"Sealed Pot Challenge" ~ 8

JoJoC

Hi all, I havent caught up in a while but been a bit slow on the old potting front recently. Had A big pile of change in my purse and hubby's tray so just emptied the whole lot in.

£9 in the £ tin and £3.72 in the change tin. Total= £12.72. Hope everyone is well and I'll try to do better!

NotNormal

£3.01 potted. Not entirely sure where the 1p came from, they're sneaky those pennies! But none the less he's been sent to join the other coins, he can show them his ninja skills.

So that's £103.01 saved so far. That'll teach me to doubt myself. Only £96.99 left to save.

And inspired by this challenge and how well I am doing I have set myself a fresh start challenge. Lose 70lb and make £600 of extra debt payments by 2016. But instead of worrying that I might not manage it, I'm thinking positive.
If I'm losing weight, I'm eating less (I eat healthy generally but too many big portions!) which means my grocery bill will be less which means more money to go on the debt!

Westie983

thats the spirit NotNormal - everyone likes a challenge :-)

dreamingofmoney

Hiya all, first post in a week, am still struggling on the potting front, have stopped drawing out cash as much. Have bought ynab and finding it far easier to budget without drawing out cash. Will pot as and when and will still continue to post on here, I am still thinking of drawing out a fiver or a tenner every month so at least something is going in but not sure if this defeats the object.
Xxxx

scotmumof3

NSD for me today so £1 potted in the tin

Chutney86

Sue I hope your DD's appt went okay

Lynne hope your foot is less painful and that your fracture heals soon

60p potted for me today

Hope78

£9.39 potted today, first in a while for me hopefully this I'll keep this up!

NotNormal

Westie983 wrote: »

thats the spirit NotNormal - everyone likes a challenge :-)

Little bit annoyed, just discovered another £120 debt I didn't know about. So cannot decide what to do about the challenge. With the original debt that £600 would bring me down to £495, under £500. But should I keep the challenge and have more debt or up the challenge to £720 and keep the goal at being under £500 in debt by October 2016?

NotNormal

dreamingofmoney wrote: »

Hiya all, first post in a week, am still struggling on the potting front, have stopped drawing out cash as much. Have bought ynab and finding it far easier to budget without drawing out cash. Will pot as and when and will still continue to post on here, I am still thinking of drawing out a fiver or a tenner every month so at least something is going in but not sure if this defeats the object.
Xxxx

Could you do a virtual sealed pot? So skim the bank, bringing what's in there to the nearest £5? Keeps the same idea, but it would make more sense if you plan to use your card more. Plus then if you decided to buy pressies online in advance, you can quickly switch the money over via online banking? I think someone else on here is doing a virtual sealed pot? x

Westie983

I do a VSP, each week I skim the excess of my bank account and faster payment it over to a online savings account...