"Sealed Pot Challenge" ~ 8

DreamerHelen

Morning Everyone.....It's Helen-O-Clock again!!


Thank you for all the "congratulations" for how much I have saved...I AM so proud of myself


Not been very well this Week so haven't been out much....But had to pop across to the little Corner Shop last night as I barely had any food in at all.....and so I potted 90p when I got back....which is better than nothing!!


Sounds like everyone is doing really well....Keep it going Guys....You CAN do this, we can ALL do this!! xXx

Daddybear85

Westie983 wrote: »

Yay for paying off those balances - good feeling isn't it

Cheers Westie it's great to know I'm gonna be so much better off each month, so tempting to just go and blow the money I'll save this month on wife and daughter.

Busylizzie94

Morning everybody! £4 already potted this morning as BF gave me money for his food shopping and a note, notes gone in my purse though

Hope you're all okay and have a fab day x

Lost2

morning all
25pence RK found now in my sealed pot

Sue-UU

KrazyKel wrote:

Can I join this challenge please?

Of course you can join us, KrazyKel (please see your No below this part). A very warm welcome to you! It's lovely to have you with us. :grinheart Have fun saving and enjoy the banter. You'll find your number at the bottom of the list on the 2nd post of page 1. Please read through post 1as it'll let you know exactly what to do with the challenge. PS. We always empty our pots and declare our savings in November, please make a note of this year's date: 5th Nov.
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.


KrazyKel - please note that instead of giving you the following No on the list I've given you No 118 I'm sure that member would have returned by now, but if she does, she can have a new one.


A gold star to you for a lovely welcome, Ruth, and thanks. :staradmin Another post for you further down. v

Good Morning, everyone, I hope you all have a good day and are able to save well where possible. To all those not be feeling well or are under the weather in any other way, take great care and be patient and here's hoping you'll all will be much better soon. For now, here are special {{{hugs}}} to help you through. Take care, all Potters, save cash whenever you're able, but don't worry if you can't!

Busylizzie94 wrote:

Thank you so much for this forum, I'm the type of person who spends every last penny they have but now I know I'm one step closer to my holiday x

I'm glad you're so pleased you've done so well, Lizzie, but I thought your pot was sealed?!! Why not keep a running total like Lynsey if you'd sooner know how much you have?

NB everyone: Be very wary of opening your pots out of curiosity, as for some of you instead of making you happy about what you've saved - it could easily have the reverse affect if you haven't, until then, been able to save as well as you'd thought!! It may even encourage you to spend your savings...or even worse not to bother saving any more! Whereas if you'd simply carried on unaware, your finances and savings may have improved and you saved more!!! Whilst the pots stay sealed you remain in suspense.....AND SAVING AS HARD AS POSSIBLE!!!!! Please don't jeopardise your chances. However, IF you must open your pots to check the contents (your money, your choice) then please don't broadcast it on the thread as others may be enticed to follow suit - and you could even risk spoiling their savings!!

Sorry folks, but I've so often wanted to get that point across before, please don't take it to heart, Lizzie, as it isn't just you, I promise you, so carry on going through your holiday brochures and I'm pleased you like the thread so much. Also, the above obviously doesn't apply to those who need to bank theirs every so often.

Well done, JoJo, I'm glad your BIL settled his dues.

Excellent potting, Daddybear, and whether it's more or less than you're suspected £60 it's money you've not spent, so be very proud!! :j Brilliant work with your CC being paid off!!! :T Another message below.

crimson.addict wrote:

Well I am officially loan free!! :eek: I only have my CC to clear now. I need to raid my ISA to loan my sister some money so I'm thinking of taking a little extra to help pay for my insurance for next year. This will mean I can focus on clearing my CC then start paying back my ISA money

That's fantastic news, Ruth, you've done marvellously!!!! :j :TAll the best in clearing your CC pronto!

I'm delighted to hear you so enjoyed the Elvis Experience, Kerry, what a singer!!

Good wishes on the phased returns to work, Seaotter you too Westie, I hope all goes well....the saving too! :D

DreamerHelen wrote:

Sounds like everyone is doing really well....Keep it going Guys....You CAN do this, we can ALL do this!! XXx

How right you are, Helen, and you of all people know this can be done now! I hope you're soon feeling very much better.

Daddybear85 wrote:

Cheers Westie it's great to know I'm gonna be so much better off each month, so tempting to just go and blow the money I'll save this month on wife and daughter.

Oooooh, I can well understand how you want to spoil your Wife and Daughter, Daddybear, but how about using it for potting towards a great Christmas or holiday - or half towards each?! Just a thought.

Have a great Wednesday, SPCers! :j Stay safe, healthy and.....filling them pots!


Sue x


NB: SPC Savers: 5th November will be the new 2015 opening date!

Anyone wishing to join, it's NEVER too late, so please just ask, you're more than welcome. :grinheart

crimson.addict

Sue-UU wrote: »

A gold star to you for a lovely welcome, Ruth, and thanks. :staradmin Another post for you further down. v

That's fantastic news, Ruth, you've done marvellously!!!! :j :TAll the best in clearing your CC pronto!

Thanks for the star Sue it's already up on the shelf with the others. Luckily i'm not paying any interest on my CC until August so i have 22 pay days to get the money sorted. It will be tight but do-able now that my loan is out of the way.

Potting £5.35 once i get home, a nice little total to kick start March I'm still determined to hit that £1,000 target!

Baby_Angel

Hope you lovely people are doing better than me on potting.

Haven't been posting on this thread recently and neither am I potting regularly. At least the pot is still sealed and untouched. Had a stray £1 in one of my old bags and potted it yesterday.

It is amazing how cautious you are when you are spending with cash. DH is the one who does the shopping and now that he uses only cash, there is so much money left over (though cupboards/fridge is filled sparingly :rotfl:). But I don't get to pot the change. Will have to find more innovative ways to find change. DH found some roadkill (£2.75) at his workplace. Maybe I should coax him up to pot the whole lot.

Busylizzie94

Thanks Sue! Sorry for opening my tin but it was nearly full to the top I've bought a smash pot thing now as it holds more money! So will only count money again when that pot is full and will go in the bank x

lynnejk

Hiya everyone :hello:

It's our 5th wedding anniversary today but we are not going out as I'm working and DH is on earlies. So we will probably go for a drink at the weekend and then put the monies to our holiday meals-out as we go on Monday

It's also my last day at work as we have decided I should take early retirement. I am starting to find it a bit too much now working five out of ten every fortnight.

It seemed a good time to give my notice as only have to work this week and then away for the other three weeks anyway. So not really decided what I will do after my holidays but will worry about that when I come back and just enjoy the time away.

Anyways, when sorting the bags for packing I found a little purse with some change in it - about 70p - and popped it in the pot

Hope you all have a super Thursday
Lx

scotmumof3

Happy retirement Lynnejk I hope you have a long and happy one.:)
I have potted £1.42 between yesterday and today
Hope everyone is well