How much can you save?

moneysavingwannabe

Hi,

I have the same problem, if I get some interest I have to top the account up to a round number again! :rotfl: (Glad it's not just me!)

LucyTheDwarf

Haha! Me too! I hate odd pounds, and I really hate pennies.... ew, they make my bank statement look so messy. I have to round up to the nearest £50 whenever I get interest, or nearest £100 if I'm feeling well off.

Nice to know there are other people in the round figures OCD club.

Driving_Soon

LucyTheDwarf wrote: »

Haha! Me too! I hate odd pounds, and I really hate pennies.... ew, they make my bank statement look so messy. I have to round up to the nearest £50 whenever I get interest, or nearest £100 if I'm feeling well off.

Nice to know there are other people in the round figures OCD club.

I'm the same

But I kinda add up all my savings from all the diffrent accounts, for example I have £6,600 in my ISA, so I have to have the odd £400 in my other savings account so I only have thousounds in my account, so 10k, 13k, etc. Never 13,400 :rotfl:

LucyTheDwarf

This is great. I feel almost normal
Do you do it with other things? Like, the volume on the radio has to be 15 or 20 or 25, NOT 17, or 19, or anything like that! And I don't get out of bed at 6:42. It's 6:45, or if I miss that it has to wait until 7:00. And at work, I separate my time into units of 15 minutes. I never charge any less than 15 minutes to even the smallest job because it'd make my timesheet look bad. And.... I could go on forever.

otter26

Can someone please give me some advice i am new to the site i have 8k and dont know which accounts to start saving my money to make the most interest thanks.

jak

Well I've got £175.82 (sorry all you OCD-ers!) in my joint account for holiday spends with my husband and £560 towards our flights for next years holiday!
I'm on track to pay off all debts by July 1st!!!!! And then I'll be saving (Joint with my husband!) £230 towards our holiday fund and £1000 towards house deposit pcm hopefully! That's until Nov. We will only save half the amount in July but our debts will be clear!!!! Woooooo Hoooooooo!
I can't wait to have proper savings at last!!!!
Well done to everyone who's saving so hard!
J
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Masomnia

I was planning to put my £2 savers club money in my ISA today, but unfortunately I'll need it for the summer. No matter, I can still save the money later in the year!

moneysavingwannabe

LucyTheDwarf wrote: »

This is great. I feel almost normal
Do you do it with other things? Like, the volume on the radio has to be 15 or 20 or 25, NOT 17, or 19, or anything like that! And I don't get out of bed at 6:42. It's 6:45, or if I miss that it has to wait until 7:00. And at work, I separate my time into units of 15 minutes. I never charge any less than 15 minutes to even the smallest job because it'd make my timesheet look bad. And.... I could go on forever.

Hehe ...I'm not quite that bad with time etc although if other half cleans bathroom and doesn't put the bottles back in the same place I have to move them.... oh dear and the glasses and plates in the cupboard. .

And my credit card totals are bothering me cos they were all neat and tidy when I paid some off and then I added more to them! Oh dear slightly embarrassed now.

paulboy83

Well done Jak it feels really good to know you have no debts, I remember that nice feeling I had when I paid off my last debt a few years back, and I remember how nice it was to shop without guilt!

I'm certainly not an OCDtype saver, all my savings accounts have a random amount in with a few pence at the end, enough to give some people a nervous breakdown I think!!

I've just totted up my savings for this month and considering I went on a very expensive holiday :eek: I've done very well, i'm going to end up paying for that in July though as I only worked 6 days in May and I get a tiny basic which is made up by money for working, so i'm ready to be poor for a month, though not ready not to save anything, I think i'm addicted!

Trying_really_hard

LucyTheDwarf: Ha! Love the signature. My interest will be added in a couple of days so I'd best get ready to adjust the figures again.

Just found out that my large cashback figures will be paid out this month making next months total a nice amount.

Congrats to those who will be debt free and saving more from then on. Also to those who have realised they have become addicted to saving even after nice expensive holidays (although I am sure it was well deserved). :T