"Sealed pot Challenge" ~ 9

Sue-UU

Emmacoe wrote:

Please could I join the challenge.
I aim to save £200.

You can most certainly join us, Emmacoe. A very warm welcome to you! It's lovely to have you with us. :grinheart Have fun saving and enjoy the banter. You'll find your number at the bottom of the list on the 3rd post of page 1. Please read through the 1st postas 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: 5th 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.


Many thanks, Modesty, for the perfect welcoming post! A shiny gold star is your reward. :staradmin

A very Good Afternoon, folks. I hope everyon's having a good day, a horrible drizzle all day here. {{{Hugs}}} to all those of you unwell or suffering with colds. I hope you all soon get well!


Keep walking, siju, and one of these days you'll get passed that funny agae...not sure about the dog! :rotfl:Very bad luck with your washing machine, but at least it's ok now and you have more cash! :grinheart

Well done, Hicksy, you worked that well.

evo5819 wrote: »

I fell off the wagon on spc8 due to my car needing money to get fixed
When I had to empty it, I was up to £276!

Joining again now and determined to not touch it...set my target at £500 please

Don't worry, evo5819, you're still on the list so please, just carry on and save well! Don't forget though - IF you can remember how much you had managed to save then you can still declare it on SPC 8 HERE. I hope to see you there. Your Target of £500 is on, good luck with it!! :j

Better potted than drunk any day, lexbubbles!

Excellent potting, stormpassing....

you too, hummingbird and Kerrmie!

carbootcrazy wrote: »

I've got into the habit of checking my purse for small change every evening. This potting lark has already become addictive. I love feeding my pot:j

Not going to count and remember how much I put in each time as I want a surprise on opening day;). It's only 20p pieces and under that I'm potting but something is going in most days:T

My purse is very small:( and I was thinking of buying another but now I've found this challenge I'm emptying it of change every day so don't need to carry so much around any more. Saving coins and saving on buying a new purse too. Win-win:j

Well done, carbootcrazy, you're understanding SPC perfectly! It's addictive, fun and......saves a fortune on purses!!! :rotfl: Think what you'll amass by next November! :dance:

Brilliant work, Rylee...a super amount in the POT!!!!!!!! :j

166million wrote:

Hi lovely SueUU. You can take me off the list as I've not really been participating in the challenge. Good luck to all that are!

Hello 166million! Lovely to see you back. I've PM'd you with the message below, it's also on SPC 8. There's no need for you to be taken off the list at all, well, IF you're intending on saving that is! However, if you really don't want to save then reluctantly I'll replace your name with a new member...with sadness! Re SPC 8, I know you seem to be accepting that you raided your pot and that's it, but...if you can remember how much you had then please do declare it as, after all, it's still money that you had saved! So, if you're reading this then come on back by all means.

Good for you, frasersmum123, keep it coming!!!!!

curly33 wrote:

£1.20 in the pot today :j No more road kill though but off out later to do some late night shopping so in true Shaw Taylor style I will be 'Keeping 'em peeled' - for those of us who remember that program! :rotfl:

Curly
xx

For the life of me I haven't a clue what you're talking about, curly!! :eek: :whistle: Oh, bless him, yes, I remember him well, "Police 5" wasn't it called? I'm sure the majority of us will recall him well! :cool: Good saving, and......keep em peeled for certain!!

:xmassmile Enjoy a lovely evening, a great Friday, SPCers..and prepare for a LOVELY WEEKEND and keep filling your pots! :dance:

NB Savers: 3rd November is the new opening date for2016.

Anyone wishing to join us, it's NEVER too late, so please just ask, you'll be made very welcome. :grinheart

lexbubbles

crimson.addict wrote: »

I have been looking at these. I am considering getting my OH one for christmas. The Pifco is a lot bigger than the dreamland one so i think i am going to do for that and hope he doesn't break it using it in bed. I read if you lie on it it can break them.

You can. The Pifco throw is an overblanket and is meant to be used, well, over you and shouldn't have heavy objects (or people!) on it. So you use it as a throw on the sofa, or a top blanket in bed on top of the duvet. This applies to all heated overblankets/throws, not just the Pifco.

If you want a blanket for bed specifically that can be lain on, you need to look for an electric underblanket which goes between the matress and bedsheet. These can be safely lain on. I have one of those, too, in the form of a Silentnight Comfort Control Double (from £23.75 on Am@zon)

Underblankets will not work as throws as they need to be insulated (between 2 things like, well, the mattress and sheet) to retain/circulate heat. Since overblankets retain their heat without insulation (allowing them to be used as throws), laying on them, putting them under a matrress or sheet, or having it switched on when folded can cause them to overheat or just straight-up break. Oveheating won't lead to a fire, but it will fry the control unit and render the blanket useless.

If you just want to keep the bed warm: electric underblanket
If you want something to snuggle up on the sofa, or use as a top blanket in bed over the duvet: heated throw

Dizzy_Imp

Whoo hoo! £1.60 in my piggy today. Got cash out to buy a few groceries and potted some of the change. £2 still in my purse until Sunday, in case of something unexpected...

Chutney86

£2.30 potted for me today

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curly33 wrote: »

£1.20 in the pot today :j No more road kill though but off out later to do some late night shopping so in true Shaw Taylor style I will be 'Keeping 'em peeled' - for those of us who remember that program! :rotfl:

Curly
xx

I remember this what year was it I wonder ?
x

sunshine81

20p in the pot. Every little helps

DreamerHelen

Evening All


Thanks Ruth....you can do it!! If I can after years and years of yo-yo dieting then anyone can.....I'm thrilled to report that I have now lost 1 stone and 4 pounds as of today


I also put 85p in my Pot tonight....I've got another pound to go in which I'm using as a reward for my working this Evening...It's my way of bribing myself to work!! LoL....Whatever works right??


Thank you for my Star Sue....much appreciated...and you are doing AWESOME with the Potting and it's not even next Year yet!!


I hope you are all well and keeping warm....xXx

evo5819

No money in the pot today but also no money from the bank account spent which is a bonus! Am trying to do a 14 day 'money diet' and not spend any for the next two weeks! Can't be that hard considering I have £2 left in my bank haha! Hope everyone is having a great week so far!

32b3in2013

Evening

Police 5 - wasn't it on on Sunday lunchtime just before, or after the Smurfs? Obviously I don't remember that, someone much much MUCH older told me

£1.05 potted today

32b3

crv1963

Good morning, plodding away potting my shrapnel- over £6 so far this month just in 1, 2, and 5p coins!