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Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 15
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Hello Potters,
Number 08 reporting to wish you all a happy new year!
I lost the thread for a while, but found it again and have caught up. Suu I am sorry about your friend and I think hettyhound - your neighbour, really sorry. good to read about the new baby tho xxx
I am back in debt in order to buy a car (£8000) and am aiming to pay it off by the 31st of December, but however I do my monthly sums I am still short so am going to use the sealed pot to help make up the difference. I will start a second job too which will mean I have to have takeaway for dinner (have to!!) so I should get change from that.
Hopefully I will be able to pot more than the 1.20 I have managed so far!
Love to all of you
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Nintud said:Hi all, can I join you please?
I’ve started throwing some coins into a sealed tin. It says Saving for Prosecco on it, but I’m really saving for the retirement cruise I’ll be drinking the fizzy stuff during!
Nine years until I can retire so I hope to fill a fair few sealed pots between now and then.A very warm welcome to you, Nintud (029) 😊 it's lovely to have you with us. Have great fun saving!!. You'll find your No above as well as your the 2nd Post of Page 1. Please through the 1st post as it'll let you know exactly how to save with the challenge. We always empty our pots and declare what's in them in October, please make a note of this year's date: 27th October 2022.Please pop your SPC No on your signature as it's a great help to me. To do so please go to your profile Photo, top right, click then go to Signature Settings, lower and on the left, be sure to SAVE before fleeing!All the best in saving for your retirement.A very good Sunday, Potters! Enjoy your Sunday and here's hoping we can all save well and keep VERY healthy!! Save in a way that's best for YOU! 😄If any of you are feeling poorly or perhaps low in spirits, and take care, and get well soon, then come on back with us, for now here are love and hugs to help look after yourselves ❤️A brilliant end to either the end of this year or the beginning of next year, Lost, whichever it is, it's an amazing amount to be proud of!!! 😊Good for you in potting some coins in, Nu1isit. I hadn't a clue what the pumping dogs referred to until little_sweetie came along! Our dog barely does it at all even being a Labrador! I'm confessing to nothing about the rest of the household!!An amazing amount, Hetty, very well done!!A very safe, healthy and Happy New Year to you, C & A, a potty one too naturally! 😉We took our dog for a walk on New Year's Day too, LMD, unfortunately we didn't get a 20p! Still, I'm very pleased you did!! 🤩A very safe, healthy Happy New Year to you also.Hi 32B3, We done in getting your £s. A very safe, healthy and Happy New Year!Crikey little_sweetie, you've not seen her since just after they came over after her being born! How about using Zoom to make it all life-like? We've used it and got on fine.A very safe, healthy and Happy New Year to G and you A too, and many thanks.Well done with Plum, MrsShazbat!! A very safe, healthy and Happy New Year to you and yours too.Many thanks scotmumof3 and a very safe, healthy and Happy New Year to you all, with no viruses allowed!! 😡Very well done, Hicksy! A very safe, healthy and Happy New Year to you too.Thanks so very much, Buffy, very kind.A very safe, healthy and Happy New Year to you!All the very best to you in getting your car and by using your SPC money, a great idea!#####################The GRAND TOTAL for 2021 is £21,878.09!!!!!!!Not exactly as normal, but I'm still very pleased with it as it shows just how well we've all done, especially as so many members have left us. 😢However, very well done everyone as it's still a great Total for so few of us!!!! 🤗🤗#####################A really GREAT SUNDAY everyone, and STAY SO VERY HEALTHYand keep on potting/saving!!Sue xxNB Folks: The opening date for this year is 27th OCTOBER 2022
[/SIZE]Sealed Pot Challenge 001 [/B] SizeGrand Totals of all members[/B] (2008 uncounted) 2009 = £32.154.32! 2010 = £37.581.47! 2011 = £42.474.34! 2012 = £49.759.46! 2013 = £50.642.78! 2014 = £61.367.88!! 2015 = £52.852.06! 2016 = £52, 002.40!! 2017 = £50,456.23!! 2018 = £47, 815.88! 2019 = £38.538.37!!!! :j2025£39,45.16!!!
