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"Sealed pot Challenge" ~ 9

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  • tizzi13
    tizzi13 Posts: 72 Forumite
    Tizzi and Mrsmoneypenny. I'm also penny saving. I've written out all the amounts for the years and then at the end of the week I empty out my purse and work out the amount into individuals for 7 days, pot the money, and score the amounts off. That way I'm mixing it up all the way through the year and won't have any one month with a HUGE amount to go in and others not. I've done up until Monday just past so far and I need to do it for the rest of the week as I've Ben working in Friday's.
    I only do 50p, £1 and £2 coins this way as the smaller coins all go into separate lots for paying into the mortgage at the moment. That's out joint one and this is a personal one for me.

    That's a good way of doing it, as sometimes I don't always have the change I think I might do a chart like that too :) thanks for sharing the idea
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    SPC 9: 2016: £1313.38 saved
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  • Morning all

    Have potted my £10 Lottery winnings :j

    Need to pop to Tesco Opticians and plan to leave my purse at home :D Therefore removing temptation to buy unnecessary items

    Happy weekend all
    SP 9#531=£620/SP 10 # 531=?PDBX 2016 #2 = £16,766.67/£12,000
    PDBX 2017 #2 = £1,200/£12,000


    ''If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain''
  • Hi, I have potted 97p today - it's amazing how some weeks money just fritters away like this week and other weeks you hardly open your purse. Hoping to do better next week :)
    Debt free - Mortgage free - Work free ( in that order :) )
  • £1.41 chucked in after popping to Morrisons on Thursday and then £1.14 after cinema friday.

    Keep up the good work everyone!

    carbootcrazy I wish we had wee tabletop sales around here but sadly city-centre living means those aren't a thing and all we have are the very expensive car boot sales :(
    Aqua 0/1850 Cap.One 0/450 Vanquis 0/500 HSBC 0/100
    :j ~Debt Free Date 07/12/2015~ :j

    SPC member #530 :staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin 3-month EF: £2158.63/4600
    Make £10/day Nov-Dec £814.04 Jan-Apr £1689.78 May £233.57/310
  • VALM
    VALM Posts: 5,989 Forumite
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    £1 potted today as per No Spend on Toiletries challenge. Where has Jan gone. Am weirdly excited for this time next week when I empty my tube to bank the contents.
    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
  • ModestyB
    ModestyB Posts: 1,574 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I've had no internet for the last two days. :eek::mad: Supposed to be having someone come on Tuesday to fix it but it's come back on all by itself. :D Don't know how long for though. :(

    Belated birthday wishes Helen, hope you had a lovely time.

    Sue, hope you're feeling better now. (((Hugs))) to you and DD.

    Potted £2.23 this morning.

    Welcome to any new potters.

    Hugs to all in need.
    S.P.C. 9 2016 No. 062 Banked £337.50
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  • Just potted another £16.50 from my purse after the girls trip to London. There's bound to be some coins lurking in the bottom of my handbag but will leave hunting for them for another day.

    Total of £62.52 now :)
    No longer ...tobe! Married 20/06/13MFW 2021 #117 £5415.40/£6000MFW 2022 #77 £3740/£3000MFW 2023 #82 £0/£3000
  • Just chucked another random fiver into the pot.
    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
  • EverTheOptimist
    EverTheOptimist Posts: 2,695 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 25 January 2016 at 9:23AM
    Morning all.

    I am hoping to rejoin you all for SPC 9. I went awol last year as life got in the way but I need to get back in the swing of things again.

    I def need to rethink my money situation as I'm on mat leave (now have a 4 week old baby girl as well as our 2 and half yr old boy) and am hoping to turn my initial 9 month leave into a year and at this point I definitely don't have the money for it.

    I've also been a bit slack generally and overspending left, right and centre. And we moved house so pennies are tighter than ever.

    Hope you'll have me back Sue and all. x
    SPC 18 Target £200 /
  • DreamerHelen
    DreamerHelen Posts: 2,629 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Morning Everyone .... :)


    ETO...WELCOME BACK!!!! Of course you're more than Welcome to come home.....I'm sure you remember all the rules and regs....and if Sue has given your number away then she'll give you a brand new shiny one.....Welcome home hun xXx :)


    Thank You so much for all of my Birthday Wishes....I had a lovely few Days....Lunch out with a Friend on Thursday....A meal out on Friday Night with College Friends and then another meal out last Night with Family....So I'm feeling very blessed and grateful this morning.... :D


    Sue hun.....I hope that your DD is doing better....I know she has MS but I guess there will be ups and downs....hopefully she'll be back on the "up" soon....*Big Hugs* to you... xXx


    So I managed to Pot just over a Pound over the Weekend which I'm happy with....slowly slowly does it......I don't want to put money in there that I can't afford....so I'd rather just do it slowly....


    I'm out all day but might have something to Pot this Evening when I get home....


    *Hugs* to anyone that needs them.....Take care of yourselves and be kind to yourself.... xXx :)
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