Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 12

jakes-mum

32b3in2013 wrote: »

Erm, nah, I am not scary, but as I can’t work out how to do double quoting, I am already a failure!!

32b3

Click the 2 speech bubbles icons on the posts you want to quote and then the "quote" button on the last post you want to quote and it will copy over all the posts into your post

32b3in2013

jakes-mum wrote: »

Click the 2 speech bubbles icons on the posts you want to quote and then the "quote" button on the last post you want to quote and it will copy over all the posts into your post

ooh, excellent, thanks jakes-mum :beer::j

jakes-mum

DH went for his pub night last night, I alleviated him of £6.10 when he got home and replaced it with a £5er I know! i'm too generous!

I have been selling some bits on FB and twice now people have come round without the correct change so I've had to break into the shrapnel pot to get them change, but have duly replaced it with extra on top to make up for popping the seal, tin now resealed with tape so all is good.

32b3in2013

Afternoon

Sounds like you have the ([STRIKE]fleecing[/STRIKE]) helping your husband out with his loose change under control jakes-mum.

I have another email from our lovely Sue last night, and she said that she might be able to run the next thread with my help :j:j Sue has already made a start on the new challenge, and we can both, alongside all of you, welcome new members during the year. So all is not lost after all, Sue is coming back to us :T:T which is amazing news, I am sure you all agree.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

32b3

siju

Aw I'm so sorry to hear your troubles Sue-UU, sending you lots of hugs xx

Thank you 32b3in2013 for your very generous offer to run the thread. I'm sure everyone will be relieved that you and Sue-UU will manage it between you. Well done

Only £2.26 to pot today, but every little helps. Have a lovely week Potters.

Hettyhound

Stuck £1 in as feeling guilty at spending £1 on a houseplant I didn’t need. It was for the greyhounds though....

jakes-mum

Decided to have a look at my rewards balance from my bank today, had £100! so swiftly withdrew that in £2 coins and into the pot it went

siju

Quick visit, £8.00 in the pot today Have a lovely weekend folks

datlex

Well it was all going so well with the saving have a £1500 in emergency savings. Money set aside to pay for Christmas and family birthdays left this year, so that's already accounted for. Over paying on mortgage as well and not in debt other than mortgage. Small savings in other account and over £250 in my savings jar...…..

Then the boiler has broke and needs fixing. All in will be costing £294. Using same plumber as have on a couple of other occasions and he has been cheap in the past. So obviously my £250 will be going towards that, rather than touching my emergency fund. Annoying to have to use it, but on the plus side it is money I don't have to find. So I am really glad I started putting the money aside.

Will be continuing to save up in my pot but due to this expense. I am counting this challenge for this year as complete and counting my started date for the 2019-20 challenge as running from 1st October- 1st December. (Hopefully won't need to cash that in early).

Hettyhound

Just put £1.75 in the pot. We have another wobbly tooth situation so the tooth fairy has held back a couple of pound coins just in case. Another 10 days to payday and only £10 in purse to last and no food budget money left. We do have a freezer full of batch cooking and an inventive mind so will be ok.

Sorry to hear about your boiler datlex. I’ve just got my renewal for the boiler cover so I’m contemplating other options. The issue with me is I’ve failed on several occasions to get a good and reliable service from local gas engineers so I am aware that part of what I pay is to keep my stress levels low at annual servicing time!

Worked out a budget last night to take me to the end of the year. I’ve not added a huge amount for Christmas so I am hoping that my pot contents will stretch out for some presents for my boy; not long til I find out :eek: