Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 12

babs_103

My Son has come into some money and as he knows how fed up I am with having my shopping delivered (food as well as other stuff) he has said he is learning to drive and will be my "taxi" to go wherever I want! but the icing on the cake is that he is buying a car within the next 2 weeks and will put it in my name so I can have it until he passes his test!!!:j



I am over the moon and back, at last I will be able to go to a supermarket and pick exactly what I want, this may sound silly but I've been without transport for over 4 years, although I'm 61 I cannot get a bus pass for another 5 years and the bus fares to my nearest supermarket costs £5.50 which is too much for me.


I will not have to pay insurance or tax//MOT etc as my Son says he will pay it for me.


I'm still on cloud 9 and will be for some time.


This means that I can draw out the cash each week for my food shopping and anything left over will go in my pot, at the moment I can only pot change from milk that I have to buy from the local shop.


Sorry for going on so but I had to tell someone!!!!


:D;):D:D;)

166million

I’ve just got 64p wooh off I go

32b3in2013

Evening all

That’s great news Babs. Happy driving.

£3.61 potted today.

I am off work until next Wednesday now woohoo.

32b3

Sue-UU

weenapoops wrote: »

I would love to join the challenge if that's ok? Have two savings tins already as lots to save for this year. Can't wait to show my first savings

Pixie_Fairydust wrote: »

would love to join please

Thanks
P xx

lynnsey30 wrote: »

Hi could I please join in? Did it a few years ago and fell off the money saving wagon again but trying hard to make it stick this time. Thanks

Treasurequeen wrote: »

Hi all, please can I join?

jammydodgersandrhl wrote: »

Hi,
I've read through the thread and would like to join. I have a money pot sorted and ready to use. I'm saving as much as I can for Christmas next year. Every bit of change counts and certainly will add up over the year.

Aaleigha wrote: »

Can I join please
I have two pots £2.00 coins and 50p

I also put all coppers and five pence so into a pot for the only baby in the family that is why I won't be saving those

Today I had one two pound coin and one fifty in fifty pence coins it's a NSD today

It's so good to have you all, weenapops SPC 085, Pixie Fairydust SPC 086, lynnsey30 SPC 087, Treasurequeen SPC 088, jammydodgersandrhl SPC 089 and Aaleigha SPC 100. A very warm welcome to you. :grinheart Have fun saving and enjoying the chat on the thread, it motivates us all. You'll find your number on the 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 October, please make a note of this year's date: 31st Oct 2019.

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 number on your sig, it really helps me.



jammydodgersandrhl 089 - you've made a brilliant start with money well potted already!! :j


Hello again all SPCers, I hope you've all had a really wonderful Christmas and thoroughly enjoyed it all. :kisses::beer::kisses::beer::kisses:

For all those not well or who are low in spirits, take great care of yourselves. Get well soon and {{{{hugs}}}} from all the SPC family. :grinheart



I'm so very sorry to have taken you off the list, Princess Money Penny, but those not returning within two weeks of the declaration date are now taken off as the list goes haywire otherwise. Your new No is SPC 082, if you could swap it over with your old one on your siggy I'd be grateful. Do please make a note of next year's declaration date being 31st October. Excellent saving for SPC 11!!:D



Well done with Onepoll, Choccygirl! I'm really happy you're so excited watching the building up of all your cash, keep it going!! :dance:



Good work MrsShazbat!! :j



Hello Lost! Thanks for the greetings, I hope you had a wonderful time too.


A brilliant sum, Chutney! I hope you had a lovely time too.



Hello again 3forholidays and it's good to see you again. It's never easy to keep potting leading up to Christmas especially when you've kiddies to buy for but I hope you're soon able to so you can prepare for next year! A gold star to you for a lovely welcome, many thanks! :staradmin



I hope all went well for you with your Nan's funeral, ETO. Good luck in potting again just as soon as possible. Best wishes to your little darling for her birthday!!



Good potting Homegrown, and how very nice of your mum.



You're doing brilliantly, Whatshername!! :j Keep going as you have been and that debt should be old news by next Christmas!!!! :dance:All best wishes to you!!



You sound really happy, NannyG, I'm so glad you're well on your way with potting now!!


Very well done with your savings so far, Loz!!


