The "Save 12k in 2016" Thread!

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  • diamonds
    diamonds Posts: 6,048 Forumite
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    cathybird wrote: »
    hi all and for March am declaring £4,964 - now am going to go and have a lie down! I had a very frugal month and the eBaying, Amazoning and matched betting all went well, plus I got some cashback. I'm happy. :)

    I'm literally turning into the hulk now :D


    :T
    SO... now England its the Scots turn to say dont leave the UK, stay in Europe with us in the UK, dont let the tories fool you like they did us with empty lies... You will be leaving the UK aswell as Europe ;)
  • diamonds
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    darkidoe wrote: »
    Some of it is back pay from my previous job. Been hard work. Need a break to be honest, maybe do a short weekend away trip in the hill/mountains would be nice.

    Hard work or not it didnt kill you nor your savings ;)

    Camping or Glamping ?


    Hint: The correct answer is MSEstyle

    :rotfl:



    Enjoy the break when you get it :)
    SO... now England its the Scots turn to say dont leave the UK, stay in Europe with us in the UK, dont let the tories fool you like they did us with empty lies... You will be leaving the UK aswell as Europe ;)
  • freezspirit
    freezspirit Posts: 994 Forumite
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    reporting £600 for April however savings might go down from now on as I have to pay for home improvement I can't do myself, garage roof and bathroom as starters.
  • gwyneth_valiant
    gwyneth_valiant Posts: 53 Forumite
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    Two really crappy months in a row. 200 in savings for me this month (April).

    Mainly because I've had massive expenses going out (new phone, new laptop, paying for flights and waiting for expenses to be paid out). Hoping I'll be able to make up for it in the next couple of months.

    Hope everyone else is doing better! I haven't been able to go through all the posts - new job/no time.
    #115 - Save £12k in 2019 challenge: £13152.85/29419.55 - 44%:beer:
    Save 100k by March 31st 2021: £38890.27/100k - 38% :j
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
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    Need to bow out of the this challenge I'm afraid as I've just bought a house so every penny is going towards this thank you for this thread wouldn't have saved so much in two years without it xx
    NEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12
    POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78
    POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14
    POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.05
  • Aliliva
    Aliliva Posts: 178 Forumite
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    Hi all! Can i join you little merry club? I'm trying to save up for a house deposit (so a veeeery long term plan,atm) and I could use a bit of peer support :beer:
    I already have allocated pots for holidays, shopping, health and extras (although in worst cases scenarios they can be cut down and used to survive unemployment), so my target is on top of them. That said, this year I am trying to save £5300 and, so far, I've already put down £1900 :j For this month I'm quite ambitious and I hope to save at least some other £500, getting my total savings to £2400
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  • Westie983
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    Aliliva wrote: »
    Hi all! Can i join you little merry club? I'm trying to save up for a house deposit (so a veeeery long term plan,atm) and I could use a bit of peer support :beer:
    I already have allocated pots for holidays, shopping, health and extras (although in worst cases scenarios they can be cut down and used to survive unemployment), so my target is on top of them. That said, this year I am trying to save £5300 and, so far, I've already put down £1900 :j For this month I'm quite ambitious and I hope to save at least some other £500, getting my total savings to £2400

    Welcome Aliliva,

    You will be allocated a number soon, welcome to the family,

    hope you have fun, have a read the first page, what you can include in your savings, how others do it and the almost thing, keep up with updating it tends to keep you motivated..

    ;-)
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    Save 12k in 2023 #58 Total (£4500.00) £2500.00/£5000 = 50.00%
    Sealed Pot Challenge ~17 #24 Total (£55.00) £0.00/£500 = 0.00%
    Xmas 2023 £1 a Day #13 Total (£85.00) £344.00/£365 = 94.24%
    Virtual Sealed Pot #1 Total (£500) £550.00/£500 = 110.00%
    £2 Savers Club 2023 #17 Total (£25.00) £45/£300 = 15.00%
    The 365 1p Challenge 2023 #7 Total £656.19/£667.95 = 98.23%
    Total £4095.19/£7332.95 = 55.84%
  • tara747
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    Aliliva wrote: »
    Hi all! Can i join you little merry club? I'm trying to save up for a house deposit (so a veeeery long term plan,atm) and I could use a bit of peer support :beer:
    I already have allocated pots for holidays, shopping, health and extras (although in worst cases scenarios they can be cut down and used to survive unemployment), so my target is on top of them. That said, this year I am trying to save £5300 and, so far, I've already put down £1900 :j For this month I'm quite ambitious and I hope to save at least some other £500, getting my total savings to £2400


    Welcome to the thread, Aliliva! :D
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  • Tea&Biscuits
    Tea&Biscuits Posts: 54 Forumite
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    I'm still hanging on in there.

    Wish I could muster up a bit more cash to save each month.

    Hoping to bump up April's contribution a bit more yet.
  • Aliliva
    Aliliva Posts: 178 Forumite
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    I've just doublechecked my budget spreadsheet and realised my formula for the savings was wrong: it wasn't taking into account the monthly savings into the shopping pot :eek:
    So, I'll have to revise the total saved only for the sake of saving, and take it down to a meagre £1250 :mad: Well, nevermind, my target is still unchanged and I'll try hard to meet it anyway!
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