Race you to the top!
The Rules:
1. For every impulse buy item that you resisted buying, put a coin into the Lottery Jar.
2. For every household chore completed, put a coin into the Mall Jar.
3. For every bad word spoken, put a coin into the Cussin’ Jar.
4. For every time you deposit into your savings account, put a coin into the Retirement Fund.
If these jars were in your home, which jar would get filled up first?
June 14th, 2007 at 12:29 am
My forced-savings modus-operandi is I better have a $-for-$ deposit for every $ I spend shopping, e.g. if I spent $500 for a purse, I better make sure I deposit $500 in a savings account. If I can’t match the $-for-$ dictum, I can’t afford to shop so I stay home or just window-shop! It works.
June 14th, 2007 at 1:19 am
I would have to say that for the past years, it was the retirement jar.
But all that money is going to the property now so I’m guessing… the cussin jar?
It can’t be the lottery jar cuz I just bought 3 books by Lesley Pearse last weekend even if I had so many more books to read. My reasoning? Because her books are hard to find and when I do find them, there’s usually just one book per title! Needless to say, I paid the books by credit card!
June 14th, 2007 at 1:32 am
of course, for all the chores i complete everyday, mall money!
June 14th, 2007 at 1:55 am
So, Toni, are these your jars? Where did you find them? They’re awesome! maria
June 14th, 2007 at 4:17 am
I would probably fill up the household chore completed jar first!
This is such a great idea!!!!!
June 14th, 2007 at 5:08 am
Mall money, hehehehe….bili kasi ng books atsaka dvds, yun nga lang I think maka-classify ko na ring mall ang tsangge ng “dibidi”. Well, in our country at least. Nice, this is a great idea to save for future expenses. Very good, thanks for this tip Toni!!
June 14th, 2007 at 8:51 am
i’d hafta say Mall money and Retirement money. although i was thinking more along the lines of “I wish I had Mall and Retirement Money” hehe.
can i get these jars somewhere? i thought if i have them staring at me and making me guilty i’ll be compelled to at least “feed” it.
June 14th, 2007 at 11:00 am
it would be a tie between lottery jar and cussin’ jar (taht’s IE fault, mainly! hehe)
June 14th, 2007 at 11:04 am
mine would be the retirement and mall jars! this is a great idea, toni! where did you get them?
June 14th, 2007 at 11:57 am
mine would be 2, 1, 3 and 4! really need to start saving for our retirement…
June 14th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Cussin’ jar! Food isn’t the only thing spicy in my life. My language is peppered with cusses as well, unfortunately. I think it’s the industry I work in. ^_^;;
Love your jars, btw.
June 14th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
The Lottery Jar, then the Mall Jar, hehe. I like Plain_Jane_Too’s take on forced-savings. I should do that every time I get the urge to shop!
June 14th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Either the lottery or the cussin’ jar, definitely.
P.S. Love the jars. Where’d you get them?
June 14th, 2007 at 2:53 pm
Hi Toni. The jars are so cute, where did you get them?
June 14th, 2007 at 3:39 pm
Definitely the mall money jar. Then maybe the cussin jar. Now because of the lottery money jar my retirement fund jar hardly ever gets anything.
Love the jars…maybe I should do that at home
June 14th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
i’d fill up 1 and 4 fast, and hubby would fill up 3. haha.
those jars look amazing! where’d you get them?
June 15th, 2007 at 7:18 am
I’d say the lottery jar. Too many impulse buying of books!
Thanks for sharing this Toni, an innovative way to save up 
And I agree, those are great jars!
June 15th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
haha~ it would be the Lottery Jar ! I always wanted to buy something but always resisted in buying them. namamahalan kasi ako minsan.
June 15th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
the mall jar
June 17th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
that’s cute! haha i’d probly fill up the 1st and last jar first.
i make it a point a deposit a certain amount to savings (for both us couple’s and for my son’s) every payday so… i’m pretty sure there’s constantly something there.
I rarely go shopping nowadays and i usually am very very careful when shopping unless i just had a great big bonus or won the lottery (which never happened hehe)
i’d love to know where you got that… interesting if my theories on which jar would fill up first is true haha
June 18th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
For me, it’s the mall money jar. Dami household chores ang dakilang ina at asawa eh, hehehe.
June 18th, 2007 at 10:07 pm
mine would be #2 and #4
June 26th, 2007 at 11:22 am
hi toni where did you get those cute jars?