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Tax rebate received just before Christmas so £25 added to the pot
#033 £25Saving for Christmas 2022 #15 £82 / £365
sealed pot challenge~15 #033 £25
Decluttering in 2022 2/52
no craft spending 2022 makes 0/104
Debts
Mortgage £95,691.79
overdraft £5,000
CC 1 £5000 CC 2 £477.62 CC 3 £99.666 -
Happy New Year everyone! I hope it's a good one for you all and that Covid becomes far less of a blight on our lives this year!
I have just popped £47.30 into the pot. Somehow I forgot that I lent my brother £40 back in October. I thought as I wasn't missing it, I may as well stick it in the pot. Most of the £7.30 was found in a handbag I haven't used for a while, but got out of the wardrobe for my 30th birthday trip to London on the 1st. The remainder was from a visit to the sweet shop today
My pot is beginning to feel quite healthy now. It's exciting wondering how much is in there!SPC '21 #0757 -
£15 going in the pot today.
LMD xLife gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£60004 -
A stunning 8p potted today. Every bit helps though. The high speed fruitcake has mainly just slept today. ..so we're all safe. For now 😁.
Hope you're all enjoying the New Year so far. 🙂😇 Sealed Pot Challenge: Member No: 20: 2012 = £92.14; 2013 = £45.27; 2014 = £54.70; 2015 = ; 2016 = £70.38 2022 = £10.58 2023 = ???? 🍀 2023 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD 65/365 so far. 👾 The Other Way, or the MSE Way: My Personal Challenge 🍀 The Other Way, or the MSE Way: My Personal Challenge 20123 -
Happy New Year everyone! So good to see you all and tell you about my most recent potting adventures:
£13.15 from TopCashback
£14.09 from my cashback credit card
40p to round off my bank account to the nearest £10.
Truly delighted with this.
Back to school today with the cherubs. Slight changes to where the classes are eating - ie in the classroom instead of the hall. Far preferable for those children and adults who can't stand the noise!
Sealed Pot Challenge #021 #8 975.71 #9 £881.44 #10 £961.13 #11 £782.13 #12 £741.83 #13 £2135.22 #14 £895.53 #15 £1240.40 #16 £1805.87 #17 £1820.01 #18 £2021.83 declared6 -
Sue we've never seen our Granddaughter at all in the flesh. Paul hasn't visited the UK for about 10 years. He came over a few years before that with his baby son from his first marriage, who was just 3 months old at the time. They then split up and his wife returned to the UK with their son (18 months old) and cut us off from the baby. We have no idea where he is and he's 16 now 😪 Life is very complicated.....
Just potted 30p change today plus a penny offered by G 😁 Who am I to refuse an offered penny piece? 😂
Have a lovely week everyone.Sealed 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 £113.627 -
Hello Sue and all sealed potters, please may I join? I am the original hummingbird, I have been away for some time as we had to change our passwords and I had difficulty getting back in for various reasons...then with all that happened in 2020 onwards I drifted away! I have missed MSE and the challenges so much! Looking forward to receiving a number xxSealed Pot Challenge 2023 # 011
£2 savers club 2023 # 011 £16.00
Virtual Sealed Pot 2023 #10 £40.09/£300
Make £10 extra a day in Oct '23 £129.30/310
Grocery challenge Oct 2023 £3.01/£1506 -
27/5/17 Mort 64705 BTs 1904031/12/17 Mort 59815 BT 1673007/04/20 Mort 49208 BT 1572128/07/20 Mort 47387 BT 1263414/11/20 Mort 45905 BT 10134 20/05/21 Mort 42335 BT 686811/08/22 Mort 32050 BT 2915Sealed Pot Challenge 16 Number 56
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