How much have you saved?

Hello everyone! Foreword I want to start a diary but was unsure about which section of the form to post it in. Debt free diaries seems to be the most popular, but as I'm mainly concerned with saving (as my only debt is my student loan which I don't intend to overpay on) this section or the 'boost your income' section…

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Anyone else have one of these at home for all the loose change or smoosh as we call it? We had quite a bit in various different tins & jars so I picked up one of those huge plastic coke bottle banks & the aim is to keep adding the smoosh from our purse & wallet until its full to the brim. I'm gonna start getting some money…

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As per my title I'm here to save. Im relatively young at age 20 however I've come to a steep realisation of the past year that I need to change my habits if I have any chance of saving for my dream of having a house deposit :T I work within the financial industry for a very well known and probably well used bank within the…

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I'm 32 next year and I can't drive! I'm so desperate to learn now I live somewhere a bit rural so the saving has begun. I only have £35 so far but hoping to have £400 by January so I can book in a block of lessons

Hello, I have only discovered this site a week ago, thanks to my line of work, and have intended on posting on here for a while but never actually got round to doing so. I figured this would definitely help me and keep me motivated now it's out in the open :) I am 18 years old, and I have just started an apprenticeship in…

As of today, I have quit smoking; to put it bluntly, paying £12 for a 30g pouch of rolling tobacco is just absolutely ridiculous and I don't know why I keep doing it. Addiction to be honest. So, here we go, I'm going to keep track here of how much I'm saving from not smoking. On average, I'd go to the shop and spend £12…

So. We moved house and had 20 plus companies to contact with our change of address. Time consuming but it has to be done. Our Car insurance company had long queues and their chat line let you fill a change of address form in, then said it wasn't available. After several attempts with the same thing happening, got peed of…

Hi All, An avid reader of MSE and I thought like everyone else here, I would benefit from starting this thread to keep myself accountable for saving towards this goal. My original goal a couple of years ago was £20,000 for a flat deposit. Based on house prices in Brighton/Hove, the extra fees and furniture required. The…

So does anyone else have several little stashes saving for things way in advance or is that just me I thought now that it is coming up to the new tax year I would start myself a new thread to keep a track of all my savings stashes so that I can keep the focus on topping them up each month and not borrowing from them I…

Spending my Christmas break reading further around the forums is becoming a yearly tradition for me, and this year it's brought me to this forum (I usually stick to the essential money section). I'm in a very up-y down-y part of my life and thought keeping a quasi-public diary would help keep me accountable. So, to start…

Hello! In this post I will keep track of my savings and investments, and I would love to receive your tips and feedback. I am from Barcelona, Spain, I'm 24 years old. I am studying social work, and I work as a waiter in a restaurant in Barcelona. I live with parents and save everything I can, but also help at home. If any…

I had no idea that this board existed! In theory, I should be a whizz at saving money but in reality I am not. I ended last year with £2k in my savings account. For some, this is a huge amount but, for me, it isn't so great. I have a permanent FT job and I earn £32k a year. I live with my fella but we keep separate…

So, I've been married for two weeks now (which was the most fun, amazing day), a wonderful honeymoon in The Maldives, and now back at home, going back to work on Monday — yep, the honeymoon is definitely over! The next step for us is to continue saving for a deposit of our first home. Now, a little secret: I spent more…

I've found out that the best investment is neither in the bank, your wallet nor other material things but yourself. People do different things, at different times and places just to make money but often forget that they need to invest in themselves first. The truth is many wealthy people in the society were able to put…

Hi, I had to let you know about how much I have saved and that's all because of MSE. My car insurance was due for renewal at the end of May with Tesco. I called them to see if they could bring the quote of £466 down or if they could match it with a quote I found using your site. They would not budge so, I cancelled the…

I've been with Admiral for 5 years claim free and haggled them down £90 for car insurance renewal in a pleasant 10 minute phone call using the cheapest quote from a comparison site (and pretending it included the same extras that Admirals policy does) Called them again today to see if they could reduce it any more, they…

Hi, I'm Laura. I've spoken about my wedding fund on the debt free wannabe board but I thought I'd make a diary dedicated to saving. I'm saving for one thing in particular this year - my wedding. I'm getting married on 5 November 2017, to my wonderful fianc! Tom. We've been together ten years so it was about time! We were…