"Sealed pot Challenge" ~ 9

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£1 only for me today

Still its better sitting in my pot than someone's till in the shop.

x

jakes-mum

MERRY BOXING DAY MY LOVELY POTTERS!

Ooooo well I just had a lovely day yesterday! I was awake at 5:50am! so had to have a rather stern word with myself that I am not 6 years old, Father Christmas doesn't visit me now and I'm supposed to be the person getting woken up by over excited children not the one waking everyone else up I did go back to sleep and DD woke us up at about 7:45 by patiently and *ahem* quietly sitting in our doorway with her iPad on watching the clock to get to 9am so she could officially wake us up!

Popped to my parents for some prezzies then we came home, locked the door and had some lunch then our Christmas dinner in the evening I even managed a whole Christmas Day without my obligatory over tired, over stressed, feeling ill meltdown

I hope all of you had a lovely day too and I'm now going to get up, get dressed and go to the Boxing Day sales :rotfl: they have noooooo idea, but I'm dragging my 3 round hobbycraft so I can buy lots of crafty stuff that I have nowhere to put . . . . All so I can make sure I have change to pot obviously!

I shall return with much change for Mr potty McPot!

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jakes-mum wrote: »

MERRY BOXING DAY MY LOVELY POTTERS
I'm dragging my 3 round hobbycraft so I can buy lots of crafty stuff that I have nowhere to put . . . . All so I can make sure I have change to pot obviously!

I shall return with much change for Mr potty McPot!

Any excuse to hit the sales eh

Good for you. I may even try this one :rotfl:

jakes-mum

12_month_challenge wrote: »

Any excuse to hit the sales eh

Good for you. I may even try this one :rotfl:

I have to go! We're in economic crisis according to the government, I've got to do my part to keep the economy going :rotfl:

Lyndsey-michelle

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a fantastic day yesterday!
I seemed to spend most of mine in the kitchen (drinking bailey's *ahem*) cooking christmas dinner, and opening every concievable present and playing with the kids until my living room looked like a bomb had gone off in Toys r us and landed all the toys and cardboard in my house!#

Anyway, Last week me and the OH were having a chat about saving for a deposit to put down on a house and we currently rent and want to eventually buy our own house. So we looked at mortgages, and despite him being on a good salary, for a decent 3 bedroomed house in any area we need more on a mortgage than we can get! (how is anybody supposed to own their own bricks and mortar in this day and age?), we also looked at part-buy, part rent, which we can afford, without a deposit of any sort we can't do that either!

So although he knew about this whole savings challenge I have been doing, (and he knows I have been swiping his change!) he wasn't that bothered, but after a good long chat about how we need to get our bums in gear if we want to own a house before we die, he agreed to start saving, and to get us started he gave me a £20 note this morning! I'm glad he is helping me! he earns more money than I do! haha

I also potted £3.09 would have been £4.19 but I dropped 10p on my bedroom floor which I am yet to find, and I slipped 50p into each of the kids piggy banks.

so thats a total of £23.09 (plus 10p when I find it) from me and the OH. Not bad for boxing day!

Have a good day at the sales for all those going! I'm going to nurse my baileys headache!

xx

positivelypunked

jakes-mum wrote: »

Lovely new name moonbeam, Sue will pop along soon and change it for you on the first post soon enough

Could you pop your number on your new sig for her? It was 54 in case you can't remember and to save you trawling for it

Don't worry about starting again, I think most of us have had to do so at some point! If you haven't already, maybe consider a holding pot for your change and then pot what is left in it each new payday so you know you can always get to your change if you need to and keep your eyes stuck to the floor and self service tills! There's always a discarded 1p to be found which our pots LOVE!

Aha I love my name - cos I like the egy punk fashion style & music but I'm trying to make people see that we aren't all that awful or totally against everything lol.

Thank you, That's really helpful.
I cut all my fingers up last night trying to get the change out so I can switch pots.
*ouchie*
I thought I only had a few quid but I actually do have around £9.00 (I can't remember if i posted earlier today) and I'll keep my sig updated as and when I pot the change.

I switched to a pot which is easier for me to open and I do have a pot where I would start to put money in for holding pot. I'm also including £10 to have in my secret stash in case I do run of money.

I'm hoping that 2016 would be a big year of saving for me,
I'd like to eventually move in with my partner so this year is focused on saving money

rockabillygirl

Happy Boxing Day everyone.
Change has been going into my pot but no idea how much.
Looking forward to a happy, healthy and frugal 2016 (fingers crossed).

Sue-UU

aliwali wrote: »

Hi, can I join please. Thanks.

Of course you can join us, aliwali. A very warm welcome to you! It's lovely to have you. :grinheart Have fun saving and enjoy the banter. You'll find your number below this welcome message. Please read through the 1st Postas 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.


aliwali - Please note that your new No is 012. Sadly, the previous owner has not returned, but if she does she's welcome to re-join and be given a new No.

