"Sealed Pot Challenge" ~ 8

rainbowgirl1

Thank you for accepting me. Just testing my signature ready to start tomorrow.

I can understand about losing the thread if you don't subscribe as it has taken me a couple of days to find it again! But all sorted now

Sue-UU

xxlouisexx56 wrote:

I'd like to join the new challenge please!

sunshine81 wrote: »

Lurker here, but I'd like to join the next challenge!! The excitement on this thread at people declaring totals is amazing!

wrote:

Evening, could I please join, thankyou.

A very warm welcome to you, xxlouisexx56, sunshine81, and Sarahdol75! It's lovely to have you with us! Enjoy yourselves saving and posting, and be sure to join in the banter with us. You'll find your numbers at the bottom of the list on post 2nd post of page 1. Please read through post 1 as it'll let you know exactly what to do with the challenge. PS. We 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.

grandmasam wrote: »

Hi Sue-u-u and everyone else.
Have had a busy [and nightmare! ] year! The most wonderful thing was being presented with a great grandson,Freddie, by my lovely dgd and her dh...he's so scrummy! :j :j :j
I still haven't found my new deerhound puppy, and the original sealed pot puppy, Rosie, is now 4. She is on my fb page so message me if you would like a link.

Sue-u-u birthday twin, hugs sent, just because....:A

SP NO 031 declaring £1027 Woohoo!!!

Caz

Helllooooooo dear Caz, my twin!!!!!!!! I'm so thrilled to hear about little Freddie, how old is he? Why didn't you come and tell us?!!! Naughty! Forgiven :A You've done brilliantly yet again, Caz, and I'm delighted for you!!!!!! Very many congratulations to you!!!!!! :j:T:j I'd love a link to see Rosie please so I'll PM you asap.

bubbs wrote: »

Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Im declaring £380:T:T:T and £3.84 to start next year off, thanks Sue and put me down for next year please

Fantastic saving, bubbs, and you went £30 over your target, excellent!!!!!!!! Many congratulations!!!!! :dance::T:dance:So many thanks for helping me on the Reminder thread, you're a real gem!!!! :kisses3:

Chutney86 wrote: »

#23 declaring £319.60 saved this year. £30 cash back for switching energy supplier came through today so I've potted that too . I have exceeded my target for this year, so I'm really pleased with that :j

I think the majority of the money will go towards spending money for a big holiday OH and I have planned for next year :j

Sue thanks for running the challenge and for your encouragement throughout the year, see you all on SPC9

Many congratulations to you, Chutney!!!!! :j:T:j You've done amazingly and you know all too well how delighted I am for you!! When the time is right have a wonderful holiday with your OH, you've deserved it!!!

<<<" I'll am off to the airport in less than 12 hours, but I'll check in to the new thread at the airport ">>>

Thank you so much for your wonderful words, 32b3. Have the very BEST of holidays! Safe traveling each way, and see you when you're safely home still buzzing with all the excitement!!!!!!! :hello:

TheDapster wrote:

Helloooo!

Number 80 declaring £592 total!

Sooooo happy with that, thanks Sue and everyone who posts

My word - YOU have been saving all year through,
TheDapster, and what a fantastic reward!!! Many congratulations!!!!!! :dance::T:dance: See you on SPC 9 soon!

kiplingmonkey wrote: »

# 67 declaring £519.17

I haven't quite reached my target but have managed an increase on last years SPC total so very happy with that. :j:j

Thank you Sue-UU - this is a great challenge to be involved in- hope you enjoyed the fireworks.


See you all in the morning for next years challenge.

Oh, I so enjoyed it all,kiplingmonkey, best of all though were the younger 2 DGkiddies, they loved it all,the food was darned good too!!! You mightn't have got you Target, but you still saved in a great way and I'm really thrilled for you!!!!!! Many congratulations!!!!!!!!! :dance::T:dance: Come on SPC 9 more often as it would be lovely to see you.

hummingbird wrote: »

Just done my count and am declaring £129.52 Very pleased considering I didn't focus on the challenge very well this year, & this will still come in very handy!!!

FRESH START TOMORROW!! Please put me down for the next challenge Sue xxx

You're already down, hummingbird! Many congratulations as for someone who didn't do much focusing you still got a great amount to be proud of!!!!! :j:T:rotfl: I'm holding you to your words above!

