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  • Lolly88
    Lolly88 Posts: 322 Forumite
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    slowlyfading wrote: »
    Spreadsheet updated :)

    Sorry for lack of updating - you'll see why if you pop over to my diary on the MFW board :)

    Huge congratulations slowlyfading. I'm very happy for you. :D
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  • darkidoe
    darkidoe Posts: 1,125 Forumite
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    Many Congrats SF! An inspiration. Raising a family whilst being financially savvy.

    Save 12K in 2020 # 38 £0/£20,000
  • Westie983
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    slowlyfading wrote: »
    Spreadsheet updated :)

    Sorry for lack of updating - you'll see why if you pop over to my diary on the MFW board :)

    Did you get my update SF?

    Nothing showing for June, if not it was £1080.00, had a credit card to pay off with a maturing regular saver, so this is the difference

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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%
  • Jo_Blogs
    Jo_Blogs Posts: 753 Forumite
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    Hi folks :);)

    Just a quick post to congratulate SF :T:T and to really congratulate you all on your fantastic efforts at saving :T:T. Still plodding along with my saving and will post my July figures in a couple of weeks :).

    Wishing you all well for your July saving :);) - Keep up the super efforts :D
    Saved Nitty Gritty £7440.75 [149%] / £5000-[Sep] £58.44:starmod: for the 'Save 12k in 2017' #157
    2017 Womble #35 £3463.27 ;)Sept NSDs 4/15:staradminCCCChl 9/12 months:D    Sept PPChl#002 Pts 71
  • Baroness_Vee
    Baroness_Vee Posts: 13 Forumite
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    #187 declaring £2,000 for June! Tried to be quite strict with myself this month and was able to avoid some tempting purchases along the way. Fingers crossed I keep to this for next half of the year.
    I have now updated my signature as well which will include the January - May savings I was able to put away before joining this amazing forum this month. So currently saved in total £11.413 on my way to my £25,000 target.

    Hope everyone is rounding up nicely for June as well!! 6 more months to go!
    A big part of financial freedom is having your heart and mind free from worry about the what-ifs of life - Suze Orman

    # - The "Save 12k in 2020" challenge. Personal target: £15,000
    Update - £2,322/£15,000
  • Westie983
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    slowlyfading wrote: »
    Spreadsheet updated :)

    Sorry for lack of updating - you'll see why if you pop over to my diary on the MFW board :)

    Hi, SF,

    I think my update is in the wrong cell on the spreadsheet, its in the one below, easy to do, as I have done it myself on my own challenge, can you move it up one row please.

    Thanks, and congrats again on your news

    Westie983
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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%
  • CrabbitDutchie
    CrabbitDutchie Posts: 55 Forumite
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    #46 declaring £1136 for June

    That brings my total saved for the year to £6,801 which is £46.1% of my gross earnings for the year to date. I think that's pretty good going.

    I'm still consistently saving below the £1300 that should be doable, but life keeps happening and well, saving for saving's sake isn't all there is to life. Got another wedding abroad in September and am trying to fit in visiting some family and friends between now and then as well (Belgium, France and Switzerland). If I can keep above £1000 saved per month the next 3 months I'll be over the moon.

    Had to get a credit card last month just so that I could rent a car abroad (friend's wedding in Greece and splitting the car cost between 5 of us worked out cheaper than public transport). Turns out it was quite good timing as I'll be starting to do a bit more travel with work from mid July onwards and we have to claim all expenses back. Putting as much of that as possible on the card will mean I'm not losing out on interest whilst my money is tied up in work related expenses.
    Save 12K in 2018 #20 - £20,890/£18,000 (116%) November £1950
    Save 12K in 2017 #46 - £13,184/£12,000 (109.87%):D
    Save 12K in 2016 #184 - £4,608/£4500 (102.4%) :D
  • allie23
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    Number 11 declaring £1300 for June. Less than usual as lots of expenses plus holidays to pay but still on track. Congratulations SF!!
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  • slowlyfading
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    Thanks everyone :)
    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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  • LA.Nyx
    LA.Nyx Posts: 11 Forumite
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    edited 29 June 2017 at 1:35PM
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    After a couple of bad months I am happy to declare £2363.1 for June (#102).
    Almost there!!! :j
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