"Sealed pot Challenge" ~ 9

Sue-UU

Frugalgurl wrote:

Please can I be added to this challenge? I use to member a couple of years ago a potted quite abit!

I started potting last week and am on £15.01!

A very warm welcome home, Frugalgurl, it's lovely to have you back with us! You know the ropes, but it's still wise to check out the 1st post on the 1st page as I've made a few changes here and there, nothing alarming and will only help members as well as the running of the thread. Keep coming on the thread as it'll help you stay motivated in SAVING!!! Please note your NO is 060, if it's former owner returns she will be given a new one.

PS. We empty our pots and declare our savings in November, please make a note of this year's date: 3rd Nov.

*Please pop your number on your sigs, it really helps me.

A gold star for you, 12 month challenge, and thanks for the help. :staradmin Good saving as well I see, though whatever is the matter with your DH!!!

What some absolutely atrocious weather, Potters!!!!! :eek: IF any of you are in any of the really awful areas, take great care and remember that.......risks are never worth taking!!!! Here are some {{{hugs}}} for you all, for any of our poorly members too.

keza wrote: »

found £16 saved in my old pot from last year which ended up gathering dust so have got this changed up as my starter for this year

That's given you a great push forward, kezza, a very good find! :j

The week's getting near done, 32b3, bet you're almost starting to relax already! Ah, just noticed you'll be on call, but hopefully all will be well.

So then, Nannyg...compost and rubber gloves = potting whichever way youlook at it!!! :rotfl: You did well.

Ruthie2016 wrote: »

Found £1.02 in a bag so that's going in the pot! Dare I say this is turning out to be a bit fun!! Who knew!!

You may indeed, Ruthie, and that's what has always been the intention - to make saving fun and addictive! :j

That's called an excellent start, abbe89!!

sunshine81 wrote: »

£2.50 in the pot... I get so excited when I have cash these days knowing I can go home and pot the change!! So determined this year x

Words like those are fantastic to read, sunshine! Keep that determination up right through the year!!! :dance:

You've every reason to feel happier today with your savings, NeedToBeDebtFree, great work!

There's a LOT to be said for the type of Christmas you enjoyed, wealthygirl. Great saving, and yes, keep on SPC with us to keep that incentive, you'll be thankful you did!

Wooo-haay Lost, you're doing brilliantly!!!!!! :j

Well done you, VALM...keep [STRIKE]cleaning[/STRIKE] I mean searching the house for more!!

Keep it coming, frasersmum, you're doing sooo well.

carbootcrazy wrote:

I'm very excited every time I catch sight of my see-through Holding Pot because there's loads in there and only today and tomorrow to spend any of it:j. Whatever's left as Big Ben strikes tomorrow night will be going in my SP:beer:

You're really putting your heart into this aren't you, carbootcrazy, keep on going!! Brilliant news about that £1 find!!!!!!! :j

I'm so sorry to hear some of your family are having health problems, Kerry, I do hope each of them will soon be well. {{{Hugs}}} for you and for them. Well done with your saving.

Fantastic work, GetRealBabe!! :dance:

:rotfl: Oh, very well done, mossy! I've heard of ways in which to save but never thought wind would be one of them!!!!! :eek: Seriously though, we never USED to have to pay for the ruddy stuff!!!!!! :mad: Here's to a great 2016 for you and yours also!!

jakes-mum wrote:

I have made it my personal challenge that I MUST fill 2 x pound shop sealed tins with shrapnel this year at least! and at least 1 x Pound shop sealed tins with £2 coins! Failure is not an option people!

Ok then, jakes-mum, we shall be holding you to that, though you'll make it, I know that! for certain! :cool: I hope your DS gets debt-free asap.

Ahh....but it's the knowledge that you WILL get this house back together that's keeping you from cracking up, Saver-upper! Your 12 yr old didn't want to go to Star Wars with his dad then??! Good potting, and keep your head...all will be well soon enough! :cool:

skilly wrote:

Hi all ,£5.00 potted today +£1 found in asda trolley feel bit bad someone left in there but found a nice home in my pot

Very well spotted, skilly, though as if our skilly WOULDN'T have picked up on it!!! Oooops, well done on the fiver too!!!

Enjoy your evening, Potters, whatever you do. As always....keep filling those pots! :dance:

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

Nicki_Sue

Hi all!
Could I get a number please? I've cancelled my Park Xmas Savings as I want to do most of my shopping locally for next Christmas or via small online business so want to save cash rather than towards vouchers. I'll save a regular amount at the beginning of the month plus any silver / gold coins I lay my hands on to give it a boost!

Thanks!