Merrylegs1 wrote: »

Happy counting day everyone!!
So pot opened, counted, bagged and banked....grand total was £123.72 :D:D
£96 has gone to the bank £7.72 back in the pot for next year and £20 spent. I'm delighted with my total, it will cover roughly 1/3 of my Christmas costs 'free!'.
Some fantastic amounts being saved can't wait for the grand total- thanks so much for inspiring/running this Sue :beer::j
Merry xx

Happy counting day to you too, Merry!! Many congratulations to you, I am so very happy that you've got an amount you can really do something with, great news!!!!!! :j:T:j Thank you so much for your words and see you over on 9!

[Quote=getting-there-slowly]Coming out of lurkdom to declare £1959.89!!! Very surprised but very pleased. [/Quote]

Whhhooooooohaaayyy getting-there-slowly, you've done incredibly well!!!!!!! :eek: I won't ask how you did that because it was obviously by sheer hard work!! So many congratulations to you!!!!!!! :dance::T:dance: I bet you're as proud as can be!!!!

donna_dynamo wrote:

#085 declaring my total £180 nit to shabby for my first time. I am definitely up for doing this challenge again.

...and we'd definitely love to have you, Donna!! Not to shabby at all with your savings!!! Many congratulations on a great sum!!!!! :j:T:j

Seaotter wrote: »

Wow I thought there might be £200 in my piggy bank but there was £477.50!!!!! And we only started in February!

I definitely want to do this again next year! Thank you Sue for all your hard work encouraging us all!

That's just amazing Seaotter!!!! :eek: Many congratulations on a really wonderful amount, all down to some great potting!!!!! :dance::T:dance: Not bad in the amount of time eh!! See you on SPC 9!!

mossy wrote: »

Hope you enjoyed the fireworks Sue.

Just a quick note to say I can't declare tonight as I'll be burning the midnight oil on an assignment due in tomorrow morning!! :eek: But all being well I will declare tomorrow or over the weekend. Didn't want you think I'd forgotten! Definitely looking forward to the treat of opening it and counting up after all this hard studying!! Well done everyone so far! :T

It was a brilliant time thanks so much, Mossy! Don't worry about counting up/declaring, i do understand and look forward to hearing from you when you're ready. All the best with the assignment!!

wrote:

YIPPPPEEEE

I have finally finished counting my sealed pot

£520 in £1 coins, they are ready to bank:D will I say bank I will swop them into £2 coins and repot into my bigger pot and then continue with the £1 pot...

Excited little Westie...

Fantastic potting, Westie!!!!!! A terrific amount and didn't you do well!!!! Many congratulations :j:T:j Though if I understand you, you're going to pot your pottings!!! I always say it....there's always ONE!!!! :rotfl: Chuffed to bits for you.

lynnejk wrote:

What a lovely lot of potters you all are :j There are lots of super amounts of savings being declared again this year :T

Sooo...............sealed pots = £ 1037.48
and...............virtual savings = £ 250.00


My total for SPC8...........£ 1287.48

Thanks a million Sue for all your hard work and dedication to this thread, especially with all the other pressures in your life this year. Hope you enjoyed some family time and fireworks, as you deserve it. You really are a :staradmin

See you all on the next challenge and good luck everyone
Lx

Oh - my - word, Lynne, that's an astounding amount, all from such hard savings and I am sooooooo delighted for you!!! Very many congratulations to you on such hard graft!!!!!!! :dance::T:dance: Thanks so much for your kind words, Lynne, but in return, thank you so much for being there for me, so much appreciated!! :kisses3: BTW, your overshot your target!! We had a really super time earlier and the DGK loved it, but...so much of me wanted to be in two places!

What a wonderful day and night, Potters, it's a delight to see such pleasure out of potting change, thank you ALL for doing so darned well!!!!!


Sue xx

Do take note SPC Savers: For 2016 - 3rd November will be the new opening date! Don't forget your diarys digital or otherwise!

Anyone wishing to join us, it's NEVER too late, so please just ask, you'll be made very welcome. :grinheart

Sue-UU

Hi Potters,

I'm just about to put the SPC 9 thread on to go live, so from now on, please do not post on this thread.

As soon as SPC 9 is running I will put a link on here so you can all click it and go through.

