How much have you saved?

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• How much on your Christmas grocery bill - including booze?

  We have just finished doing our Christmas grocery shopping, and have bought everything we need except pork pies and the trifle which we get from Sainsburys. All the stuff we will need is in the pantry, freezer and fridge. Creams and cheeses are in date til mid January, and so are mince pies and nibbles, so we were able to…

• Thanks again Martin; another £19k

  Just screwed AmEx out of 3 weeks, 5 star next summer, with 1st class flights thrown in. Total cost £1012.50, worth about £28k through Avios. This was amassed through usual spending for business and pleasure at around £12k a month, and a £140k bill I've put on last month in 7 goes for work (£26k limit). Thanks again Martin.

• Unnessary bills......

  I'm a great m'ser (or miser), extreme couponing, getting reduced food at the end of the day, finding bargains at carboots, charity shops etc. but I can be disorganised and lose unnecessary money. :( So far, this year, I've lost; £60 parking fine - I contested this, got refused and then forgot to pay within the time limit…

• My challenge to save 4k

  I'm not the best at saving so am going to use this thread to log how i am doing. My aim is to save 4k by Oct 2013. I know i can do it If i put my mind to it. My ptoblem is unecessary spending so i am going to have to work on that If i want to achieve my goal. Saving now - £881.70 Still to go - £3118.30

• 10k in 18 months

  I hope to save 10k in 18 months, a lot but I am determined to reach it. And if its just below, thats fine, if I have £5k thats a fail and I'm determind not to fail. The aim is £555 a month. There is me and 3 children, school age so plenty of I want's and school needs. But they are gradually coming round to the saving idea.…

• Saving to move out - my savings diary

  Hi everyone! I've read a lot of savings diaries over the last week or so and it's really made me want to write my own... so here I am! :j I'm 25 and I live with my grandparents but I've been here for five years and I'd really like to live on my own now. They are lovely people and played a big part in my upbringing but…

• airmiles/loyalty cards

  I can't help myself if I see a loyalty card I have got to have it! Back in 2002/3 I picked up a Tescos card and transferred the points to airmiles, over the years they accumulated and I ended up with 6000+ Last year this changed to Avios and it was suggested that you should use up your airmiles. I have a cousin in Boston…