How much can you save?

McSaver

My savings in the last few months has been moving like a snail...

And being an idiot doesnt help either -£450 today after a decent fortnight as well... (A fool and his money eh!) :mad: :mad:

I am taking another £50 out the bank tomorrow to try and see me through the month.

I feel totally sick.

riderross

Alrite Guys I've found it awesome reading your comments and how motivated you all seem so I have decided to join you lot on your travels!

My current target for saving in 2009 is 10K which I know I can hit reasonably easily. My savings as yet are at 3,630.00 but will hit 4K by the end of the week!

- I received a letter from the dentist in January but thought I'd put it off just in case I need anything done which will affect my savings!! but I do have relatively good teeth anyway.

Ross

gelato_cat

Mc, you should know that Valentine's fortnight is the worst time to find yourself a woman

Suze

McSaver wrote: »

And being an idiot doesnt help either -£450 today after a decent fortnight as well... (A fool and his money eh!) :mad: :mad:

briona

McSaver wrote: »

My savings in the last few months has been moving like a snail...

And being an idiot doesnt help either -£450 today after a decent fortnight as well... (A fool and his money eh!) :mad: :mad:

I am taking another £50 out the bank tomorrow to try and see me through the month.

I feel totally sick.

Don't beat yourself up over having had to spend some of your savings! I used to get really fed up when I couldn't meet my self-imposed savings targets. I eventually realised that I had probably set them impossibly high, thereby increasing the chances of failure. Better still is to have an achieveable figure in mind to save each month, and then you can congratulate yourself when you surpass it!

I also think that if you are having to regularly take money back out of savings, then you are probably putting more away than you can afford. In all my workings out on paper, I always used to forget to account for any cash withdrawals I made – it's just not realistic to think that I won't use my debit card AT ALL in a month!

I'm 31 and have saved far, far less than many others on here who are years younger than me. Sure, I have "wasted" huge amounts of money over the years but my mantra is not to focus on what I could have saved, but to be proud of what I have achieved. Don't be so hard on yourself!

The_Fat_el_Hombre

Masomnia wrote: »

Valentine's has been a No Spend Day for me! Wooo!

Who says romance is dead? :rolleyes:

briona

Chlamydia wrote: »

Who says romance is dead? :rolleyes:

With a name like "Chlamydia", perhaps that's no bad thing?! :eek:

Masomnia

Chlamydia wrote: »

Who says romance is dead? :rolleyes:

Well, the girl I'm totally in love with was with her boyfriend who isn't me, and it turns out that the only person who may have had an interest in me was just messing me around! I have to hold on to something :rotfl:

Masomnia

Also,

briona wrote: »

With a name like "Chlamydia", perhaps that's no bad thing?! :eek:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Possibly the funniest thing I've heard all day! And I don't mean Monday

The_Fat_el_Hombre

Lol at briona

Masomnia wrote: »

Well, the girl I'm totally in love with was with her boyfriend who isn't me, and it turns out that the only person who may have had an interest in me was just messing me around! I have to hold on to something :rotfl:

Plenty more fish in the sea!

dazcouz

Hi all,
I spent a bit of cash over the weekend on sweeties, beer, food etc. Although I didn't spend too much I suppose I could of saved it, but you have to treat yourself now and then! Just waiting for the 25th which is when I'll get paid bringing my savings to a nice round number. All the best