"Sealed pot Challenge" ~ 9

Sue-UU

Hi folks and I hope you're all enjoying part 1 of a wonderful weekend!! Keep on saving whatever you're able to when you can as you'll be so pleased you made that extra effort when declaration day arrives!! :grinheart

To those of you unwell or with other problems/issues, here are some special {{{hugs}}} to help you get well soon. We're all thinking of you. :grinheart
Good Heavens, mrs-moneypenny, little wonder you've not been with us with so much going on at home! Still, That has to be your first priority for sure! Al least you're still saving. :A

Frogletina wrote: »

Your suspicion was correct Sue. Into the pot it went.

YAY!!!! An excellent idea of yours, Frogletina!! :j

Ah not to worry, Ruth, sadly we can't always do exactly as we'd hoped with our savings; life usually throws up another challenge just when we think all's going well. You can only do your best Ruth, but as you say, you've still a little while to go.


Hello there siju, I'd started to wonder if you were alright so to hear you've been on holiday was good. :grinheartI hope you went somewhere nice and enjoyed yourselves.


It's so good to see you back with us, Evo! Don't worry though as we understand folk have lives to lead. A shame you had to use some of your savings but sadly cars are always giving us plenty of necessary ways to need to throw cash at...or give very grudgingly, but safety HAS to come first as we found out (see below)!! Still more saving time left.


Oh very well done, MrsShazbat!! You're doing really well, but don't stop just yet!

AntoMac wrote: »

£18.02 potted this week. £18 plus 2 separate Roadkill pennies. I do get excited by a bit of Roadkill. Also like the new fivers but had to explain to the youngsters at work that were once such things as pound notes

That's a thought, Antomac, needing to explain to folk about £1 notes almost dates us a little! :cool: Still, I far prefer the rattle of the coins! :dance:Great potting again for you...plus some roadkill!!!


There's a lovely amount saved, Chutney, excellent. I'm pleased you've enjoyed time spent with your family, it does the heart good for certain.


Hubby and I are having big problems with our wifi at present and have had to give daily rubbish readings of such poor download speeds to our ISP. We've now got to wait to hear from BT to see if it's line problems or whether it's the router that's at fault. They reckon it'll be about 3 weeks until normal service is back! Darned good job it won't be affecting the 3rd of November!!! :rotfl: Ah well, at least £15 has been potted which makes me feel a whole lot better......though £180 had to go on 2 new tyres for the car, but best to be safe!

Here's hoping you're having a cracking weekend, folks. Never stop the potting!

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.

little_sweetie

Hello dear Sue and hi to fellow potters,


Remember me?? So sorry I haven't been around for a long time but my lovely FiL passed away after a traumatic (make that very traumatic) illness at home followed by almost 6 weeks in hospital where they were pulling out all the stops to send him home to an empty flat when he was clearly bed bound, very ill and confused. His death certificate shows bone marrow failure and sepsis. We were distraught and feeling very helpless and pressured.....


Anyway, back to normal at last and still potting quietly away in the background. I expect my pot has suffered too as it was costing an arm and a leg to park at the hospital every day but I am hoping to step up the coinage until the big day


Hope everyone is well. I'm sure I've missed loads of news but I'll try and catch up on at least a bit of it.


Have a good day x

hickles69

blimey I haven't popped by since May! that's no good.

been super busy. long story short struggling financially after being forced from the job post maternity. the company I was with previously said they had a team manages position. I applied. I accepted the offer post interview and back I have gone. so bit more stable financially. very proud not to have broken into the pot. my nearly 18 month old loves to fill it up for me on a Monday.

hope everyone is well.

TheCatsandDogsMother

Got a check for $6 cash back in the mail, so heading to the bank when I remember so it can be added to the pot.
I also added some silver, but forgot to count it

Lynsey

Morning all, hope all are well.
Sorry, I've been missing, but I have been saving and signed in today to announce I've hit my £600 target. That's Xmas sorted again this year and I might try and save another £100 before 'weigh in day'.
I've actually started the Xmas stash now, just bits each week, like drinks etc. Trying to be well organised this year. lol

I'll have a little read back now, but wishes to all and hopefully see many new members along with the 'oldies'.

mummytummy

Good morning potters, hope everyone's pots are feeling heavy, not long now til opening day, (((hugs))) to those that need them.


Now, I have a dilemma, i'm going away on holiday at end of October for few weeks and won't be around on opening day do I (a) open before I go and declare while i'm away or (b) wait til I get back which will be a week after opening day :undecided

siju

Thank you Sue-UU, we did have a fabulous holiday. It all seems like a dream now though! My sympathies with your broadband - our home broadband is so slow sometimes that it takes all my effort to stop DH from throwing the router out of the window. :eek:

Sorry for you loss little_sweetie, it sounds like you had a tough time.

Haven't got any change at the moment but will be popping in to the supermarket on my way home from work, so I know I'll have something for my pot later on.

jakes-mum

Morning pottersssssssssssssssss

Little-Sweetie - so sorry for your loss, hugs to you and all your family.

Hickles - Your baby cannot be 18 months :eek: its all zooming past :eek:

Ooo Mummytummy, that is a dilema, i'd probably open early as I wouldn't be able to pot while I was away anyway, and then if i had any holiday spends left over when I got back bung it in the shiny new pot

Well, sorry i've been AWOL, my eldest got hit by a car last week so been dealing with him. He is fine, amazingly no broken bones at all, I swear the child is made of rubber! he certainly has 9 lives (though I think we are now down to 6 or 7). He's on crutches as his legs are very bruised so don't want to work properly but he is already back to his usual chip on shoulder self!

I've had 2 lots of cashback this week :j :j £30 for switching my energy and £29 odd from old energy supplier as I was in credit, so getting that out today and putting it in the pot going to get it all in £2 coins as still got 3cm of room left :O

siju

What a lucky boy you have jakes-mum. I hope he's thanked his lucky stars :starmod::starmod: It's amazing how flexible some children are; my daughter tripped over someone in the playground when she was 7 and broke her leg; my son threw himself off trees/played rugby etc etc - never broke anything but his little finger!

Well I put 71p in the pot last night. I should have had more change today, but I've left my purse at home (accidentally, I might add). It's caused me a major headache as I need my business cards to process payments in work! Oh well, it'll all have to wait until tomorrow.

Have a lovely Tuesday everyone

horseygirl2014

HI all, ive just added 5.00 to my sealed pot, as i got it for listing stuff on ebay, and it was unexpected. my little pots growing nicely, just got to fill it up now. Can't wait to count it

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