Frugalgurl

Thank you Sue-UU! I've really thrown myself back into sorting my finances out as am doing 5 challenges.
Got two nice shiny pots form pound land and my daughter helped pot the £2 loose change I had from my purse today so I'm now on £17.01! Get in! Daughter is hopefully going to enjoy saving with me. She certainly enjoyed putting the coins in the tin and shaking them. She's five! And both tins don't open! :beer:
Got the second tin for the Xmas £1 a day challenge :T

MrsShazbat

Well that's embarrassing, I've got my 6-year membership award (really???) and rarely visit these days!! I always start these things and don't see them through (I was in the £2 challenge before because I always collect them) so please can I join/rejoin this year's (I thought it ran from January, my bad)??

Last year's sealed-tin was for a trip to London to see Hamlet at the Barbican Theatre in October, and I saved £300 in a mixture of £2s and a few notes. I subbed myself an additional £150 and actually brought the £300 home! Was so proud. Unfortunately due to financial constraints of hubby being on long term sick leave, that money then went towards a hotel bill for a family trip down south that we've just returned from. My mum paid me her share but of course it never went back in the bank. I also emptied our giant Coke bottle of loose change last August; it wasn't getting any fuller, just spreading out like an elephant's foot with the weight of the coins, and there was £373.00 in it (all coins smaller than 50p). That went into our joint account but again regrettably got hoovered up by life - my husband underwent major surgery in August and on the verge of being discharged went into septic shock, spending 10 days in ICU and coming within hours of death. Consequently I was effectively living on one wage as I had no access to his bank account and that money also got hoovered up in hospital parking fees and the like. My work colleagues even had a whip-round and gave me £100 cash towards the exhorbitant parking charges. He was in hospital for 7 weeks in total, so you can imagine; even though I managed to get a parking permit for a week, it still came at a price and that was after a week in ICU at £8.40 a day. In truth, I'm gutted that the money we saved just got frittered away one way or another. When I'm stressed I spend - 7 new pairs of shoes, a number of shopping trips - and I was off work myself for 10 weeks altogether so once he was out of danger and reverted to normal visiting times, I had numerous hours a day in which to spend money and live 5 mins away from a shopping centre. I also know my credit card number/details off by heart so don't need it with me to use it!! I did know my debit card details as well but that one expired and I'm trying hard not to learn the new one!

Sorry that's a bit longwinded but the point is, I can clearly do it when I set my mind to it!! My personal challenges for the coming year are to reduce/clear my credit card balance - currently in the region of £3500 out of a £3800 limit, save something/anything regularly. I always set my goals too high; my mentality is to get a large sum of money saved quickly but I always end up dipping into it because a) I can and b) I leave myself too little cash. Myself and a friend/colleague have said we're leaving our cards at home when we return to work on Monday, I have a cash account which requires walking to a cash machine to obtain money and quite frankly, I'm too lazy!

Meliemops

Please could I join ... I have a pot sealed and ready to go

nannygladys

Hi everyone, put rest of the change from my purse into the pot tonight, not sure how much (I want a surprise when I open it in Nov).

Went to Ike@ this afternoon and although there was a lot of people it wasn't as bad I thought it would be, but the journey up and down the M6 was horrendous!!! It was one long traffic jam, without any reason from what we saw(thankfully no accidents that we know) so it took ages to get there and back, but at least I wasn't driving. I didn't spend anything there, although I saw lots that I fancied, but had to call the shop near home for bread and milk so the change is from that. Also my new month is starting Friday and as I'm not going out tomorrow I thought I would pot everything in my purse before I get the urge to spend it!!

A good start to this challenge for me I think.

Nannyg

abbe89

Nothing in today as I haven't spent anything to get change!
I have decided to tie this in with my slimming world journey though, I'd lost about 16lbs but that's gone out the window with Christmas etc! From now on, for every lb I shift, £1 goes in my pot. When I hit a half stone marker or if I get slimmer of the week £2 goes in, and a stone mark £5 goes in. I've got a fair bit to shift so it should all add up!

lynnejk

Nicki_Sue wrote: »

Hi all!
Could I get a number please? .... I'll save a regular amount at the beginning of the month plus any silver / gold coins I lay my hands on to give it a boost!
Thanks!

Meliemops wrote: »

Please could I join ... I have a pot sealed and ready to go

Ooh lovely - two new peoples.


You're very welcome to join us and Sue-UU, the mistress of the thread, will pass by and give you each a number, which you put on your signature and keep forever.


Please read the first post, as it's full of useful information, and post whenever you can with all your potting news.


Good luck for the challenge
Lx

Nicki_Sue

lynnejk wrote: »

Ooh lovely - two new peoples.


You're very welcome to join us and Sue-UU, the mistress of the thread, will pass by and give you each a number, which you put on your signature and keep forever.


Please read the first post, as it's full of useful information, and post whenever you can with all your potting news.


Good luck for the challenge
Lx

Thanks Lynnejk
I am a very lapsed previous member but have had a reread so am up to speed.
I have my (first!) pot and am ready to go.

166million

I found a dirty 5p and put it in my pot :-)
Ooh I've also got 6p in my purse so will put that in later.