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"Sealed Pot Challenge" ~ 8
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Hiya everyone
I can see some super potting going on around the country.
By golly - it is brassic up here this weekend. The sort of cold where you feel it's biting your face off :rotfl: I'm usually on my winter hols this time of the year but had to change things around a bit this year BRRRRR !!
Went shopping - quite a few different shops - and thought I would pot all the change in my purse under £1 coin as there was quite a lot. So - money in one hand and pot in the other to take through to kitchen to count and add - my phone in my pocket started to ring so I answered it. Had an interesting conversation with a friend and arranged a meet. Put phone back in pocket - then realised I had just slung all the change in the pot without counting it - hahahahaha
Hope you all have a marvellous Monday
Lx£10day.2014=3213/2015=3421/2016=3238/2017=2702/2018=498..APR=12.03/300
GrocC.2014=2162/2015=2083/2016=218/2017=1996/2018=450..APR=17.13/200
Bulk buy.......APR=233.76
GC.NSD..2015=216/2016=213/2017=229/2018=39..APR=03/15
SPC130:staradminx61..2014=1178/2015=1287/2016=4616/2017=3843
OS WL= -2/8 ......CC =00......Savings = £13,1400 -
I potted 96p today!:jProud to have dealt with my debt, DFD 6th May 2015 :j
Part of the SPC challenge - #168 joee - My lovely gold stars from Sue-UU :staradmin x6 - BANKED £9.07
2015: Sell £1000 #65 - target £500 - Sold £108.690 -
Morning Everyone....

Well I'm feeling rubbish physically today...but I AM in good spirits and feeling absolutely fine emotionally...and that's half the battle...so I'm feeling good about that...
By the end of today I "should" have a Date for my small Operation....hopefully it will be within the next couple of Weeks....so we shall see what they offer me.
I am Potting a £10 note this morning....had some left after the Weekend's Shopping...so that feels WONDERFUL....Might be able to Pot a little more tonight but it shouldn't be a huge amount...
I'm definitely on track to make about £500 by Christmas...I haven't set it as an official Target but that's my aim in my head....if I do that then Christmas is DEFINITELY going to be "free" this Year
*Hugs* to those that need them....and Welcome to any Newbies....you're gonna LOVE it here with us
See you all later on xXx
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Morning all
Nothing over the weekend as we didn't really go anywhere to get any change but found 47p this morning next to my pot which I must've forgotten about. Love and hugs to those that need it xx
Happy Monday
XxxxJan 2025 £26561.43/£0. I want to clear £9000 this year (2025)0 -
Put my over time in of £169.08 my car tax is ready to go
Saving for Xmas 2015 #84 £163.00 ~ £365
SPC 2015 # 43 (£340.28) banked + (£3.86) in SP £344.14 Total ~ £500
NSD J 19/19 F 7/10
Lunches to Uni F 6/16
Loan: [STRIKE]£2000[/STRIKE] £1000 50% paid, Mum [STRIKE]£7800[/STRIKE] £4900 33.7% paid, [STRIKE]CC £200 [/STRIKE] PAID ,[STRIKE] DWP £740.16[/STRIKE] £544.16 26.5% PAID, Over draft £2000 Total [STRIKE]£12740[/STRIKE] £8444.16 33.7% paid0 -
1 pound potted for yesterday's NSD
£47605.33 outstanding in C.C (£8000 Interest free till January 2025)0 -
Been slowly potting, some weeks I don't seem to use much cash and pay with cards. But I've now got a sealed tin you can only open with a tin opener :jAs of 24th August 2016 total money owed was
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Hi all, hope everyone's well?
DreamerHelen hang on in there girl
I've been dropping change into my pot, I don't count it, I like the surprise in November.
Yesterday I saved £8! - used a £5 off £50 voucher in Pets at Home and have enough cat food and litter for a month now (3 cats). Also I made a vat of soup for our lunches at work, and splashed out on 2 soup cups so I can bung a portion in the cup from the freezer and bung it in the microwave at lunchtime. The cups were reduced from £6 each to £4.50, they scanned through the till at the original price :eek: but when I pointed it out she took the £3 off. I think OH was embarrassed 'cos he wandered off at that point :rotfl:
SO should I pot that £8?
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I've been dropping change into my pot, I don't count it, I like the surprise in November.
Yesterday I saved £8! - used a £5 off £50 voucher in Pets at Home and have enough cat food and litter for a month now (3 cats). Also I made a vat of soup for our lunches at work, and splashed out on 2 soup cups so I can bung a portion in the cup from the freezer and bung it in the microwave at lunchtime. The cups were reduced from £6 each to £4.50, they scanned through the till at the original price :eek: but when I pointed it out she took the £3 off. I think OH was embarrassed 'cos he wandered off at that point :rotfl:
SO should I pot that £8?
Rx
I would definitely pot the £5 off but only pot the extra £3 if I would have bought the cups at the original price.
frogletinaNot Rachmaninov
But Nyman
The heart asks for pleasure first
SPC 8 £1567.31 SPC 9 £1014.64 SPC 10 # £1164.13 SPC 11 £1598.15 SPC 12 # £994.67 SPC 13 £962.54 SPC 14 £1154.79 SPC15 £715.38 SPC16 £1071.81⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Declutter thread - ⭐⭐🏅0
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