Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 13

e4rub · 1 November 2019 at 5:26PM

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Here we go!
Potted some loose change leftover from SPC 12

Emily x

Sue-UU · 1 November 2019 at 7:00PM

Well done indigowarrior! Best to have potted something rather than nowt!!

Good for you Emily! It's always good to start off with a little rather than nothing!

A £2 in my poor famished pot.

Otherwise it would have been starving!!! :eek:

Enjoy a lovely weekend all Potters, and don't forget to Pot

Sue x

NB folks: Opening date for SPC 13 is 29th October 2020!!! :j

Anyone wishing to join us, it's NEVER too late, so please just ask, you'll be made very welcome!

32b3in2013 · 1 November 2019 at 9:25PM

Woohoo, happy new thread everyone. Thank you to Sue for setting us off again :j

Some excellent totals over on t’other thread. Amazing :T

Welcome to all our newbies and welcome back to old friends

Have a great weekend all

32b3

aimeemum · 1 November 2019 at 10:21PM

Hi all - I'm so excited to be here

I have my pot and sealed it up, but silly me forgot to count what I put in it, so I'm counting it as a few pennies bonus

Loz2018 · 1 November 2019 at 10:35PM

I’ve updated my sig with how much I’ve potted so far which is about £35.
I’m only going to add up any notes I put in and not coins just so I have an idea of what’s in the pot but I’ll still get a nice surprise at opening time.

Unfortunately due to uni exams/work shifts I probably won’t be able to go on holiday in 2020 but it’s made me more motivated to pot as much as I can so I can put it towards a trip for 2021. Now that I have my emergency fund, and am adding to it monthly, I won’t have to open the pot early as I’m already covered which is a good feeling.

2goals2get2 · 1 November 2019 at 10:59PM

I have scoured the house for every bit of loose change and emptied my purse into the pot. Going to be slim pickings the rest of the month so will be looking out for roadkill. Might see if there is anything I can sell.

I'm not going to count it till the very last day of the challenge.

delta13 · 1 November 2019 at 11:24PM

Hi, I would love to join too! Trying to save for a house deposit mainly, but would be good to keep spare change for Xmas next year aswell!
I've already put away 45p today, and subscribed to the thread

Saver-upper · 2 November 2019 at 12:54AM

Thank you for the lovely new thread ,Sue.And thank you 32B3 for helping out again.
Tonight I have emptied my purse of all the loose change (£2.03 in about 75,006 coins :rotfl:).My 10 yo daughter has been out tonight with friends.When she came home,she gave me the change of money I had given her.Most of it I put in a holding pot,but I did save a £2 coin for the pot.
Total set aside to put in pot when I buy a tin (hopefully tomorrow),is £4.03 :j

Sue-UU · 2 November 2019 at 1:18AM

delta13 wrote: »

Hi, I would love to join too! Trying to save for a house deposit mainly, but would be good to keep spare change for Xmas next year aswell!
I've already put away 45p today, and subscribed to the thread

It will be lovely to have you delta13 (142)! A VERY warm welcome to you! :grinheart Have fun saving and enjoying the banter. You'll find your number at the bottom of the list on 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 always empty our pots and declare our savings in November, please make a note of this year's date: 29th Oct 2020.

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 us

delta13 - Save as hard as you're able to, and be proud!!

Many thanks to you, 32b3.

It's always good to start off with a new thread.

We've had some quite amazing Totals on SPC 12, wonderful! Having said that, we've also had members with quite low amounts, which for most of them, is exactly what they were looking for.
Many just don't have the means to be able to save a lot, but they're all so pleased with what they have saved, and that's what it's all about... saving for things that make them happy, saving enough for little extras for Christmas... enough to pay their car insurance etc. It's quite amazing the various needs that folk save for, which is wonderful as, at the end of the day, each is happy with what they've potted!

The most important thing is that they are proud of themselves with how brilliantly they've done! :j Quite magical that.

Don't worry about it being the exact cash potted, aimeemum, and even if we remember every penny we've potted for i.e. £2.55 for the day or week, it's nigh on impossible to remember all we save from week to week let alone throughout the year. So, "haven't a clue how much I potted, but I'm pleased I have potted some." is all that's necessary!

Good to know you're saving and so thrilled about it!!

You're potting very sensibly, Loz!

You'll have a rough idea, but not a clue how much your Total will be come next October! :j
A very wise way to view not being able to afford a holiday too. You've much to be proud of Loz, just as you did during this last year!:D Very well done!

You're potting very wisely too, 2goals2get2!!

It's always wonderful to have a lovely surprise come the end of the challenge. Keep coming to the thread to stay motivated! BTW, always scour around playing fields and play grounds, it's amazing how kiddies chuck away cash - adults too!!

Hi Saver-upper! You're most welcome. 32b3 is a gem, bless her! All the best in buying your tin tomorrow, and with the amount you'll pot too! :j

Enjoy a lovely weekend all Potters, and don't forget to Pot!!

Sue x

NB folks: Opening date for SPC 13 is 29th October 2020!!! :j

Anyone wishing to join us, it's NEVER too late, so please just ask, you'll be made very welcome!

DukeOfSomewhere · 2 November 2019 at 5:14AM

Hello everyone . . .

Sorry that I've been missing from the thread for so long. I have however, kept up to date with the Monday morning email which has lifted my spirits as to how well fellow potters have been doing.

I can declare that my pot challenge amounts to £1862.53.

Now for the reason the total is high. Other than paying the usual outgoings, I've not been spending on extras thanks to being diagnosed with cancer earlier in the year.

My battle has been hard and I've been in some very dark places but i accepted that the experts knew what they were doing, even though I have felt awful for what seems forever.

My OH has been an absolute star throughout . . . even reminding me to pot the cost of haircuts, when all my hair fell out!!.

I finished my last session of chemo last month (fingers crossed) and I certainly won't miss the throwing up!!. So now it's onwards and upwards and my hope is that by Christmas I will have regained some energy and can look forward to a brand new year.

Family and friends have been marvellous over the months and despite the many invitations to various events already, we have decided that we're going nowhere over the festive period (and we don't want any visitors! . . . Bah humbug but I don't care).
All I know is that we will be in the castle together enjoying some 'just us' time, and that . . . i am really looking forward to. No trying to please everyone, no hassle, no rushing around to be somewhere for a certain time . . . Its going to be absolute bliss.

To any fellow potters who are currently going through their own battles or who are under the weather . . . I wish that each day brings you renewed strength, brighter times and a healthier, happier you.

Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 13

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