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"Sealed pot Challenge" ~ 9

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  • Candy0107
    Candy0107 Posts: 1,645 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Name Dropper
    Hello All, Sealed pot ninja 534 reporting in.....Yesterday I managed to pot a sjiney £2 coin into the coffee tub and some loose change into the coke money bottle. So happy to be back on the money saving journey !

    However, I need to resist the urge to re-cover the coffee tub. Because it is round, I cut the top into strips and seal each one down with tape. However, I was getting a bit ratty with it so Hubby took over....he just folded it ! Now it just looks a bit ordinary/sloppy sat on the shelf.

    I may just have to put up with it and make sure that he is nowhere near it next year !

    Oh, can you put me down for a target of £600. I will update my sig with the number shortly. Thanks.

    Candy xx
    Debts at the start of my journey - about £23,000 lightbulb moment 01.03.2007 (1st payment to CCCS)..Debt Free Date 25.06.2013 Deposit savings £17,000/£30,000
  • £2.50 potted for me today
    SPC #23 - 2015 = £319.60 / 2016 = £315.50 / 2017 = £490.75 / 2018 = £295.50 / 2019 = £267
    MFW #93 - 2017 = £1942.84/£1900 / 2018 = £8591.23/£9050
    MFiT-T4 #28 = reduced mortgage from £109,000 to £77,000
    MFiT-T5 #34
  • ModestyB
    ModestyB Posts: 1,574 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    £2.38 potted tonight, 11p of which was roadkill.

    Thank you Sue for another beautiful shiny star.

    Welcome to any newbies I may have missed. Enjoy saving.

    Hugs to all.
    S.P.C. 9 2016 No. 062 Banked £337.50
    My Gold Stars off Sue. :staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin :staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin :staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin:staradmin :staradmin
  • jakes-mum
    jakes-mum Posts: 4,646 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hellooooooooooooo Pottersssssssssssssssss

    Well i'm part of a crafty secret santa group and after 4 weeks I have FINALLY sat down and started to make my gift! only 16 days to get it finished :eek: maybe I procrastinated a tad too long! I can't show you a piccy yet as 1) its not finished and 2) I know a few ladies are on the craft page in here and as I don't know if any of them are my recipient I cant show it and potentially spoil the surprise :) but I will post a piccy after my person has received and opened it. I am currently caccing myself that said person will open it and think its awful though :( Looking at the secret santa page, I don't think i'm alone in this worry though :o

    Oh Sue, I use chrome and lexs picture was mahoosive to me aswell, they always are unless the poster uses something like photobucket to resize them, I always thought everyone saw it that way too so you were not alone :D

    Im sure I have change to pot somewhere but I cant get out of my very comfy chair to go get it so currently 0p in the pot :rotfl:

    Anyway, back to my veeeeeeeeeeeery slow crafty progress, listing on ebay, and hopefully a few competitions as well as i've been seriously neglecting them :eek:
    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
  • JoJoC
    JoJoC Posts: 1,836 Forumite
    Another £3 into my pot tonight!
    CC1: £4481.14/ £5031.14 (12% paid off, £600) | CC2:£3307/ £3807 (14.4% paid off, £550) | Loan: £10,528.20/ £15,792.30((33% paid off, £5,264))

    July debt total: £24,630.44 | New debt total: £18,316.34 | Total debt paid: £6,414.10 (26%)
    *My debt busting and savings diary*
  • :hello: Good evening everyone,

    I did the food shopping yesterday and have potted £1 in 20ps into my pot.:j

    DH and I had a little drive to Canterbury this afternoon, and had a wander round. We parked in a supermarket car park as the parking charges are extortionate:eek: I wasn't lucky enough to find any roadkill though.

    Still doing my online earning, and I need to do some competitions, as I would like to win some more Christmas pressies.

    Have a good evening everyone.:)
    SPC 11 #445
  • Hi all :)
    Well I got a bit of change from my cups of tea on the way back from Mum's so that's safely potted.
    Also I took her some concert tickets for her to give me and OH for Christmas and she paid me, so I've potted that too :D That's given the pot a real boost :)
    Welcome back Lynsey, I'm glad you're OK.
    Sue re: pictures on the thread, they always show up as huge on my phone, I've given up looking at picture-heavy threads like lolcats 'cos I can never see them properly :( I wonder why it happens?
    Hope everyone's OK now the wind's subsided a bit.
    TDx
  • Saver-upper
    Saver-upper Posts: 2,348 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 15 November 2015 at 9:30PM
    Potted a £1 change from using public laundrette this afternoon.(With building works,we haven't had a washing machine (or tumbly,or dishwasher) since 21st September.MIL very kindly washes a load or 2 of clothes (mostly school uniforms) each week,but I wouldn't ask her to wash my smelly cloths from cleaning houses..Every Sunday since Sept,I have paid £4 to £7 to use the machines,and with the "clunk" of each £1 coin going into the machine,I think to myself "MY POT,MY POT,GOLD COINS NOT DROPPING INTO MY POT!! :eek:

    I also potted another |£2.45 (inc 2 x £1 coins).Last week was parent-teacher night at school.Before talking to the teacher,there is the opportunity to look at your child's subject books.As I looked in DD's tray,I found an envelope with her lunch money in!!Since lunches are now paid for online,I bought the envelope home.Contents duly potted.
    Total for today: £3.45
    SPC #36 :staradminx 8.SPC7=£751.10 SPC8=£651.04 SPC9=£843.00 SPC10=£872.76
    Pinecone £301,Valued Opinions £10.50





  • VickyA_2
    VickyA_2 Posts: 4,638 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    £1 potted in silver coins. Every little helps, as a certain supermarket says. :D
    Sealed Pot Challenge #021 #8 975.71 #9 £881.44 #10 £961.13 #11 £782.13 #12 £741.83 #13 £2135.22 #14 £895.53 #15 £1240.40 #16 £1805.87 #17 £1820.01 #18 £2021.83 declared
  • I'd love to join this challenge. I'm already looking at ways to make some extra cash over the on the £10 a day challenge and an hoping to save up for a well needed holiday next year.
    £10 a day challenge 2015: £772.72 * January 2016 £116.15/£310 * November 2016 £257.18/£300
    SPC 2016 #537 * NST #43 * W2S #6 * 2016: £1000 #33
    £1000 Emergency fund #153 £500/£1000 * 3-6 month EF #25 £0/£6000
    Completely Crazy Clothes Challenge - £0.00/£600.00 * Grocery Challenge: January £0/£300
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