Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 12

browneyed_girl

DH worked last night and brought home lots of lovely tips to feed the pot! He wouldn’t let me count it again, but at a quick glance it looked like at least £10 :T

Off grocery shopping tomorrow. In view of starting this challenge, I’ve decided to take out the week’s budget in cash and put anything left over into the pot - even more motivation to be under budget! :j

VickyA_2

Raggle1 wrote: »

Hi there, I would love to join the sealed pot challenge 12 please. Love to find inventive & motivational ways to save.
I have my pot lined up ready to go... first page fully read, i don't intend to count as i go as i want the surprise 31st oct 2019 next year (in the diary)! As soon as a i have my number i will add it too my signature and i will start hunting the house for spare change...

Happy saving days

Welcome Raggle1! This thread, with the fabulous Sue-UU at the helm, is just brilliant! It's just incredible how much money you can save just from spare change etc. Pull up a chair, polish the pot and.... go!

Whatshername

£7.11 added which includes a shiny £2 coin. Going to try to save all my £2 coins this yr

Sue-UU

Raggle1 wrote: »

Hi there, I would love to join the sealed pot challenge 12 please. Love to find inventive & motivational ways to save.
I have my pot lined up ready to go... first page fully read, i don't intend to count as i go as i want the surprise 31st oct 2019 next year (in the diary)! As soon as a i have my number i will add it too my signature and i will start hunting the house for spare change...

Happy saving days

..and we'd love to have you with us, Raggle 006 SPC No 006. 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.


I couldn't have said that better myself, Vicky! A lovely welcome and a gold star for you. :staradmin



We can't alter the past no matter how hard we try, Westie, so let's forget all about it and move on. BTW, a good start to having another healthy pot.


Oh, you've found us then, jakes-mum, we were all hoping you'd [STRIKE]lost us[/STRIKE] soon be here. The first few "clunks" are like the rumblings of an empty stomach don't you think, but don't worry as yours will soon have a real jingle to it. YOU didn't have half as many £2 coins last time?!! :eek: Poppycock! :A


Ah, well done with the quick making of your pot, Choccygirl!! You will be staying eagle-eyed from here on I'm sure.


It's ok loopychriss, you don't need to rejoin and yes, we all keep the same numbers. Happy potting to you also Chris, save well again.


Your Target's renewed to £500, Bubbs, and all the best in reaching it.
Oooh you very lucky lady, browneyed_girl!! :j Your DH is really in to saving. Good luck with the bugeting, just be sure to allow hubby his rations!!:rotfl:


A brilliant beginning to the new SPC year, Whatshername!!! :j I just hope you don't live too close to jakes- mum or the two of you will be scrabbling for the coins all year round!!! :eek:


Goodnight all and sleep well.

I hope you all have a good week, everyone.

Sue

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 welcom

siju

Hello Potters glad to be back! Thank you for the new thread Sue-UU. My goodnesss, I've only been missing since Friday and the thread has gone wild

I've decided to start my new pot off with anything I couldn't bag up from SPC 11. Didn't count it but it's given my pot a nice healthy sound when shaken. Good luck everyone with your savings this year. xx

little_sweetie

Hi People,


Been food shopping this morning. Have kept £5 back for the weekend (bread & milk etc) but potted a shiny pound coin plus a few coppers, that's a good healthy start for next year :T Anything left after the weekend top up will be potted too.


Good luck Potters!

moneymanager

Hi everyone. :wave:

Sue thank you for doing this thread again. All your hard work is much appreciated and I really do hope that I can get in here more often than I have done. I really want 2019 to be a great year.

I normally carry on potting into my 2018 pot as it still goes towards Christmas 2018 as every wee penny counts since DH's work is seasonal and also since he lost the contract which funds see us over the winter period. I really hope we get lucky this year and has a bit more work after Christmas. Sometimes he may only be out a week or for 8 weeks. It depends.

Anyway, what I am saying is I will start afresh in January if I have any pennies to spare. But I am setting a target of £1,150. This would cover presents, food, parties, birthdays etc.

Sue-UU

Hello there Sealed Potters! I hope the week has begun well for you all.


To all those who aren't well in any way, I hope you're soon feeling much, much better very soon! For now, here's love and {{{{hugs}}}} from us all especially to YOU!! :grinheart



Oh we don't hang about waiting for you, siju, I suggested we did but the others wouldn't have it. Believe that tommy-rot and you'll believe anything! It's not been as fast-flowing as normal though, folk being too busy doing other things I guess.

I don't blame you with what you've saved from not being able bag up on SPC 11, I did the same, why not!! Good luck to you too.



Good for you, little_sweetie, a good and health start to the year for certain. All the best for your SIL getting the job that's best for him, if he hasn't already got it.


Hello there moneymanager, I've just been chatting to you over on 11, by golly you did well!! It sounds as though things are quite a struggle for you and your DH at present, I sincerely hope things pick up for him, for you both. Look after yourselves and each other and come and see us more often as it really does give everyone incentive to save harder, not just you, it's how you motivate others also! :grinheart All the very best for you both, and btw, I've updated your Target, good luck with it.

Sue

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 welcom

Choccygirl123

#090 made my first sale on Facebook today, so have a lovely crisp £20 and £5 into the pot! I need to have a good sort out and get some more junk listed.

Total spc12 - £25.75. / £240.00

Raggle1

Thank you for the warm welcome.
I officially started my pot off last night --- nice surprise that i had put some silver in it at some point last year but forgotten i had.. Emptied my coppers into its new official home... raided the car for the bits of small change that never seemed to have an official home...and finally emptied my purse of the loose coins not used last week. I couldn't resist a count up as i went to see what my first pot contribution is...£11.12.
Feeling chuffed with myself for getting started :j