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"Sealed pot Challenge" ~ 9

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  • Hi everyone :hello:
    Back to work (boo!). The sun's out! (Hurrah!)
    Have potted some bits and bobs this week.
    Jakes-mum thanks for the heads-up about Quidco up thread - I needed a new mattress, went to Dreams and found a nice one - mentioned that Quidco are offering 8% cashback so they matched that! £40 off! :T

    I've spent some of last year's pot money - I've booked to see David Tennant (swoon) on Saturday at the Barbican in London - I'm so excited I'm not concentrating at work at all - gawd knows what I'll be like when I get there and see him for real :eek::eek: Poor bloke :rotfl:
    TDx
  • siju
    siju Posts: 722 Forumite
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    Good afternoon Potters :) There's actually no water falling from the sky this afternoon!!!

    I managed to pot £6.66 today. My little pot is filling up nicely :)
    SPC 19 - #009
  • Westie983
    Westie983 Posts: 5,215 Forumite
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    Got given a deluxe terramundi for all my notes and $2 coins.... I'm guessing that I will have it full in about 10 years haha.

    two years and still going strong.01322616310e4ee7f9e50f80076c0ced119fae11b90e23a3e1cf944a51fc6ee753375e1b.jpg
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    Save 12k in 2023 #58 Total (£4500.00) £2500.00/£5000 = 50.00%
    Sealed Pot Challenge ~17 #24 Total (£55.00) £0.00/£500 = 0.00%
    Xmas 2023 £1 a Day #13 Total (£85.00) £344.00/£365 = 94.24%
    Virtual Sealed Pot #1 Total (£500) £550.00/£500 = 110.00%
    £2 Savers Club 2023 #17 Total (£25.00) £45/£300 = 15.00%
    The 365 1p Challenge 2023 #7 Total £656.19/£667.95 = 98.23%
    Total £4095.19/£7332.95 = 55.84%
  • 166million
    166million Posts: 1,233 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Got like £6 in change in my purse
    **Debt Free as of 15:55 on Friday 23rd March 2012**And I am staying that way
    377 166million Sealed Pot Challenge 2018 :staradmin No. 90: Emergency fund £637
    My debt free diary http://http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=3630099
  • Westie983
    Westie983 Posts: 5,215 Forumite
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    siju wrote: »
    Good afternoon Potters :) There's actually no water falling from the sky this afternoon!!!

    I managed to pot £6.66 today. My little pot is filling up nicely :)

    I couldnt pot £6.66 I would have to find 1p or take one out...

    something about consecutive numbers especially the 6's
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    Save 12k in 2023 #58 Total (£4500.00) £2500.00/£5000 = 50.00%
    Sealed Pot Challenge ~17 #24 Total (£55.00) £0.00/£500 = 0.00%
    Xmas 2023 £1 a Day #13 Total (£85.00) £344.00/£365 = 94.24%
    Virtual Sealed Pot #1 Total (£500) £550.00/£500 = 110.00%
    £2 Savers Club 2023 #17 Total (£25.00) £45/£300 = 15.00%
    The 365 1p Challenge 2023 #7 Total £656.19/£667.95 = 98.23%
    Total £4095.19/£7332.95 = 55.84%
  • MrsShazbat
    MrsShazbat Posts: 865 Forumite
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    That strange moment when I'm stood looking at loose change in my hand and thinking "need to pot this"
    SPCNo.19 #20 (18 £1752.64; 17 £562.86; 16 £678; 15 £1120.92; 14 £416.53; 13 £191.52; 12 £260.48; 11 £480.95; 10 £682.31; 9 £442.64)
    1p Challenge 2026 #24
    52-Week Challenge 2026 #11
  • Mumof2_2
    Mumof2_2 Posts: 2,694 Forumite
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    I'm like that too MrsShazbat - should I be concerned that I was genuinely thrilled when I found 20p? Maybe I shouldn't ask!!

    Just potted £4.
    Flymarkeeteer: £168 and counting
  • Change left over from ice cream so that's 60p in the pot! Total is now £20.63
    Jan Grocery challenge £96.17/£150 NSD JANUARY 1/15 SPC #60 £79.17 :j #70 Xmas pot £12/333 days:T Virtual sealed pot challenge #22 £10.40/£500 target £2500 overdraft :(
  • Sue-UU
    Sue-UU Posts: 9,757 Forumite
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    A very good evening to you all, Potters. I hope it's a relaxing one after not too bad a day. Take care all and keep safe and healthy! {{{Hugs}}} to all those not feeling well or who need them in any other way.
    c.w.2015 wrote:
    I have now hidden my pot from him Sue -UU :)
    I walked in to him using a knife/tipping the pot :o

    Well done, c.w.2015! Keep it under lock and key, anything, rather than him denying you of your treasure in November! :mad:

    Brilliant Ruthie! Overpaying really can't be a bad thing so good for you.
    Kim_13 wrote: »
    I have decided to be slightly unconventional and count my pot money as I go, opening a passbook account to pay in full bags of change.

    A family member needed change for £5 (so I had to swap) and the note is just too tempting to spend/put in my 3% current account otherwise.