A gold star for the perfect and very thorough welcome, 12 month challenge. :staradmin Thanks a lot.

It's wonderful to hear that everyone enjoyed their Christmas Day, I hope you ALL have as good a Boxing Day too!! For those who aren't well or for whom Christmas isn't a good time, I hope you either soon feel much better/or can find something to do that you love.

Well done, lexbubbles.I hope you had a wonderful Christmas Day too....

...you too, hummingbird.

lucyhope wrote: »

Thank you for your good wishes everyone, we were at the hospital withing an hour and a half of him being delivered! First Granny squishes are the best!!! He's gorgeous ( but I could be biased). DD2 and her hubby are sooo proud of themselves, just sorry she won't be home until tomorrow because of a problem with her after delivery. DGD2 wanted to know what time Auntie M's baby would be delivered and would it be Tesco or Yodel :rotfl:

Ahhh, bless your little DGD2, Lucy...innocence of kiddies eh. I hope your DD was allowed home yesterday and that you all had a really wonderful celebratory Christmas Day. Have a great time and revel in the time they're staying with you.

little_sweetie wrote: »

First Granny squishes are definitely the best! Many congratulations lucyhope. Have a lovely Christmas. I have a new Granddaughter too just 7 weeks old but she lives in Sydney so no squishes for me

2015 = £49.093.27!!!:dance:


How absolutely blooming fantastic is that ! Well done everyone and BIG thanks to Sue-uu for keeping us on the straight and narrow (mostly anyway)

It's so good to see you here, little_sweetie, with news of your little darling too, she is absolutely gorgeous...and I'm honoured!!! :grinheart As I said before, I just hope you can manage to physically see her and cuddle her while she's still a tiddler.
We DID do well with the GT didn't we! Keeping you all on the straight and narrow??? Remember the name jakes-mum...still feel the same eh???!! Nah, thought not. :rotfl: Love to G, you too xx

You don't twist your rellies arms for their change do you, 32b3? Whatever, you've done well with saving.

Kiddies and what they're going to embarass us with, eh, just trying! I, at least, thought you were going to say she meant a bear, apparantly not! :rotfl:

It's good to hear you're enjoying the peace, Helen, rest too I'm sure. BTW. You were a BIG part in the GT!!! :j

Well done with your saving, DFW2020, you're really doing just great!!

A very Merry Christmas to you and all those down under, mummytummy, and I hope to God you're nowhere near those terrible fires!!! It must be terrible for all those affected.

positivelypunked wrote:

Hello, it's Moonbean on a brand new account.
I'd like to switch to this account please, if possible.

Ok positivelypunked, I've changed your name over for you, thanks for kindly popping your No on your siggie. BTW. Have a look on page 1 about using a Holding Pot, it might be a huge help.

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Happy Christmas everyone :xmastree:

I'm still quietly potting away, walking Rosie, my hound, [although she loathes getting her head wet! ] around the hill.

I had a lovely ' present', today with the announcement that I'm going to be a great granny for the second time next summer!!! :j

Huge thanks to you Sue-uu, for this thread which enabled me to get the sealed pot puppy, Rosie, [4 years ago now.]:T

Caz

Hiya Caz!!! :hello: A very Happy Christmas to you also! Our Lab (Jessie) detests getting her head wet too, and looks as miserable as sin when it's dried! Good Heavens, is Rosie really 4 already:eek:!! What some amazing news for you to have and look ahead to!!!! Thanks so much for relaying it to us...you won't forget to let us know when the little treasure :A arrives now will you?!

Thanks a lot for helping sort positivelypunked's No out, jakes-mum, that must warrant a gold star. :staradmin BTW. You made your poor little DD sit in the doorway until 9 am??!!!!!! :eek: Poor little scrap I hope you were lucky with some craft treasures.

Another lover of Baileys eh, Lyndsey-michelle? My DH adores it, though it's only ever a Christmas tipple for him so he's always dubios as to when to have some in case it gives him a Baileys head! I hope yours is better now.

Never easy getting your foot on the first rung of the housing ladder is it, so go all out to save, save, save! All best wishes to you both in doing so.

A very Happy Boxing Day to you, rockabillygirl, a frugal New Year for us ALL too!

:xmassmile Have a wonderful Boxing Day, SPCers! :jAlways have the pots at the ready! :xmassign:

Sue xx

3rd November is the new opening date for 2016.

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

positivelypunked

Potted £4.06 for today.

Westie983

Today i have had my Christmas Day as my sister was busy yesterday, been a crazy day with my nieces (4 & 2) and the nephew (5 months)

This year I get two days of presents, which is nice,

No potting as yet haven't spent any money yet....