"Sealed pot Challenge" ~ 9

Frogletina

Potted £13 yesterday as it was the last of my housekeeping from January.

I have decided to start each month with £200 and pot whatever is left over at the end of the month. I thought it would be difficult when I noticed I had less than £50 over a week ago but it just made me more determined to keep within my budget.

I've a full fridge freezer and cupboards, and with an inventory of all of the contents I should be able to do even better in February. I won't be able to post how I've done until mid March as I will be on holiday from 27th February.

frogletina

crimson.addict

MrsC....tobe wrote: »

Ooooooo, DH just left the room leaving £3.85 on the sofa that fell out of his pocket. Do I:

A. Leave it for him
B. Pot it and hope he doesn't notice
C. Leave some as he's no idea what's there?!

I'd have gone for Tell him he's dropped his change and ask nicely if i can pot it whilst fluttering my eyelashes and giving him a big cuddle. Anything else feels like stealing and A: is just completely out of the question!!

Well Sue i finally potted the change last night. £27.32 has gone into the pot and 5p has gone into the roadkill pot that i found in my car. How it survived the valet and protect stuff AND a week of me owning it without finding i'll never know. It must have been there before i bought the car as there's no way i could have dropped it........

Still, i think i've saved close to £100 so far very excited to open in november!!

siju

Hello fellow potters

So glad January is over, I'm so looking forward to lighter mornings and evenings. I can't stand getting up in the dark!

Oh Sue-UU, you must be so excited. I watched our DD's wedding DVD yesterday just for the pleasure of remembering what a wonderful day we had. Such a lovely feeling

Counted £3.52 in my purse today, so will pop it in my pot this evening

lynnejk

Afternoon all and a warm welcome to the new peoples :hello:


HAPPY FEBRUARY !!


I made £395.40 on the 'Make £10 a day' thread in January. So that's £250 to regular savings and £145.40 to my SP :j


Hope you all have a fantastic February and stay warm and dry
Lx

Sue-UU

jenny+luke wrote:

can I join please? I have already started saving in my sealed jars for a few different things.

I'm happy to open it at the beginning of November as that's when I usually start shopping.

I'm aiming to save £1000, although it wont all be used for xmas as I'm also saving with park. Anything left over will go towards our house deposit fund.

Of course you can join us, jenny+luke. A very warm welcome to you both! 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 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.


jenny+luke - Please note your No is 128. Your new No, we're fully aware, will be cherished by you, especially as it was abandoned after it's old member failed to return. However, if she changes her mind then she can always re-join and have another. BTW your Target of £1,000 is alongside your name, best wishes in reaching it.

Many thanks, 32b3, a superb welcome as always and earns a gold star for you. :staradmin

Good afternoon highly Passionate Potters! :grinheartEnjoyed a really super weekend?? Good, now be sure to have a good week. What a WIND out there, DH & I had the devil's own job to walk our Lab earlier in those gusts, Heaven only knows what you poor folks in Scotland are like!!! :eek:For all those of you who are poorly or perhaps a little low for any reason, I hope you soon feel so very much better. Here are some {{{hugs}}} to help you through.

There you go, Fairyfingers, patience pays off, well, most of the time anyway. Well saved and why shouldn't you be feeling virtuous! Good luck with the challenge, though you'd best be good!!

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

Just checked my Tball ticket for Jan and a euromills lucky dip and won £20.90 so it's just been potted.

That's wonderful, mrs-moneypenny! I see you've done the sensible thing with it!!!! :j

Aren't you doing well, lexbubbles, though there's nothing mere about 30p, imagine if you had a load of those throught the year - there would be more than a mere total!! :dance:

12_month_challenge wrote: »

Its only 39 weeks until we have to crack open out pots.

