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"Sealed pot Challenge" ~ 9

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  • jakes-mum
    jakes-mum Posts: 4,646 Forumite
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    I shall make sure I send you a piccy of the blanket when finished, its cot bed size wide and is about a foot long at the moment, not sure i'm liking my colour combo choice but I refuse to undo after the amount of times I undid it to get the first row correct :rotfl:

    I know, DD a phone! :eek: I am sooooo not ready for all this :rotfl:

    I did send you a pm, not sure if you've seen it or not, but its there when you got 2 mins :D

    Ooooo Saver-Upper, its all getting exciting round your way isn't it :D you'll soon be moving back in :j :j

    Well went to bingo with the mother again, did we win? . . . of course we didn't :rotfl: she decides again that I need to explain slot machines to her, puts £2 in and I win her £10, she is STILL non the wiser but is amazed by this machine that seems to like me so much :eek: told her 'do NOT put any money in these things unless I am there! You will get into trouble!!' she promised to stay away :o She did give me £3 of her winnings though so that went in the pot.

    Also DD's after school club was cancelled last week so they refunded me £6 so potted that too along with a little bit of shrapnel from my purse, so very well fed pot today.
    SPC No 002 SPC(3) £285/£250 (4) £519.84/£500 (5) £768.32/£500 (6) £911.30/£600 (7) £913.23/£600 (8) £1184.82/£750 (9) £2864.04/£750 (10) £3846.25/£1000 (11) £1779.72/£1000 (12) £1596.55/£1000 (13) £1534.70/£1000 (14) £775.60/£1000 (15) £700.20/£1000 (16) £2081.34/£1000 (17) £1691.15/£1000 (18) £2470.95/£1000 (19) £0/£1000
  • MrsShazbat
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    My avatar changed at my end!! :rotfl:

    Nothing potted lately, although my Quidco balance has gone up so need to adjust that when I've worked out how much it was when I included it in this total.

    Just seem to be going through a phase of parting with it rather than saving it. Been out for tea tonight, am also out Friday lunchtime and Friday evening which will include drinks (although hopefully that'll mean a couple of £2s to save. And anything I don't spend will go in the tin. That said, my 'spending' account is untouched since before payday (18th) and it's 2 weeks today till the next payday so unless I go completely insane I'm confident of not going mad although my overdraft has taken a bit of a hit this month :( and that's something I want to avoid next month with a view to our hols in June.
    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
  • Dizzy_Imp
    Dizzy_Imp Posts: 2,782 Forumite
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    Clink.

    There it is. The lone penny I found on our drive today.
  • skilly
    skilly Posts: 925 Forumite
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    Morning all
    Found £1.30 this morning that oh left on floor ;)
    sealed pot challenge number 31 3£496/4£706.75/5 £376.74/6 £645.08/ 7 £861.34 /8 £786.90/9£610.49/10 £722.03 / 16 £802.00/ 17 £1,300/18£2,247.26 gold star from sue 🌟
  • siju
    siju Posts: 724 Forumite
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    Quick post today - got £7.07 to pop in the pot :) Happy Thursday everyone x
    SPC 19 - #009
  • crimson.addict
    crimson.addict Posts: 1,198 Forumite
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    I found 2 x 5p coins today, one in the vending machine and one under it. I was making a drink so not spending :)

    I have been reading all your posts every day just not posting myself.

    I have been adding to my pot but i haven't been counting it so it really will be a surprise :)
    Sealed Pot Challenge member #071 VSP #4
    £723.44(SPC5) - £753.77(SPC6) - £857.19(SPC7) - £1,632.19(SPC8) - £2,707.15(SPC9) - £2,950.30(SPC10) - £0(SPC11)...so far

    I love LC2 and Jakes-Mum :rotfl:
    Star's from Sue :staradmin x28
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    - £2,927.14 Savings - EF - £4,797.21/£5,000 - H2B - £4,691.03/£12,000
  • Westie983
    Westie983 Posts: 5,215 Forumite
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    I found 2 x 5p coins today, one in the vending machine and one under it. I was making a drink so not spending :)

    I have been reading all your posts every day just not posting myself.

