those tin things you can't open that all mine goes in - with my pin money, budget savings etc!!:j

    I put my change money in and write it daily in my diary so I can't "borrow" it.:rolleyes:

    I know some people on here have got them from ebay, but I found a site that sell them for £1 for small ones £2 for big one - free delivery on orders over £10.
    Hoping 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 £38.78
  • misty2u
    misty2u Posts: 10 Forumite
    Hi,

    I've been around for a while but haven't posted before. Mind if I join you?

    Think I'll go for the £150 challenge. I've just emptied my purse - 93p to start me off.
    Current Debts:
    Abbey Loan = £10491.60 (now £9267.58)
    Egg CC = limit £750, owe £559.57
    Capital One = limit £800, owe £639.49
    Overdraft = £700
    Evans store card cleared Aug '07
    Change Jar Challenge (£150) - 5.07 so far
  • SarahNeedle1872
    SarahNeedle1872 Posts: 6,166 Forumite
    stressed.mum wrote: »
    I have one of those tin things you can't open that all mine goes in - with my pin money, budget savings etc!!:j

    I put my change money in and write it daily in my diary so I can't "borrow" it.:rolleyes:

    I know some people on here have got them from ebay, but I found a site that sell them for £1 for small ones £2 for big one - free delivery on orders over £10.
    Oooh, which site?

    Sarah x
    'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde
  • joeyjac
    joeyjac Posts: 105 Forumite
    I've just counted up, I'm at £15.45 so far. Not sure i'm going to make £100 either by xmas but it will all help.

    Jo
    Life isn't a dress rehersal
  • stressed.mum
    stressed.mum Posts: 736 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Can I post the name? I have nothing to do with the site just found it when looking for money tins.

    the site is retro36.co.uk have just looked and they have put free delivery up to £15 I ordered 5 tins so I didin't pay delivery they should last me about a year.

    Delivery is £1.95, but I didn't want to pay that cos it was another tin!!

    Hope that helps

    stressed
    Hoping 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 £38.78
  • Hope78
    Hope78 Posts: 755 Forumite
    I get my tins like that in the local £1 shop, if their stocks are low I get a few as my dad uses them too but for £1.
    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 = £4700.00
  • stressed.mum
    stressed.mum Posts: 736 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Unfortunatly I don't have a pound shop near me!! Last time I saw some in a local shop the small ones were £1.50 and the big ones £3.99 :confused:

    Used to get them in Tesco around Christmas for kids stockings but didn't have any last year or I would have stocked up - I do like the big ones though because you can fit so much more in them.
    Hoping 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 £38.78
  • flowerofthewest
    flowerofthewest Posts: 250 Forumite
    £3.26 for me this week - takes total up to £16.16. Ah well, every little helps!
    Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds Live is AWESOME!!
    2009 Sealed Pot Challenge Banked £100
    Comp wins: Shearer Candles (£43)
    Depressed, dieting, binge-eater with gastric bypass. What's your problem?:cheesy:
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