"Sealed pot Challenge" ~ 9

Sue-UU

Flee wrote:

Can I join please?

It's a pleaure to have you, Flee. A very warm welcome to you! It's lovely to have you with us. :grinheart Have fun saving and enjoy the banter when declaring your conquests! You'll find your number below this welcome aboard message. Please read through the 1st post as 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: 3rd 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.


Flee - Please note your No is 117. Please note your No is 117.This is a pre-loved one and needs a lot of TLC. However, if the previous owner decides to return then she's welcome to re-join and be given a new No.

I know I was on first, 12 month challenge, but yours was a lovely welcome so here's a gold star for you. :staradmin

It's great to see you, Pmo2! Good to hear you've been gaining change by swapping your youngsters change for notes too. Happy saving and see you soon!

Frugalgurl wrote: »

:jAdded £30.88 to the pot as it was money left over that j don't need to spend and decided I'm saving for a holiday for me and my daughter. Total is £78.17 feel really motivated to save as much as I can so will be opening in the summer and will carry on once we get back

You've something really lovely to save for, Frugalgurl, to look forward to as well. Just please make sure, when you use it for your hols, that you add the sum to your signature so you remember to add it to what you declare in November! Excellent savings so far. :j

WOW, it was certainly YOUR DAY for roadkill, Frogletina, congratulations!!!!

Thanks so much for your wishes, Dragon Lily, late or not they still mean as much. You probably quite right about the weather being too warm, so far, for sales of your socks, hats and scarves, but keep it up as there's still time yet!!! :dance:

Brass_Triumphant wrote: »

I'm starting to get that thud noise myself - it sure is great!

94p potted today

Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone

..and WHAT a sound it is eh, Brass_Triumphant!! Keep right on potting and listening as the thud deepens as the pot fills!!!! :j

Well done, MrsShazbat, patience pays off.

...and Happy Sunday to you, NeedToBeDebtFree, and very good potting!!!! :dance:

You too, Dizzy Imp! Though I hope you washed your fingers before potting the cash!!!! :rotfl:

I'm delighted you enjoyed it so much, TheDapster, lots of lovely memories now.

Great news, TheCatsandDogsMother, I'm so chuffed for you!!! :j Well done on your savings. Fingers crossed for the hairy/furry ones getting along...and having manners!

I am so very happy for you, tatabubbly, it just couldn't be working out better for you all the way round!! :dance: Time for you to relax and enjoy life!

Don't worry about the NSDs, plumduff55, I have 6 of those every week! Just pot when you can, and....be proud!

Time to let your DS's hair grow long and you save eh, mrs-moneypenny! :rotfl: We've given up with the lotto too, but I'm sure they're shooting themselves in the foot with what they've done - twits!!! :mad:

Well done, 166million, little and often is just as good and at least you're still saving!! :j

Enjoy a brilliant Sunday, SPCers. :grinheart Take care of your pots...maybe polish them and hear them purr! :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

mrs-moneypenny

Sue-UU wrote: »

Time to let your DS's hair grow long and you save eh, mrs-moneypenny! :rotfl

lol must admit he did get value for money from this haircut. He's avoided the barbers for about a year so gone from looking like a member of a grunge band to a short back n sides. Bit of a shock when he came home.

jakes-mum

Helloooooooooooooo Potterssssssssssssssss

Well Happy 10 Year MSE Anniversary to me! MSE Badger sent me a little message to say I now have a 10 year badge, you lucky lot! look how long you've had the pleasure of my company :rotfl:

I shall endeavour to take a picture of the [STRIKE]disaster[/STRIKE] amazingness that will be DD's birthday cake (unless its really really bad and I cheat and replace it with a shop bought one!) Darn you creative side and your over the top ideas!

Have just told DH that i'm going to make him some pants after seeing someone else do it on my craft page They were marvel ones . .. he didn't look too impressed :rotfl: he still has to try them on though, he has no choice! I have an overlocker!! I have no excuse not to make the entire family underwear :rotfl:

80p in the pot today, not a massive amount but better than nowt Now if my cashback would just hurry up and clear!! I want to pot my pennies!!

VALM

£1 potted as per my other MSR challenge.

VickyA_2

Congratulations jakes-mum on your 10 year anniversary. Great that we've been [STRIKE]drivelling on[/STRIKE] keeping people fascinated for so long. :beer:

DH emptied his pockets and so £2.90 has been potted! Another £1 was found in my coat pocket, so that's gone in the pot too. :T:T:T:T

VALM

ROADKILL penny found today and potted.

Frugalgurl

Just potted a £1 of loose change so now on £79.17

Frugalgurl

Thank you SUE-UU for the kind words of encouragement

themstarrynights

£2.00 coin in the pot today

this is the pot i'm using, don't think i'll want to break into it :P

-Selene

NO!! :eek: themstarrynights, your pot's too pretty to smash! More importantly, it's mentioned in the first post that you can retrieve coins (but not notes, if you pot notes) from terramundi pots, using a long knife or a metal ruler. See this specific part:

Terrimundi pots are available in many shops and on-line, they're very attractive and another ready sealed way to save, and though the manufacturers and retailers would have you believe differently, you DO NOT need to smash them to remove your cash!! I've used mine for 8 years...and at the end of each year's (since 2009 when I graduated from a carton!) challenge, hubby and I have a whale of a time, doing things the 'old' way by tilting the pot and using a knife! Though, a few years ago DH bought a 12" steel ruler in from the shed which is thin and broad and perfect for the job. So be assured that, so long as you go carefully, you CAN use them again and again....unless you drop the darned things!! :undecided They are costly though, but this is where your Christmas list comes in handy!

(I've remembered that I made a post about six months ago in the old thread, saying I wanted to buy a terramundi but didn't want to break into it, and now here I am asking people not to break theirs :rotfl:)

Have found the purse I lost before Christmas and finally moved all cards etc into my new purse. No more missed points (apart from Tesco because they haven't sent me my Clubcard... twice... :mad:) and managed to pot £10.16 into my temporary Quality Street pot :j First pot of the year!

Sue-UU, I actually banked my pot twice last year due to my neighbours getting burgled and general anxiety about having lots of cash in my flat. I've lost the building society book and have just found out that their nearest branch is 34 miles away so won't be able to find out exactly how much I have. :doh:

Hope everyone's doing well