The tin opening ceremony

[sunnylady]

Been saving in my tin since we came back from Icmeler in August last year, going to open it tomorrow , cant get any more in. Going to Altinkum on the 14th August for 2 weeks with the family, but coming back to Icmeler 23rd Sept with hubby for a week, fell in love with the place last year on our first visit.

[bighands]

Wahay just opened ours.

1 tin notes = £1100.00

1 Tin pound coins = £96.00

1 Tin small change = £65.00

big suprise for me only estimated £500.00 amazing how it builds up over 8 months and how you forget how much you really pop in.

Away on monday ........its been a long wait but its worth it.

[sunnylady]

Well done bighands, ive been saving £2, £1 and 50p coins in one tin and notes in another, keeping the notes tin till we go to Icmeler. Have a great holiday,.

[viking pete]

After reading this thread I started one in July - £1.00 per day + any £2.00 coins, feeling quite heavy already

[bighands]

Well done bighands, ive been saving £2, £1 and 50p coins in one tin and notes in another, keeping the notes tin till we go to Icmeler. Have a great holiday,.

Thank you sunny lady and have a cracker yourself.

[reesy1959]

We have just counted our money jar and tin for the October holiday,

Big whisky jar - £130 which was a mixture of 5p's, 10p's, 20p's and coppers.
Tin held £285 notes, and £180 was a mixture of £2 coins and 50p pieces.

We dont go out of our way to get £2 coins, but when we do get them we never spend them. We also put the winnings from the lottery into the tin too.

This has been saved from January this year.

A total of £595 towards our next holiday in 3 weeks

[dalin]

I so love this topic so I thought i would resurrect it for all the newbies(I hate that expression)and those who are lucky enough to be heading of on their holiday soon.Unfortunately i still have a good few weeks to go before I can open my tins but they are getting really heavy How is everyone elses tins coming along

[Eatock08]

Oh mines slow starting I'm afraid but still have another 11 weeks to go so I'll have to put a £1 a day away ha ha

[Chris]

Mine was full by Xmas,£200,decided to treat the 3 grandchildren with it,saving up again now

[kentcabbie]

Dont use a tin, but my wife is magic at hiding money in envelopes all over the house, always saves enough for our "spends" .Rog.

[heather1961]

Our tin is for airport spends and is getting heavy. Hoping for a nice surprise when we open it in june.

[ochlynda]

We keep our tin for the second trip to Paradise, the adults only one. Have one that reads how much is in it to date we have £385 that means lots of Efes

Lynda

[dotty]

I've got two tins this year - one which is for £2 and £1 coins, and the other for 50p and 20p. Both are feeling pretty heavy, so I'm looking forward to opening them in about 4 weeks time. Will post the results.

[dalin]

How is everyones savings going?Dotty have you opened yours yet,as I notice you are going soon.

[reesy1959]

I am tempted to open mine to pay for next years flights which I booked this week.

[ochlynda]

I save mine for our trip in September, it's starting to feel quite heavy

Lynda

[dotty]

Opened ours on Thursday and have £285, I'm well chuffed....thats a lot of food, drink and perfume at the airport

[reesy1959]

Excellent - I love the excitement opening the tin and seeing how much is saved.

[sueles810]

Hi, opened our yesterday, £491.00 in £1 ans £2 coins and £101 in 50p and 20p not bad since January, we go on Friday, yipeeee cant wait, then start saving for October
Sue

[reesy1959]

Opened ours this morning, including the copper jar, we had a total of £481. Well pleased with that, I never thought there would be as much as that in them.