The "Save 12k in 2017" Thread!

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  • kev2009
    kev2009 Posts: 1,039 Forumite
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    Hi all,

    #082 declaring £500 for Feb, apologies for the delay!

    Form submitted also.

    Thanks!

    Kev
  • kev2009
    kev2009 Posts: 1,039 Forumite
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    I only count money I pay into that specific savings account. I don't count interested earned on any accounts, I purely take it from money I can save from my wages.

    My personal view is if you have a large isa and your getting i dunno 3k in interest, to me that isn't money "your" saving, it's money you have made by leaving money in an account but i know everyone looks at it differently so its basically your personal choice, for me i wanted to do this from what i can save for my wages no a combination of savings, interest, dividends etc.

    Kev
  • darkidoe
    darkidoe Posts: 1,125 Forumite
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    Reporting for the month of February: £1427.33. Hopefully things will look up for the rest of the year... Loads of unexpected work related expenses that would hopefully provide a return in the future. I have claimed tax relief for work related expenses for this tax year so hopefully I will get a refund next pay day.

    Trying out Matched Betting in my free time to try boost that savings pot!! Wish me luck!

    Save 12K in 2020 # 38 £0/£20,000
  • slowlyfading
    slowlyfading Posts: 13,429 Forumite
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    Spreadsheet updated :)
    Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
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  • 5t3ve
    5t3ve Posts: 51 Forumite
    (Slowlyfading I've updated the easy update form with the below)

    Reporting in for Februarys savings progress. First 2 months have been good - I'm on progress to break my target!

    £600 - Personal Stocks and Shares ISA
    £100 - Junior Stocks and Shares ISA (for my baby daughter)
    £12.91 - February interest gained from TSB and Nationwide high interest current accounts (transferred to S&S ISA)
    £125 - Sharesave Scheme

    Total - £837.91 / 2017 Running Total - £1682.14
  • bobobski
    bobobski Posts: 771 Forumite
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    I'm curious about people whose savings are in round numbers. I save everything I don't spend, so my numbers are very rarely whole numbers. For those whose numbers are neater than mine, is it because you throw whole numbers into your savings and leave the messy numbers in your current account as a float?
  • mummytummy
    mummytummy Posts: 932 Forumite
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    I do have odd bits on my savings but tend to leave them and only declare the whole number, I think I had an additional 65p for feb but carried it forward to march if that makes sense :)
    MFiT-T6 #17
    New mortgage: October 2019, £480,000
    Current balance: £210,000

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  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 13,279 Forumite
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    edited 7 March 2017 at 11:26AM
    hi all, no. 38 declaring £1,412.63 for February, bringing my yearly total so far to £2,937.92. :)
    In April I am taking a break from buying: Books
  • Wanna_Bee_Free
    Wanna_Bee_Free Posts: 2,134 Forumite
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    Number 44 checking in with another £625 in Feb towards my target of £7500.
    Sharesave £250
    Savings £375
    I must stop dipping and then repaying - £92 this month so will try to do better in March.
    Lots of great numbers coming in - well done everyone!
  • Wentthedaywell?
    Wentthedaywell? Posts: 643 Forumite
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    bobobski wrote: »
    I'm curious about people whose savings are in round numbers. I save everything I don't spend, so my numbers are very rarely whole numbers. For those whose numbers are neater than mine, is it because you throw whole numbers into your savings and leave the messy numbers in your current account as a float?

    I pay my savings, 1/12th of my target, as soon as I get paid. Most of mine in currently going straight into an extra pension that I will take as a cash sum in September when I retire, and so I never even see it. So it is always a "neat" number. There are some months when I've got a bit extra left over or a little windfall, so that gets rolled up into the next month's.

    I don't count money in my current account, so that's where all the raggy ends of money are!
    Save £12k in 2022 thread #7:

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