    I have been adding to my pot but i haven't been counting it so it really will be a surprise :)

    Everyone likes surprises :-0)
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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%
  • parksandrec
    parksandrec Posts: 226 Forumite
    Another £1 today
    Tempted to pot the £10 note in my purse but I might wait a few days to do that xx
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  • 32b3in2013
    32b3in2013 Posts: 2,479 Forumite
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    Good evening

    It's been a love,y day here today.

    £3.86 potted.

    32b3
    SPC9 #125 - £816.85
    SPC10 #125 - £851.81
    SPC 11 #7 - £968.46
    SPC 12 #7 - £2682.90
    SPC 13 #7 - £4829.85
    SPC 17 #7 - £7313.63
  • Sue-UU
    Sue-UU Posts: 9,759 Forumite
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    Afternoon SPCers! I hope you've all had a reasonable week, more to the point - I hope you're all looking forward to a lovely and restful weekend, or whatever else it is you have planned; either way...thoroughly enjoy yourselves! :D Those of you who are poorly or not well in any other way, please know we're thinking of you and wishing you well. Huge and fuzzy {{{hugs}}} to you all and get well soon.

    Sorry not to have had more time on Tuesday, Saver-upper, but it was tea time. I can well imagine your sheer joy at having the house complete after months of so much going on with it. Not much longer now until you're all in and so very happy! :j Knowing where everything is as well! ;)

    You read all you like, Westie, hopefully it'll encourage you to want to pot!
    jakes-mum wrote: »
    I shall make sure I send you a piccy of the blanket when finished, its cot bed size wide and is about a foot long at the moment, not sure i'm liking my colour combo choice but I refuse to undo after the amount of times I undid it to get the first row correct :rotfl:

    I did send you a pm, not sure if you've seen it or not, but its there when you got 2 mins :D

    It's good to know you won't forget a photo for us later on, jakes-mum, I'm very interested as our DD who got married in March keeps on about having a baby, though her DH doesn't seem to want to rush. Marriage seems to have made her broody! :A

    Yes thanks, I did get the PM, I've just not had time to reply, but will do after this post.

    Your Mum sounds about as ofay with machines as I do. I'm fine with the 2p ones that try to push others out :rotfl: and the air hockey ones but that's the lot. Maybe she & I had better team up! :rotfl:
    skilly wrote: »
    Morning all
    Found £1.30 this morning that oh left on floor ;)

    Flippin eck, MrsShazbat, you sound cumberpatched in more ways than just your avatar. Time to get a grip don't you think! Still, IF you can sort out your Quidco you'll be ok. Stop and draw breath Mrs S!! :rotfl:
    Well done, Dizzy Imp, time to try spottin and pottin more if you can! :j

    ooooh, don't you just love it when we get our DH's cash, skilly, keep at it!! :dance:

    You can make the posts as quick as you like, siju, so long as they include cash - who cares! :D More, more, more!

    2 great finds, Ruth, now you know a place where you're onto a winner!!!! :j
    Another £1 today
    Tempted to pot the £10 note in my purse but I might wait a few days to do that xx

    Good work with the £1, parksandrec, and if you THINK you might be able to pot the £10er but you're unsure then put it somewhere else until your certain. Good luck with it though. :D

    Wasn't it a glorious day, 32b3, another today too. Good savings.

    BTW, our DD's blood test came back as positive, so she's definately had chicken pox. Now she just needs to see a Dermatolgist to make sure she has no skin lesions that she's unaware of or they could turn cancerous! :eek: The more I hear about it all the more frightened I get. We're going to an MS day locally tomorrow to hear much more about it, hopefully it might reassure us. One thing's for sure, we're not the only ones affected by it and must bear that in mind. :)


    Enjoy a glorious weekend, Potters! Don't forget those pots are starving! ;)

    Sue xx
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    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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