Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 11

charlies_tribe

Good morning! Sig updated with my number. Thank you for the message Sue-UU.

I don't think anything will be potted this week as we have had on line orders and no cash. I've done an order today and will take the spare budget out in cash so I'm not using the card. Any coins at the end of the week will be potted, notes will be rolled over until the end of the month and then hopefully potted, will be a bit more leftover after Christmas, hopefully.

Saver-upper

jakes-mum wrote: »

Lol, no worries, though i'm obviously rubbish at explaining!

I have individual pots that are all sealed, so one for notes, one for £2 coins, one for £1 coins and one for silver. On pot opening day I open each pot in turn, split it into individual coin types and bag what I can. I then change my odds and s*ds up at the bank to make up more full bags, so if I have £18 in £1 coins i'll change up some of the 5ps, 10ps and 20p's I have spare into more £1 coins so I have another full bag to cash in for notes

That is brilliant,thank you.I am going to do the same,I think.

Sue-UU

Scowles wrote: »

Can I join please? I have a jar ready ��

SWR123 wrote: »

Hi all, New this year. Can I join please?

Thank you

S

We are delighted to have you with us, Scowles and SWR123. A VERY warm welcome to you! It's lovely to have you with us. :grinheart Have fun saving and enjoying the banter. You'll find your numbers at the bottom of the list on the 3rd post of page 1. Please read through post 1 as 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: 1st Nov 2018.

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seekingthesunlight wrote: »

Hello to all new members!

£5 potted today. Nearly bought a magazine and coffee with it, but glad I've put it to better use.

Excellent potting seekingthesunlight and amazing self discipline when you decided NOT to buy a magazine and coffee!! :T Be very proud of yourself!!!!! :dance:

A well-earned gold star for you 3forholidays! :staradmin

So you should be happy ETO! You budgeted excellently to be able to pot £5!!!!! :j Another SPC member to be so very proud of yourself!!!!!!

Sadly that’s life DancingUnicorn, some good times but always the more difficult and expensive ones too! I hope it's not too costly for you, still, at least you’ll know your car is safe when your wheel is fixed. Well done with having potted the £5er, now have as many NSDs as is possible and be really pleased with yourself for looking at life with a positive outlook!!!!!

Another positive member eh 166million! Why didn’t I think of mossy’s half a Christmas Tree so sensibly as you wisely did!!!! :rotfl:
£43 for cinema tickets, jakes-mum?!!!! :eek: I know our young’ns always say how wicked the prices are but most of them get them via their phones! Is that something you could do?!

It’s good to see you back on, charlie tribe, but please don’t worry about the on line shopping stopping you from potting any cash this week. Pot when and what you’re able to and be happy with that. Remember also that many SPC members shop online and so have the same problem. Be happy and proud that you’re doing all you’re able... then look ahead to after Christmas! :xmassmile

Just as a PS Saver-upper, I save in exactly the same way as jakes-mum, but sadly never as much!!!

Look forward to a good week ahead Potters, especially potting wise!! :dance:

FrugalWeirdo83

Hello could I join please?

katiepants

I've just added some shrapnel from pub visit last Night, but cannot find a pot...

What do others use?

jakes-mum

Sue-UU wrote: »

£43 for cinema tickets, jakes-mum?!!!! :eek: I know our young’ns always say how wicked the prices are but most of them get them via their phones! Is that something you could do?!

I know, I nearly had a heart attack, normally DH gets in free as I have a CEA card but it had expired and my new one didn't turn up in time (no doubt it will fall on the mat tomorrow ) Those tickets were for 2 adults a student and a child as well, i've paid less for a meal out! Film was excellent though, even with DD having a chat the entire way through about what was going on :rotfl: 'Is this really going to happen mum?' (we went to see Geostorm), 'is that bloke going to die?', 'can you really get sucked out of a space station?', 'what is that man doing? is he naughty?' and on and on it went The poor people around me, don't know what was more annoying, her chuntering on or me repeatedly going 'shhh! you have to be quiet!' :rotfl:

Sue-UU wrote: »

Just as a PS Saver-upper, I save in exactly the same way as jakes-mum, but sadly never as much!!!

Ahh Sue, remember, when I started my target was £250 and I only just exceeded it, your totals are always amazing

FrugalWeirdo83 wrote: »

Hello could I join please?

Welcome FrugalWeirdo83 :wave: welcome to the SPC thread, you are most welcome to join us, Sue-UU will appear soon and give you your very own, one of a kind, not to be bought, sold or bartered SPC number! Pop it proudly on your signature for all to see and have a quick read of the first post. It contains many interesting and fun facts about the challenge including the most important thing 'the day we open our pots!' :j Feel free to post on here as often as you like, we're pretty nosey and enjoy hearing how people are getting on

Grab yourself anything with a lid and start potting your pennies away

katiepants wrote: »

I've just added some shrapnel from pub visit last Night, but cannot find a pot...

What do others use?

I use old coffee tins they may be ugly with all that tape but they are FREEEEEEEEEEEE! (and why buy one when you could be potting that quid!) :rotfl:

DD has been a poorly bunny today, sore throat, temperature, headache, cold symptoms, she didn't even finish her lunch or tea and that is very unlike her as she LOVES her food she's in bed now but i'll have to wake her up at 10pm for some more calpol

siju

My goodness, it's been a busy SPC weekend So lovely to see so many new potters joining the challenge. A very warm welcome to you all :j:j

Called in to pick up some bird food this morning and now have £4.22 to add to my pot. Happy birdies and happy potter :rotfl:

List_Maker

Banked SPC 10 proceeds today and transferred into my LISA, so already worth 25% more than it was yesterday. Seems sad seeing a nearly empty pot. But just serves as reminder to pot EVERYTHING! The other half couldn’t believe how much we had saved in only a few months (we were late to the party) every penny really does count.

166million

Have decided to try a new app called chip which automatically saves amounts from your current account to a saving account based on your spending patterns. So that will contribute to my pot if I decide to keep it going

K.Mack

Hi
Can I join please?