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Slipping Through My Fingers

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  • LABMUM
    LABMUM Posts: 157 Forumite
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    You are so organised Tea.
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  • You are doing great with Christmas so impressive Tea. I can't wait to start but must hold my horses as I get carried away...just realised as I type I ordered BIL's today but it was on his Ama**n wish list !
    House Savings - £28.83
    Emergency Savings - £105.19
    Christmas Savings 2020 - £300
    No spend days - 13/15
    Debt:: MBNA: £100/£2,653.25 NEXT: £199.00/£199.00 Paid 13/03/20 :)
  • Another one impressed by your Christmas organisation, have picked up a couple of bits but need to get planning x
  • teafor2
    teafor2 Posts: 3,322 Forumite
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    edited 2 November 2019 at 10:05AM
    Morning Everybody :)

    Feels like it's been ages since I've been on here but it's only 2 weeks! There's nothing of any real interest to report but as it's the beginning of a new month I thought I'd have a little update.

    In October I managed to cash out £15.70 from surveys and £5 from Shoppix. I have 1085/3200 Shoppix Points and 702/1500 RH points. I also have £4.54 pending in Prolific.

    I've thinned the pots down to 5 and the usual amounts are going in them:

    Savings £25
    DS Savings £10
    Dogs £25
    Hair £10
    Christmas £10

    Then I have the birthday and uniform pots attached to my bank account. £49.78 in birthdays and £20 in uniform. I've started putting £10 into birthdays and £5 into uniform every month then round down the bank account every so often to bump them up. I decided these would be funded from the joint account not my money.

    The birthday money would have been more than enough but it'll be wiped out and I'll have to add more as there's a 21st in the family that I'd forgotten about. Well, I'd not forgotten the birthday I just hadn't realised he was 21 - where do the years go! All the other nieces and nephews have had £50 so he'll get the same which is covered but there are also 3 more birthdays before the end of the year. Might transfer the uniform money actually and then double up on that in the NY. Sorry, I'm rambling again. :rotfl:

    So £80 paid into pots leaves me with £205 for November. I'll have a think about the best way to use that money and will update later.

    Hope you all have a great weekend. xx
  • beanielou
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    Have a good weekend xx
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  • LABMUM
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    Sounds like a plan. We have had 18th, 21st and a 50th. We have another 50th and my dads 80th so am a bit birthdayed out lol. It has been quite expensive but covered with my birthday pot xxx
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  • teafor2
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    Thanks Beanie. Hope you're having a good weekend as well. xx

    Oh blimey LABMUM, that's a lot of special birthdays no wonder you say you're birthdayed out :rotfl: But what a great feeling having them all covered with your birthday pot. You can't beat a savings pot - I may or may not have said that several times before :D Hope you've had a great weekend. xx
  • Just checking you are ok tea? Xx
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,230 Ambassador
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    I was just wondering how you were earlier.
    Hope all is well as it can be xx
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • Homegrown0
    Homegrown0 Posts: 1,280 Forumite
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    Hi Tea! It's been a while! Hope you're well and the pots are going strong?
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