It's a good job you were so persistent, swimminginaseaofdebt, it's so annoying when it takes so long! :mad: At least you kept on stashing away coins in the meantime - a lovely job!! A gold star for making our latest members so welcome, many thanks. :staradmin

bubbs wrote:

Evening all
Hope everyone has had a good Xmas and is keeping well?
I have decided I am going to smash it again this year .
Incase I am not back before the New Yr, I would like to wish you all a very Happy and prosperous New Year ❤��

Yes, hubby and I had a lovely time too, thanks Bubbs. Sorry, but I've had to give you a lower No 093 could you swap it for me, thanks. All the very best to you in "smashing it" this year, and a very safe, healthy and happy New Year to you also!!



Very good for you, elsiepac!! Yes, a really lovely time thank you, you also I hope.


Oh jakes-mum, the way you described your Christmas makes it sound as though it had to be your best!! :grinheart:grinheart:grinheart:grinheartWith the youngsters being the ages they are and having such a great time is really fantastic. I'm so very happy for you all!! Thrilled Jake was so chuffed with his jumper! :j One up mum!!!


Oh dear RebeccaAnn, so because of that dear lady you were forced to pot all £7.. Shocking!!! :eek: :dance:



You made the right decision to save it while possible, Dragon Lily, very wise indeed and you'll be so happy next October!!



Amazing potting, SSDD23!!! :j You look as hard as possible to see if more can be found!!

I know you've done some eating and potting, 32b3, I just hope you put the food and cash in the right holes!!! :rotfl:

A great time thank you, you too I hope? Were you called out at all? Thrilled at your news of being off til next Wednesday!!



It's great that you get your hubby to pay you back, datlex, but...at a loss of potting cash??!! :eek: Best of luck with what to do about your New Year drinks, but how mean to up the costs for the night!! :mad:



That's the way to pot it, Vicky!!! :j I hope you enjoyed your Christmas. Thanks for the lovely welcome, here's a gold star. :staradmin


Oh my gosh, Babs 103, your Son must surely be a saint!! :A He obviously thinks the world of you, how lovely of him!!:j Is he out for loan to us all??! :rotfl:
I don't blame you for telling us all about it so excitedly, your happiness is spilling out of your post as it should be and I couldn't be happier for you!! :dance::dance: You'll be on cloud 9 every time you use it. :grinheart As 32b3 says "Happy driving"!! :j



No just about it, 166million, it's still money saved and not possibly spent needlessly.

Have a great weekend, folks, and don't forget that pot!!

Sue

NB folks: Opening date for SPC 12 will be 31st October 2019


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

Saving_Glut

As I will participate in the make £2019 in 2019 challenge, I am only popping loose change, £5 notes and roadkill into my SPC.

Through a combination of the above and as a latecomer, I'm pleased with my current pot total of £42.07, although I did spend an inordinate amount chasing down a 20p coin I lost in the living room!

I'm really curious what my total will be for the year which will be put toward my Xmas purchases.

lynnsey30

Thankyou everyone and thanks for my number I have some loose change in an unsealed pot so am off to count it and start my sealed pot. Do the 20ps from the 20p challenge get added to this total? Or the money from the 1p a day challenge?

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lynnsey30 wrote: »

Thankyou everyone and thanks for my number I have some loose change in an unsealed pot so am off to count it and start my sealed pot. Do the 20ps from the 20p challenge get added to this total? Or the money from the 1p a day challenge?

Hi lynnsey30,

I add it all together, the other challenges give me a bit more of an incentive to save or I'd have given up years ago

lynnsey30

Thanks purplemumof2 I will add it all in it will soon add up that way edited to add all money counted and starting off with £7.35!

motivated

Morning all

Managed to pot £10 this morning. Some loose change, change from my grocery shop and £2.50 that DH left on the side Well season of good will and all that
M

datlex

Sue-UU wrote: »

It's great that you get your hubby to pay you back, datlex, but...at a loss of potting cash??!! :eek: Best of luck with what to do about your New Year drinks, but how mean to up the costs for the night!! :mad:

Have a great weekend, folks, and don't forget that pot!!

Sue

NB folks: Opening date for SPC 12 will be 31st October 2019


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

To clarify we normally go to pub on a day when the drinks are cheaper than normal, on New Years Eve will be normal prices but seems expensive in comparison.