    That's entirely up to you, Kim, you're not alone, Lynsey does it every year as she likes to be assured of what she's getting. Whatever keeps YOU happy! ;)

    Hello at last, Helen! I wondered where you'd got to, then remembered I'd told you to have a break. I hope you're feeling bery much better as a result. The words in your first paragraph are perfect when describing us all on SPC! :kisses::kisses::kisses:

    Not to worry, mrs-moneypenny, when you're able to - you pot, when you're not - you don't, simple eh! ;)
    lucyhope wrote: »
    DD2, her Hubby and DGS have gone home, we think we've gone deaf!!
    To be truthful though we haven't heard him much during the night, only on one of my many trips to the loo (the joys of Intersticial Cystitis) mummy is well and baby is thriving, he's now just under 8lbs. x

    Good to see you, Lucy! I bet you miss them all, those cuddles too! :A Poor you with that awful ailment (I suppose you'd call it) I've only heard of it once before as a friend has it, the ordinary is bad enough and at least you get breaks from that, not so in your condition. Take good care of yourself!! :kisses3: It's so good to hear Mum & little treasure are both doing so well.
    abbe89 wrote: »
    I've decided that alongside my pot, I'm going to transfer the odd pennies in my bank account across to my mortgage when I log on to check my internet banking (normally a couple of times a week). I already try and over pay at least the interest each month on top of my monthly payment, and I know these extra pennies will likely add up to about £20 maximum, but every little helps! :D

    You do whatever makes you happy, abbe89, as I said to someone earlier, overpayment HAS to be good!!! :D

    Oh dear Louise, it's such a catch 22 situation when kiddies go back to school. I used to hate it when that awful quiet descended, BUT on the upside, as you say, it was good to pour myself into cleaning up all the dust, dirt etc that I tried to ignore while they were home. Treasure both while he's still school age as it flies by so quickly!!

    Ah, there you are, Hicksy! No, it's never to late to wish folk greetings, so, a very safe, healthy and Happy New Year to you! You and your little lad are doing brilliantly with saving, keep it going!!!! :j
    It sounds as though you well deserved that reak, tatabubbly, well done on the Euro too!

    Good luck with your Terramundi, TheCatsandDogsMother, though you never know...stick to coins and you might see it full come November!!
    TheDapster wrote: »
    Hi everyone :hello:
    Back to work (boo!). The sun's out! (Hurrah!)
    Have potted some bits and bobs this week.
    Jakes-mum thanks for the heads-up about Quidco up thread - I needed a new mattress, went to Dreams and found a nice one - mentioned that Quidco are offering 8% cashback so they matched that! £40 off! :T

    I've spent some of last year's pot money - I've booked to see David Tennant (swoon) on Saturday at the Barbican in London - I'm so excited I'm not concentrating at work at all - gawd knows what I'll be like when I get there and see him for real :eek::eek: Poor bloke :rotfl:
    TDx

    Great going with the Quidco bonus on the mattress, TheDapster, what a handy amount saved!!! :j Have a GREAT time at the Barbican with David Tennant on Saturday, I wouldn't knock him back either! :rotfl:

    It might be the devil's number, siju, but 6.66 sounds wonderful to me!!!!!! :dance:

    All the best with your pots being filled by......mmmmm....November, Westie?!!!!! :rotfl: You never know.

    Bloomin good work potting, 166million!!!!!! :j
    Mumof2 wrote: »
    I'm like that too MrsShazbat - should I be concerned that I was genuinely thrilled when I found 20p? Maybe I shouldn't ask!!

    Just potted £4.

    Give in to it, MrsShazbat and you, Mumof2...the addiction's taken you both over!!!!! :rotfl::rotfl:

    ooooh excellent potting, Frugalgurl...keep working at it and save, save, save!!!!! :D

    After shopping today a £2 coin in the Terramundi today AND £15 in the Chicken!!! NO...it went in the TOP of it's back, not....[STRIKE]up the[/STRIKE] anywhere else!!!!!! :rotfl::j That'll be all for the week, but I'm not complaining.
    Have a lovely evening, SPCers, and a good Wednesday, but do take care GREAT CARE!! ....of the pots too!! :dance:

    Sue xx
    3rd November is the 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
    Sealed Pot Challenge 001 [/B] SizeGrand Totals of all members[/B] (2008 uncounted) 2009 = £32.154.32! 2010 = £37.581.47! 2011 = £42.474.34! 2012 = £49.759.46! 2013 = £50.642.78! 2014 = £61.367.88!! 2015 = £52.852.06! 2016 = £52, 002.40!! 2017 = £50,456.23!! 2018 = £47, 815.88! 2019 = £38.538.37!!!! :j2025£40,45.16!!!

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  • VALM
    VALM Posts: 5,989 Forumite
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    Got some change today so am potting 24p. Have put some money on holding pot really other MSN challenge.
    Back for the No Buying Toiletries challenge. I pledge to only buy when I run out of a product that is not already in my stash no matter what wonderful emails land in in my Inbox or threads I read on MSE re: glitches!

    SPC Member 046
    £2. Challenge member 55
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