"Sealed pot Challenge" ~ 9

plumduff55

Hi, only potted 35p in change this week. I am going to a quilting exhibition next week and have been keeping all my spare cash for that. I know I'll be tempted to buy some material 😃

Frogletina

I have £18.50 left in my housekeeping budget this week. I was going to pot what was left at the end of each month, but I can't wait until then. I don't have any cash to put in the sealed pot yet but I will put it aside after I've been to the cashpoint.

Since Christmas I have been trying to plan more meals from what I have in stock, so I've not bought as much food. My freezer never seems to go down though. I've got 2 days supplies of vegetables but I'm away tomorrow for 3 days so I'll make a two meals today, one to eat and one to pop in the freezer.

frogletina

minmac

Eeeeek..... been so broke I opened my pot last week took quite a bit out. Thats the first time I have ever had to open my pot in all the years i've been doing this. Wont have to do it again but feel really !!!!!! about it.

ModestyB

Sue, (((HUGS))) and healing thoughts coming to your DD and you.

Just potting bits here and there.

Hugs to all in need.

Fairyfingers

Yeahhhhh got a £2.00 coin (always pot them) and then changed 60p of 5 pence's at work as they needed they change so a grand total of £2.60 today. :rotfl:

-Selene

£4.79 potted today including two £2 coins I never used to get £2 coins before but since February started I've been getting lots of them, initially spent them thinking it was a fluke but now a steady stream's started I've now decided to pot all £2s I get like other SPCers (although knowing my luck, now I've said it I'll bet I won't see another one again :rotfl:)

Oooh, NatWest have this new nifty machine that counts up coins for you. You pour in the contents of your pot, machine counts it all, spits out a voucher for the total amount which you then take to the counter and the money's deposited into your account :j It's only available for NatWest customers but if you're one then it should save time counting and bagging your coins (and it doesn't take a % of the amount like some machines do ) I went into branch last week to bank some of last year's pot and it was really quick to use so thought I'd let other potters know

32b3in2013

Evening

at least you had the money there Minmac. It is your money after all, and if you needed it, you needed it. There is still plenty on months left to go, so just carry on x

Potted £1.43 today.Twomore weeks left in the job from hell and then i'm going back to my lovely job I will still look forward to each weekend though!!

I hope everyone is well.

32b3

jakes-mum

minmac wrote: »

Eeeeek..... been so broke I opened my pot last week took quite a bit out. Thats the first time I have ever had to open my pot in all the years i've been doing this. Wont have to do it again but feel really !!!!!! about it.

BUT at least the money was there for you minmac! Don't ever feel bad about having to open your pot for a money emergency, just think, if you hadn't have had your pot you might have had to use a credit card or something and thats waaaaaaaaay worse when your broke!
As 32b3 said, there are lots and lots of months left to put pennies in your pot so you can still end up with a nice healthy balance come pot opening day but don't forget to pop how much you took out onto your sig, or Sue will be shouting at us all cos her figures will be wrong come november :rotfl:

Got my mum to take me to what I 'thought' was a craft fair, turned out to be a historical fair :rotfl: I had been told about it by my fabric man from our local market as he said he would be there with his entire fabric stock, was a bit shocked to see all these stalls with chain mail, maces and medieval dresses :rotfl: still managed to buy £18 of material and after standing and looking longingly at the most beautifully soft leather at £3 a mtr on another stall, I forced myself away with my purse still in my handbag so have a spare £2 for my pot

TheCatsandDogsMother

Parking at uni is now $6 a day and the machine does not accept cards or give change. As I am way too unorganised to have the correct amount each day and I really don't want a fine I have had to buy a parking permit the silver lining is I don't have to begrudge paying my coins and notes into a machine daily.

Mendry

I opened my camera bag's side pocket only to find around £4 in change lurking there! Potted. Pot is looking pretty full and it's only February!