Hi Everyone!
Thank you to everyone who has volunteered their pots AS GUESTS for SEALED POT SUNDAY! Don't forget to leave a link!
But I would love even more!!
This week's GUEST SPOT is LONESTARSKY from FICTIONBURNS http://fictionburns.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/money%20saving
What a beautifully coloured pot..too good to break in December!
Fictionburns (Lonestarsky's) SEALED POT GOAL IS:
A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY-JAPAN, SAN FRANCISCO NEW YORK
She is doing so well, finding money and saving not spending...and I'm really looking forward to seeing if she reaches her goal and which destination she is going to choose! Good luck Lonestarsky!
MY SEALED POT WEEK
1. IT'S A RAID !
Mr Sft has been raided at least twice this week for change under 50p! He is happy to give it up for the pot.
2. SAVE NOT SPEND-I picked up a lovely book from a charity shop today and i put it back again. Saving £1.20. I will read you one day Fever Tree! But I have enough books to keep me reading for years!
3. I EMPTIED MY PURSE-TWICE!! After my trip to London with my Mum and after shopping today.
SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE DAY!!!
How has Week 12 gone for you?
REMEMBER: We have just 40 weeks to go before we open our pots together! :)
UNLESS YOU ARE SUZE WHO IS OPENING HER QUEEN MARY POT VERY SOON-AS SHE IS SHORTLY OFF ON HER CRUISE..GOOD LUCK SUZE, I HOPE YOUR POT IS FULL UP and HELPS YOU HAVE AN AMAZING TIME ON YOUR TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SFT XXX
Mine hasn't got a lot lately - either haven't been spending at all or spending by card! Oh well, lots of time left to fill it :)
ReplyDeleteHi Nic,
DeleteAs long as we put something in the pot each week, that's all that matters. 40 weeks to go-we've got loads of time.
Sft x
A good week for the pot, 5 x £2 coins and two handfuls of change. Next to it is an old sweet jar slowly filling up with copper coins and I will add this to the total when I count up. No money to savings this week as the water bill slid through the letterbox today. Will do better next week, I could pay half the bill and save some but would rather pay off the whole amount.
ReplyDeleteWell done Pam! I'm so impressed with how many £2 coins you keep finding.
DeleteI also have a pot for my copper coins but these usually get used up when I play cards with my family at Christmas time.
Sft x
My name is Jane, and I have a confession to make.
ReplyDeleteWe opened our loonie bin to check how many pennies we had (remember they are now out of circulation)...I accidentally counted the contents!
$27... which is more than we had hoped we'd collect for the whole year!
We've changed our minds about our goal. The loonie bin contents are now going to be deposited into a tax free saving account...for our retirement.
Jane x
Oh Jane, it's such a temptation to count the contents isn't it!
DeleteI'm thrilled at how much you've saved so far and I'll change your goal-tax free saving account.
Sft x
I had another good week on ebay, but it all went towards the new internal doors and timber for the hallway, so the virtual pot went hungry. Coppers and 5ps went into the actual pot. It was worth not feeding the virtual pot to see the staircase done - J has handmade all the spindles and it looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteGreat news about your ebay week! And the money went to a wonderful cause! J sounds so talented.
DeleteGood news that you managed to put a little bit in your pot.
Sft x
I put ten in the other day when I went to the bank. It seems to be getting some weight to it! Cheers
ReplyDeleteHi CC
DeleteYes, it's all adding up nicely now isn't it?
Sft x
What a lovely egg fictionburns owns. My Poundland tin has had a £10 donation from hubby this week when he won this on the Lottery. I have saved £5 on parking.
DeleteYes, her pot is lovely.
DeleteWhat a lovely hubby you have donating his lottery win. Good news that you are still saving from the parking.
Sft x
Hi SFT
ReplyDeleteMy pot got a measly $5 but better than nothing!
Love Lonestarsky's pot, very funky!
Suze, good luck with opening your pot for your cruise, hope you have an amazing time!
Judy xx
Hi Judy,
Delete$5 is absolutely better than nothing.
I hope Suze does really well too.
Sft x
Nothing for me as I only have $20 notes in my purse this week and I cannot sacrifice one for my tin. I used most of my coins at the Show yesterday on the chocolate wheel as I see this as a donation to the Lions Club running it. I am pleased to report I won a large cake of chocolate!! Of course it would have been cheaper to buy it at the shop LOL!
ReplyDeleteFollowing my comment on yesterdays post LOL I think I must have conjured up my 'people' as they came to visit and surprise surprise they wanted something (big rolling of the eyes). They are so predictable, only phone or visit when they want something, I long ago learnt it wasn't because they wanted to see or talk to me!
Sx
Hi S,
DeleteGiving to charity is always worthwhile. Good for you wining that cake too.
