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The 'I want it NOW!!' debt/savings thread
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Hi cl-hope your throat is better soon :-)
Hi lilmiss ..20000 quid!!!!!!!!!!! in 20 months!!!!!!!!!!!! hell girl thats a challenge and a half!!!!!!!!!!0 -
Yep, my OH will be helping though, all the debt was mine only so i had to do that myself.
Planning to save a minimum £600 between us a month plus cashback money, scratchcards, surveys etc plus i should have £600 in my sealed pot by 1st Dec this year as been filling it with £2 coins all year and they hold £600 in £2 coins apparently.Now a SAHM trying to earn some spare pennies each month0 -
cool! i must get a new sealed tin/moneybox soon as i opened my last one..oops0
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why 20 month? is it a particular date? £1,000 a month £250 a week! £35.71 a day!! wow thats an amazing target! so will it start as soon as you are debt free of would you wait till after xmas? i wish i could do it it would be amazing but i just don;t earn enough:j Proud mum to Jade age 10 years and Baby Ellie born Christmas Day:eek: with a broke heart
Proven to be a little fighter and battling on with her heart condition :j
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i am bidding on a new mobile phone on ebay it is on £26 and i am highest bidder with 5 mins to go! that will come out the money i have in paypal:j Proud mum to Jade age 10 years and Baby Ellie born Christmas Day:eek: with a broke heart Proven to be a little fighter and battling on with her heart condition :j
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Evening all,
There must be a sickness bug going around then as my OH was sick all last night. He blamed it on my cooking cheeky sod. I hope you feel better soon Amy.
Now long now Lilmiss. Will you then saving for New York trip???
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Just want to get a house in 2010 but don't want to take 2 years to do it, if i can beat 20 months will be even better!
I am going to start November 1st as thats when i will be able too.
Yep gonna try and save for New York too. Not sure i am going to pay for the whole trip though as its a bit too much tbh, might get him to pay for flight, hoping to go early May and then have a beach holiday September using Tesco deals.Now a SAHM trying to earn some spare pennies each month0 -
When I have paid off my debt I'm going to set myself an isa challenge next year from April. Would love to fill one in a year, not sure if I can but going to give it a damn good go.0
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well i won the phone for £26 after postage it will cost me £30.25 for a moterola pebl phone i had one before and really wanted one again! i am a happyish bunny!:j Proud mum to Jade age 10 years and Baby Ellie born Christmas Day:eek: with a broke heart Proven to be a little fighter and battling on with her heart condition :j
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Do you have an old phone to recycle and make some pennies from?Now a SAHM trying to earn some spare pennies each month0
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