"Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 10"

louby40

Put on my 'best' winter coat to go out in last night and found a £1 in the pocket! Went straight in my pot!

Checked my purse and I had £1.05 in silver left over from my evening out - potted!!

Very motivated lol!

How much do you think the £1 tins hold?

indigowarrior

I think it depends on the size. I have about £50 in one pot and its half way full.

Went to shop and had to spend some money on groceries (bread). Spent 5:49. I potted £4.51

Sue-UU

inneedofmoney wrote: »

Can I join in please? I just started up my jar 2 weeks ago. Ive go 2. One for all my change and one for £1, £2 and notes that I get from selling stuff on facebook mainly. I'm aiming for £500 by next Nov for next Christmas.

A very warm welcome to you, inneedofmoney, it's lovely to have you with us. :grinheart Enjoy yourself saving, posting and be sure to join in the banter with us. You'll find your number at the bottom of this welcome note, it's also listed on the 2nd post of page 1. Please read through post 1 as it'll let you know exactly what to do with the challenge. PS. We empty our pots and declare our savings in November, please make a note of this year's date: 2nd 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.


inneedofmoney - your No is 004, it's an abandoned one and needs plenty of TLC from you! You're welcome to include all your MSE challenge savings (if you have any others) facebook included, then declare the lot in your SPC Total in November.


Ah, thank you once again dear Lynne and another gold star deserved by you.:staradmin To answer your weather query: Although I know it'll be a welcome relief to you in Scotland....urgh tis far too mild down here in Somerset, I far prefer the frosty mornings, and snow of course! :j

Hi everyone! Here's hoping you're all enjoying a lovely (though very wet ) weekend. Make the most of it whatever you do. To all those with colds, coughs etc, get well soon and have these {{{{hugs}}}} to help you through.


Oh it's justified alright, siju, as you never know if anyone else just might have the same problem. I've bookmarked that page and will leave it like that so that I would be able to direct anyone to it. See, you don't get a gold star for nothing here!


Ah, I'm with you now MrsShazbat. Sounds like a fair whack that your bottle holds, any idea what you managed last time? Well done with your latest £2!


Hi Dragon Lily! Good to see you and know your pot too is gaining weight; everyone seems to be noticing the real difference since November. Keep it's weight on the up!! :dance: Oooh I'm so
look forward to Christmas with the family but look just how fast it's approaching........just 2 weeks tomorrow!!! :eek:

No idea about the amount the tins hold, Louby, though no doubt another family member will see your post and give you the answer. Re the money you're finding......are you sure you've got no magnets on you and you're pulling in all local coins?! If so, take a walk past the banks!!!! :rotfl: Just be sure NOT to go innside!!!! :eek:

Thanks for your thoughts, indigowarrior. You're really committed to doing the best possible with your pots, marvellous work!! :j

Enjoy a lovely (wet) Saturday, Potters. Keep safe, healthy and filling those pots!

Sue xx

2nd November is the opening date for 2017.

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

jakes-mum

Hellooooo Potterssssssss

Ahh it does indeed Sue, DH said i'm always beaming after I visit the tree each year, its one of my favourite days

Sold DS's old coat as well, was a superdry one, put it up for £3 on the selling page as it had a couple of tiny flaws from wear but was still perfectly useable and would do someone else a good turn. Lady came to the door and gave DH £4 as she was so happy with her bargain so £4 in my tin.

I am going to happily retreat to my Orlando searching as I have a wicked sore throat today that is just not shifting (really hoping its not the start of something as both kids have been coughing all over me for weeks and my immune system is worse than rubbish).

curly33

Not potting as much as I'd like at the mo but dribs and drabs going in. Did get a £1 shopkill though so in the pot it went :j

AntoMac

5 pound coins potted this week, plus the 21p I found rummaging through loads of places trying to find my cufflinks for the Christmas do.
Keep up up the great potting everyone

Chutney86

£4 potted for me today

Florence_J

Been potting, bits of change here and there, about £6+ in total.

I have over £10 in a holding pot as have been adding big money to it instead of my sealed pot, and I hopefully won't use it and can pot it happily after Christmas, but it's there just in case.

Miss_D_Meanour

'Mornin' all!
Wow! I wander off for a week and look at all the potting that's been done. You are all amazing and we aren't even half way through the first month. I'm finding this so addictive that the NSDs, whilst great for helping curtail the unnecessary spending have impacted the buzz I get from gathering the coins.
Still I have managed to pot something today - 83p
Good news is I checked the level of the coins (my short, fat pig is kinda transparent) and I'm up to the top of the legs.

Jakes-mum, I hope I'm not to late to mention Your Orlando trip research. I went about two years ago with a friend and her three kids and we found the multi-park tickets to be great value for money. They have lots of variations on number of parks and number of days, which means you can go in and out as many times during the period as you like and you still have the freedom of selecting which park to go to and when. If you are hiring a car, the car parking is reduced in the evenings. Not sure what time of the year you are going, we found out we were in thunder storm season, so usually ended up going in the mornings as the likelihood of storms got greater as the day went on. I ended up downloading a free weather app while I was there which predicted the weather on an hourly basis and was pretty d...n accurate. I loved universal and the kids loved the water parks.
Have fun with the research
Take care everyone
Miss DM

inneedofmoney

I found that Ive been paying for everything on card so haven't been getting many coins and end up spending more than I realised so have decided trying to withdraw money for the week and paying like that, then potting the spare change each day so have been potting a lot more coins the last few days.

jakes-mum, I have just come back from Orlando with 3 boys if you want any advice. We visited disney, universal, sea world, discovery cove and legoland. We did 5 nights in Disney villa and then hired a car and had a villa. Happy to answer any questions!