You need to give me some lessons about how to deal with my people! It's all about the material and dramas for them and my parents raised me not to care about that. So we were never going to see eye to eye.
Sft x
It's always a rude awakening when you realise that your family don't behave as you expect them to. I worked through it a few years back and have been 'seeing' things with my annoying people, unfortunately the husband has recently been on the receiving end from them and he was quite hurt by it all.
DeleteJust stay firm and stand your ground. No means NO - that's the one I've had the biggest challenges with as they then try and sweet talk me round so I will do what they want, but I just stick to my guns ever so politely and it does work. Now I just have to master not feeling guilty about it! They have no trouble letting me down.
There is never a good time to say no to my lot, if you say at the beginning it's not good. If you say it part way through when you've had enough it's not good either. No matter how much you give it is not enough and they will always want more. Anyway I digress......
You and I are a similar age and I assume Mr SFT is similar also. We are all adults and just as entitled to make our own decisions and run our own lives as we see fit - I told my MIL this recently!
On the other hand my own mother sounds more like your lot, full of dramas, but not so materialistic unless you count ALL the clothes & shoes. Over the last three or so years I have made quite a point of not participating in her drama filled negative conversations where she has an opinion on everyone and what's wrong with them. It is starting to work and she does not really talk like that around me any more. I haven't been rude (as much as would have liked to have been at times!) but in some cases I would say things like "if that's how they choose to live their lives that's fine by me because it doesn't affect me".
I am constantly amazed how family members - lets say parents - hold their adult children to ransom. They are supposed to love us, but yet they don't seem to acknowledge us as grown up's who have lives of their own. It seems to me that as long as they are getting what they want they are happy. My very own mother had a go at getting me to sign away any inheritance three years ago. I was shocked at this and she is jolly lucky I still speak to her and to make it worse the first I heard about it was from her lawyers office as she'd been in to arrange it. The poor woman on the phone genuinely thought I would have known about it. I didn't sign as per the legal advice I received. I'm still blown away by it really.
Good luck & stay strong!
Sx
I'm so glad you understand Sandra. Thanks.
DeleteSft x
Mine really has had only dribs and drabs this week, poor hungry pot!!
ReplyDeleteI love the 'nest egg' pot.
Sue xx
Dribs and drabs all mount up Sue!
DeleteSft x
I went to weigh my pots and the scales are missing. I have looked high and low. However I am not letting this deter me. I went to the fruit shop and weighed them there. Their scales would be far more accurate. Just as well we have used the same green grocer all my life.
ReplyDeleteThe Queen Mary pot is now 103 g heavier and weighs in at 560 g. I know I have stuffed in a few five dollar notes and mum needed ten dollars so I gave her a note and she gave me change. It went straight to the pot.
The Sydney pot increased by 316 g to 2095g . It now weighs more than my second child did at birth.
My finances have taken a beating this month. On Monday I had a filling fall out while drinking soup. My vent is that it went in three months ago and the dentist charged me to fix it!!!!! If I am lucky I will be able to scrap together less than $30 for the saving account. This is far short of my goal. Next month I will try much harder. I guess I should take the view if I get anything in it is far better than taking stuff out.
Keep up the great work everyone.
I forgot to add I love, love, love the nest egg pot. The colour, the quote, in reality the whole thing is wonderful.
DeleteOh Suze, we are getting very excited about the opening of your Queen Mary pot!
DeleteLOL at you weighing it at the Grocers! Now there's ingenuity! Did you explain what the pot was all about?
Sorry to hear about your tooth! And for drinking soup! That's so unfair.
I think everyone is doing brilliantly.
Sft x
I think I need a bigger pot! Mine is well over half full, will have to think about this ..... Well done on paying off that debt, great news xxx
ReplyDeleteI would love to start on Pot 2. Ours is getting fuller so it's a good possibility. I'd just make another similar one, using a good old gravy tub.
DeleteWe are delighted to pay off the debt.
Sft x
Due to my pot system, mine are counted but I have no idea what the final total is. I found a loonie and a penny on the ground this week and from my stash, added $50 to the sealed pot.
ReplyDeleteHi Marjorie,
DeleteThat's what's so exciting, not knowing our final total. And just think what we can add in 40 weeks.
Well done on finding those extra coins, and the $50 of course!
Sft x
I love Lonestarsky's sealed pot, I wouldn't be able to smash that to get my money out, it's far too nice. Hope Suze has a wonderful trip and that the contents of her sealed pot buys her lots of happy memories.
ReplyDeleteHi Jo,
DeleteNo, I'm sure she must have a plan to use it again!
I'm very excited about Suze opening her pot very soon.
Sft x
Mine is getting heavy I put 20c and 5c in a tin and in an after eight tin I put 10c I give the 2and1c to my daughters!
ReplyDeleteHi Simone,
DeleteLovely to hear from you!
