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I Challenge You..save Money You Find On Street..1yr

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  • Well, as I found 15p yesterday I'm definitely joining in, I will find (another)piggy bank/whatever to put all my finds in, and not touch it for a year. A few weeks ago my mate found £20 in two ten pound notes on the ground, she gave me £10, but it's in my "do not open till full" poundland tin! And I spent the 15p on my "payment a day" credit card today, BUT now I shall keep my eyes peeled to the ground and see how much I can find. Good job I'm not proud...................................
    KEEP CALM AND keep taking the tablets :cool2:
  • Hiya guys,
    Not doing very well on this challenge, either everyone picks their fallen money back up/ are too tight to drop it in the 1st place/ or all you MSE'ers are getting their before me:rotfl: so not much in the pot:eek: still, I was a late starter so wont be opening my pot until 12th june 2009 so still have plenty of time:cool:

    HWGA xx
    lost 3stin 4mnths GC nov£90/£51.65 July£100/£97.67 Aug£90/£18.59
    LBM Nov05 Loan £4910.65 Paid April07 sealed pot challenge#256
    Nov06 CC £2,590.56 Paid aug07 + Savings07/08 Night Owl 22#
    Mortgage £87,000/£84,000/ £82,261.00/£81,785.30 £80,268/£75402.00/£71229.15 DFW NERD 987 Long Haul member 125 debt free 24th aug 07
  • sparky0107
    sparky0107 Posts: 3,496 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Morning all,
    Quick update just under the £38 mark so far, and as I'm opening mine on 31st March 2008, I still have about 5 months to go, it's amazing the amount of people who are too lazy to take their shopping trollies back to get the pound out, I've "found" about £5 this way alone. Their loss, my gain

    Keep it up everyone
    Sparky0107 - Sealed pot challenge member #002. Total for SPC3 £1,030.57 Total For SPC 4 £2247.00 Total for SPC 5 £2574.62 :T Total for SPC 6 £4552.91:T
    :rotfl:LC2 & Jakes-Mum are off their heads :rotfl
    :j DEBT FREE AS OF 20/01/2012 :j
  • Yorkielass
    Yorkielass Posts: 2,235 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    9p found in October - not doing very well at this!
    Initial Mortgage January 2024 - £160,000
    Initial Mortgage free date - January 2058
    Mortgage as of 1st February 2024 - £159,134.98
    Overpayments to date - £79.62
    Current Mortgage free date - January 2058
  • POSSETTE
    POSSETTE Posts: 1,474 Forumite
    ive fohnd nothing for month ,,will be checking the trollies!..not long left till i open it..38 quid is brill sparky..do you have a bent neck!!!!
    TO FINISH LAST, FIRST YOU HAVE TO FINISH....
  • I found a fiver a few weeks ago, but spent it pretty quick!

    Will keep a look out for lost coins from now on, they'll be much more use in my savings account than lying on the floor :D. Will keep track on how much I find and save - it will only get spent if I keep it in a money box at home so it'll be safer in the bank!

    I think I am going to be making a lot of 1p bank deposits in the near future:rotfl:
    Cutting my bills down to size and saving money :j
    So far I have reduced my outgoings/increased my savings account balance by: £16.80 a month
    Lots more bill-slashing in progress :D
  • POSSETTE
    POSSETTE Posts: 1,474 Forumite
    wouldnt that be fun...everytime you go near your bank..deposit a 1p..the cost of it would do them in surely..the time spent and paper processing would really pi55 them off...:D
    TO FINISH LAST, FIRST YOU HAVE TO FINISH....
  • Just found this thread - started to do this in January and had found about £5.50 so far - until the other day when I found a folded up £20 note on the pavement!!! :-)
    :happyhear 2009 Sealed Pot Challenger No 395 Target £300 :j
    :T £2 Savers club No 19 started Dec 02 2008 :T
  • POSSETTE
    POSSETTE Posts: 1,474 Forumite
    WELL...its nearly over for me..new year is open jar time..i still haven't found any paper money like you lot have...

    also my money goes in a dog shaped jar...we call it "debtity dawg".!!
    TO FINISH LAST, FIRST YOU HAVE TO FINISH....
  • Yorkielass
    Yorkielass Posts: 2,235 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    8p in November....
    Initial Mortgage January 2024 - £160,000
    Initial Mortgage free date - January 2058
    Mortgage as of 1st February 2024 - £159,134.98
    Overpayments to date - £79.62
    Current Mortgage free date - January 2058
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