Many thanks, Sue xx

The link through to SPC 9 is HERE

Saver-upper

Well,that was a mixed bag of a day :cool:.
I weighed my 4 tins (8.549kg/18.8 lb),spent 2 hours counting,recounting,getting myself in a muddle.When I looked at the clock,it was 3pm-I was supposed to have picked up my kids at 3pm!!
So I very quickly packed up all my bags of money, and tins of un-counted money.
Later I tried to continue counting,but kept getting distracted.Tonight we went out,so it was only after kids went to bed I could get back to it.
Kept adding up,kept getting different amounts,started again......And all the time didn't think it was right-it was as if I was missing a pot .I am not:I had a minions pot for £2 coins,a cakes pot for £1 coins,and retro sweets pot,then a chocolate tin for the rest.All present and accounted for,and contained a pleasing amount of notes.I thought over the year I had potted larger amounts than I obviously had. If it wasn't for the £129 I had transferred from my Paypal (for Pinecone surveys),I think I would have cried
Anyway,I am not tooooo disappointed-just surprised,that's all.
I don't have any immediate plans for the money.Tomorrow I will bank it,but what I would like to do when I get time to research my options,is change banks,taking advantage of a switching bonus, and higher interest (eg Halifax pays £5 a month but you need to put something like £700-800 a month through the account-so planning to use the money to pass through an account-maybe even a couple).
Anyway,declaring £651.10 for SPC 8 :j:money::T

Hope78

I've not had a chance to open my pots yet but racing home from work tonight to get counting.

Well done everyone our total is going to be a smasher

Westie983

Sue-UU wrote: »

Fantastic potting, Westie!!!!!! A terrific amount and didn't you do well!!!! Many congratulations :j:T:j Though if I understand you, you're going to pot your pottings!!! I always say it....there's always ONE!!!! :rotfl: Chuffed to bits for you.

The only reason is that I was also part the £365 Xmas 2015 challenge which I completed last month so I bought my presents with this money so dont need the pot food for this otherwise I would bank it and use it towards christmas.

Potting it back into my bigger pot will mean I dont spend it and the bigger pot gets fed as I think this one holds £3k in gold coins, when I fill her up it can go towards my Australia fund as Im wanting to dive out there (crossing my fingers I will be able to get back under the water as I haven't dived since before my hip replacement, but its a goal)

After all the big one is going to take me an age to fill anyway probably at least 2 more years of Sealed Pot Challenges :-)

Westie983

Saver-upper wrote: »

...research my options,is change banks,taking advantage of a switching bonus, and higher interest (eg Halifax pays £5 a month but you need to put something like £700-800 a month through the account-so planning to use the money to pass through an account-maybe even a couple)

Saver-Upper, This is correct but you only have to pay £750 into the account then you can take it straight back out again, or if you are struggling to fund £750, you can pay in £500, take out £250 but stay in credit from the ATM then pay it back in again and thus you have paid in £750, (£500 +£250)

The computer will only look at the credits for the month to see if you have funded with the correct amount so no worry about the withdrawal in the middle, you could of course spread it out over the month if you wish, so pay in money at the beginning of the month then work out how much you have paid in and make it up at the end...
just thought I would share with you, don't forget the 2 X Direct Debits are also needed to get the £5 reward.

Sue-UU

Please note, everyone, only declarations are to go on this thread now! For all other "well dones" etc please post ONLY on SPC 9 HERE

Saver-upper wrote: »

Anyway,declaring £651.10 for SPC 8 :j:money::T

WOW Saver-upper, that's just excellent potting!!!!!! You've done marvelously, many congratulations to you!!!!!!! :j:T:j Hang onto it now until that something special comes into your mind..you'll be glad of it then, not that you're not anyway, ah, you know what I mean.

Hope78 wrote: »

I've not had a chance to open my pots yet but racing home from work tonight to get counting.

Well done everyone our total is going to be a smasher

Ok Hope, we look forward to seeing you just as soon as you're ready.

Please note, everyone, only declarations are to go on this thread now! For all other "well dones" etc please post ONLY on SPC 9 HERE

Iolanthe

Hello Sue

Number 430 checking in with a total of £136. Really pleased with that as it was really just loose change that I haven't missed.

New tin is up and ready to go for next year!


Many Thanks

NobodysChild

Hi there.

I opened my sealed pot last night, and was expecting there to be about £160-£175ish to be honest. So I was aghast and amazed and thrilled, when there was over £270 in there!!! £272.13 to be exact. :j:j:j

I was taken aback to say the least!

Onwards and upwards to the shops to start the food/booze shopping for Christmas!

And I should have at least £100 left over towards presents.

It's been great fun this year, saving all the moneyzzzzzz. :T

Enjoy the rest of your day folks. I am off to the bank soon, to change all the coins into notes, so I can put it all into the bank account.