OMG better step up my game

well done everyone

Flippin heck, 12 month challenge, are we starting counting down ALREADY!!!!! :eek: The rate you're going it'll soon be Christmas! :rotfl: Good to hear about your Lotto ticket win!! :T

cath777 wrote:

I have sorted out my money jar today and have potted £24 in my sealed pot.i have decided to pot 50, 20 and 10 pences in it. Hope that's ok? Will have a separate pot for 5p's and copper X

That's perfectly ok, Cath777, you save as you wish, and very well done with the £24!!

NeedToBeDebtFree wrote: »

Hello everyone...I haven't posted in a bit as funds were non existent so was using all my coins to get by until payday.

Potted £6.55 last night after food shopping, and £50 that I earned from my side cleaning job. Great way to end January!

That's fine, NeedToBeDebtFree, you can only do what's possible for you, and £6.55 is a great sum...even more so the £50!!! Very well done!! :T

An excellent amount saved, Val, and it'll now be secure for you!!!! :j Thanks for the siggy part.

Frogletina wrote: »

I have decided to start each month with £200 and pot whatever is left over at the end of the month. I thought it would be difficult when I noticed I had less than £50 over a week ago but it just made me more determined to keep within my budget.

It sounds as though you're onto a good thing, Frogletina, and knowing you - I reckon you'll succeed in a big way! An excellent idea!

WOW, you're doing VERY well so far, Ruth! :j Keep up the pace and what a Christmas you'll have, OH too of course! :rotfl:

siju wrote: »

So glad January is over, I'm so looking forward to lighter mornings and evenings. I can't stand getting up in the dark!

Oh Sue-UU, you must be so excited. I watched our DD's wedding DVD yesterday just for the pleasure of remembering what a wonderful day we had. Such a lovely feeling

Counted £3.52 in my purse today, so will pop it in my pot this evening

Good saving, siju! It looks as though we were both like-minded yesterday as DH & I watched both our Son's and our Daughter's weddings yesterday! Not that I needed to build up the excitement, but it's so lovely to watch them all again! I'm getting sooooo excited and DD, DGD 1 & DGD 2 & I are off to Exeter on Wednesday for a shop-a-thon!!!!!!! :happylove:happylove:happylove:happylove DGD 2 is 13 and a bridesmaid and she's absolutely cockahoop!! :j The lighter nights are definitely making a huge difference now, I wouldn't know about the mornings as I don't get up until about 8!

lynnejk wrote:

I made £395.40 on the 'Make £10 a day' thread in January. So that's £250 to regular savings and £145.40 to my SP :j

Whhoooppeeee Lynne!!!!!!!! :dance: What an incredible sum you've managed to get; goes to prove that once your mind's made up there's no stopping you - thankfully!!!!! :j Keep it up, after all why would you not!!!!

KERRY - where ever are you?! I hope everything's ok with you and the family - if not that it soon will be!

A lovely Total of £20 has just gone in the pot, chuffed to bits at that too!!!!!!! :dance:

Be sure to enjoy a lovely evening, Potters, a great Tuesday too...and KEEP SAFE!!

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

plumduff55

Hi everyone, I potted £12 pound and some change on Friday. This was the money in my purse when I withdrew my pocket money for the following month. I also potted some change earlier in the week but I had mistakenly unsubscribed from this thread, then couldn't remember where I found the thread. Searched old style ( my usual haunt) and couldn't find it when I suddenly realised I could search my own statistics and find the thread that way. Didn't I feel like an idiot .
Happy with my potting so far as it's less than a month since I joined and I think I have £20 - £25 so far.

xx

32b3in2013

Excellent potting Sue, keep it up

£1.80 potted for me today.

32b3

VALM

Potted £3. Today as per the No a Toiletries challenge.

nannygladys

Hi everyone, I haven't been on here for ages Ive had a holiday for the internet as I always seemed to be on it and I wanted to do other things. BUT I have still been putting spare change in my pot and it wont be long before its full, but I have another one lined up.
Nannyg

12_month_challenge

Have potted 2 x £2 coins. My DS had saved them for me

good luck all and me