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Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 14
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$25.30 from recycling in to the pot today 😊MFiT-T7 #17 (Jan 2025) £193k (Apr) £177k (July) £159k (Oct) £139,900 (Jan 2026)
SPC 19 #6 £29.50
Regular Saver A/C (24/25) £2800 (25/26) £
SPC’s (1)£27.19 (2)£728 (3)£1471 (4)£357 (5)£435.18 (6)£1114.92 (7)£1492 (8)£392 (9)£1952 (10)£1866.65 (11)£1177.74 (12)£1445.39 (13)£1608 (14)£603.30 (15)£672 (16)£2563 (17)£1300 (18)£353.50 (19)£5 -
A couple of pounds and a very sad looking 20p in my pot this morning, courtesy of Mr T self scanning machine.PAYDBC24 #8 ~ £10188.215
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A totally non potting update; baby is to be called Ralph 😁SPC #023 SPC 12: £125.86[/COLOUR]:SPC 13: £214.98: SPC 14: £297.41 SPC 15: £237.27 SPC 16 £335.39; SPC 17 £662.09 SPC 18 £660.03[ SPC 19 ?COLOR="DeepSkyBlue"]MFW #21 Mortgage start Dec 2015 £79,950; Dec 2025 £16,671[/COLOR] 2025 OP £2773/COLOR]/£2,000 MFiT T6 #3 £19070/£25,500 (72.82%%) MFiT T7 #3 £4997/£21,930 (22.78%)6
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Congratulations 😀Hettyhound said:A totally non potting update; baby is to be called Ralph 😁Pay ALL your debt off by Xmas 2021 no 50 Target for this year £12,000
Pay all your debt off by Xmas 2022 target £15,000 pd £7969.95 / 15,000
SPC 2022/23 014
Pay all of your debt off by XMAS 2023
#no 28 target £11,200.004 -
Hettyhound said:A totally non potting update; baby is to be called Ralph 😁
Many congratulations
While tidying house found £1.30 loose silver coins (£3 for the month so far into tub). I'm prob only going to count month 1 for motivation and then not keep any totals as will be nice (or not lol) suprise when I open it at end of OctLBM 02/01/2021 (£52,000) + (£27,000 2023 home repairs)
Now 05/12/2025 (£14,724)
81.5% of debt cleared
HSBC Mortgage = £43,630 (4.69% 105 repayments to go)
HSBC loan = £1,208 (5.3% APR) £302/mth (4 repayments to go)
Admiral loan = £13,516 (2.7% APR) £321/mth (42 repayments to go)
Regular Saver = £1500/2000
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Hi everyone! I'm so excited that I finally sorted our pot out and am ready to ask if I can please join you all on your potting journey?
We started our pot (a glass vase) in November after counting a total of £170ish from the last year so just happen to have started at the same time as many others on here.
Our new pot is a sealed down cereal storage container so no picking out the pounds for a sneaky cafe lunch from now on! The old vase/pot is now for brown money only.
We've counted £82.35 from the old pot + £6 our lodger paid us for our surplus Christmas Chocolates. So we start with £88.35 already please ☺"Why not now, OK so when and how," ElephantChunks.
Electrics re-wire savings Oct 18 - March 2020 WE GOT ELECTRIC!
Heating Loan Sept 0/£5000
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Happy New Year everyone!!
I hope you all have a fantastic 2021🎉🎉.
SueUU,was the total for SPC ever declared?? I have looked through this thread ,the end of SPC13 thread, and your signature, and can't find any reference?I
A couple of days ago I potted £15.71, including three £2 coins.
Tonight I have some more coins to pot:£7.36, including another two £2 coins.
SPC #36 :staradminx 8.SPC7=£751.10 SPC8=£651.04 SPC9=£843.00 SPC10=£872.76
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#13 here. Just emptied my purse into the tin except for £1 trolley money. I don’t count it as I like a surprise. Also saving into a bank account this year, I’ve paid off my debts so am trying to save some cash towards a holiday in the next couple of years.Declutter 2025 in 2025 0/20255
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Happy new year to Sue and all potters, old and new! I have had nothing to pot for the whole of December because I'm not going anywhere to use cash 🙃 but hope to find other ways to save this year. Nothing is the same 😔😷 I need to start thinking outside the box, as they say 🤔
Have a great week everyone xSealed Pot Challenge #012
SPC #5 £111 SPC #6 £175 SPC #7 £151 SPC#8 £78 SPC#9 £72.50 SPC #10 £23.50 SPC #11 £276.18
SPC #12 £108.56 SPC 13 £127.89 SPC 14 £113.623 -
Hi,
Can I join please?
Ive started a change jar, would like to save about £100 towards Christmas next year. I’ve got about £3 in the pot already and found £1.20 roadkill on my walk this morning so have added that in.3
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