It's good to have a system like that. Mr Sft puts in anything less than 50p, as well as the occasional £ etc..
I put all my 5ps in our china hen to save up for eggs and all of our copper coins in a tub ready for playing cards with my family at Christmas.
Sft x
I really need to SEAL my pot! :) After removing some $ to pay an unexpected bill I have reimbursed my pot (plus a bit more) and am now back on track! YAY! We've had a few setbacks in this new year in the form of a short time on disability (at 90% of my salary) plus a few car repairs but hopefully that is all over with!
ReplyDeleteHi Jane,
DeleteGreat to hear you are now back on track. I hope the rest of the year works out really well for you.
Sft x
I was able to get a five dollar bill in the pot along with assorted change daily...my Mom (89 yrs) even gave me a handful of quarters to add to the pot...she cracks me up! Still gathering things to photograph for selling online...
ReplyDeletethat green egg is wonderful...
Hi Kelley!
DeleteWell done on your money for the pot. What a sweetie your Mum is!
I need to sell online too more.
I love the green egg too.
Sft x
I am grabbing up the spare change my husband leaves out and tossing it in to my pot! Okay.... "our" pot. Lol!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely 'our' pot....it's lovely to hear that he's so involved in saving! :)
DeleteSft x
I did comment on this post but it's not showing?! Did you get my comment or has it just vanished?! xx
ReplyDeleteThis comment is showing! Shame about yesterday's.
DeleteHow has your week gone?
Lots of folk loving your pot.
Sft x
Silly internet! Not sure what happened to that post...
DeleteYes, thanks for featuring it! I'm not going to smash it at the end of the year, think I'll be reusing this one for future sealed pot challenges :)
Had a good week so far - it hasn't been great for the pot as its the week before payday so I'm using every last penny, but...on Thursday I get paid so everything left in my wallet will go in, plus this afternoon I found a shiny £2 coin outside a shop - the first time I've ever found a £2 coin on the street! xx
Hi,
DeleteEveryone loved your pot, so glad it's going to be used again!
You are so good at finding money!
Sft x
Checking in late again this week. I have been ever so busy with my reno job, it's not a very good excuse, but one I am going to give anyway.
ReplyDeleteMy sealed pot became unsealed--oops--as I had to have some change, but I have managed to put it back in. February is almost over and March will bring a re-newed effort to contibute more to my pot.
Once I get a bit more organized I will send you a picture of my pot.
Patricia
Hi Patricia,
DeleteGlad your reno job is going well.
Good news that you've returned the 'borrowed' money to the pot.
Looking forward to that picture.
Sft x
A late check-in for me as well after not stopping by at all last week. My 'puter was in the shop for TLC for a few days. All better now. :) I did drop change into the SP both weeks, not sure how much but my estimate is $15. My budget for March kicks in today... just the way my income for the month starts.... and I have included a set amount for the pot this month.
ReplyDeleteGood wishes to all savers. Examine each purchase. As you linger at the door to the coffee shop, ask "do I really need that coffee now or could I wait and make it for pennies at home and put the saved cash into the pot?" =0)
Hi Connie,
DeleteGlad your computer is better. And that you are feeding the pot well.
Your planning is paying off. Ha, ha.
Mental strength certainly helps build up those funds... do I need it?
Sft x
Hi, all. Sorry I'm so late; lots going on here just now. Anyway, I was going to put in $20 to cover losing one pound again, plus $4 lottery win, plus a few pennies I found (just two or three) plus a donation 'cause I want to make it worth my while when we open up the pots! Oh, and a few dollars 'cause I bought a fancy coffee for myself and a friend from where I used to work.
ReplyDeleteBut THEN . . . (no hitting, ok?) ... I've been sorting stuff and re-packing and all that, as some of you know. As I was going through some Christmas cards I noticed a handmade one from my sister. I opened it to see what she had written; it was from Christmas 2011. Guess what??? (here I thought of making you wait for Sunday, but I figured I WOULD have things thrown at me then) . . . tucked in the card was a crisp new $100 bill. I was just floored. So I put it all into Miss Liberty, reasoning that I hadn't known about it, so therefore wouldn't miss it. I vaguely remember thanking her for it at the time, but of course it got packed up when we came home; then came the big flood in my apt. and all the moving of things to storage and up to Mum's place. Then I was laid off, so the rest was moved. In all of this, my short-term memory failed entirely, which has made for a lovely jackpot this week! . . . and a VERY happy Pot! And just when I thought I'd be scrambling to even put in the $20!
I do love that nest egg, partly 'cause it's green! I'm glad it won't be smashed to open it.
Wow! You've done brilliantly with your pot this week.
DeleteCan't believe you found that $100 bill, that's incredibly. Just amazing.
I also put money in my gift pot in my pot. As you say, you wouldn't have had it otherwise.
Sft x