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Sunday, July 16, 2017

Piggy Bank Challenge


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I love participating in  VAL'S Piggy Bank Challenge each year.  You can sign up:
  1. All's you have to do is create a post this week sharing your "piggy bank".
  2. Include your goal of what you'd like to purchase with your savings come this time next year.
  3. Include the linky button above to help spread the word to all your followers. 
  4. Return and link your post here anytime this week until August 1st.
  5. Start "penny pinching". (Coins and bills are allowed)
  6. Next year we'll  all empty our piggy banks on July 6th and create a post exclaiming our totals, share what quilty purchase we're going to make and link up here once again to celebrate!

I've been able to save quite well with this method.  It gets dipped into thru the year for some emergency monies (car repair), but has been handy to purchase those quilty items without being sure you 'budgeted' them.

I used this method when my kid's were young - they loved dropping coins in and watching grow.  The money then was for summer vacations and summer camps.

This would help with saving for Christmas presents , too - which leads me to:

 

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10 comments:

  1. Nancy JJuly 16, 2017 at 11:04 AM

    I save my coins and they go to Grandson for laundry use at University, and the same go to Grand-daughter for her horse riding. Maybe I need a third jar for myself.

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  2. Cheryl's Teapots2QuiltingJuly 16, 2017 at 1:48 PM

    I should do this for trip $$$ to visit my new grandbaby next year (as many times as I can pay for the flights). Much better than new sewing stuff.

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  3. Gretchen WeaverJuly 17, 2017 at 5:29 AM

    Since the children have left home and we no longer need the change for all the necessary things that children need, we put all our change in a jar. In September, this money goes to MCC to help dig wells in so villages in Africa can have clean water.

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  4. BarbaraJuly 17, 2017 at 6:59 AM

    I always toss actual pocket change into a mason jar when I sort the laundry. The only thing it gets used for is laundry money when we're on the road. Not very glamourous.

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  5. AnonymousJuly 17, 2017 at 12:47 PM

    THANKS FOR SHARING!
    msstitcher1214@gmail.com

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  6. pajtrJuly 17, 2017 at 1:15 PM

    Good idea!
    Thank you for sharing!
    (I don't have a blog to post to, but I have the pretty biscuit tin for a piggy bank!)
    Pat T.

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  7. Val's Quilting StudioJuly 17, 2017 at 1:53 PM

    SO glad you are once again joining us for the challenge Sharon. :)

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    1. Val's Quilting StudioJuly 10, 2018 at 5:05 AM

      Hi Sharon! How did ya do this year? Time to open up that jug and see. Share and link with us this week.

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  8. KateJuly 17, 2017 at 7:26 PM

    Good luck with your savings plan this year.

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  9. ShaunaJuly 20, 2017 at 9:27 AM

    Good luck!!!!

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