How much can you save?

rictus123

Well i have £60 in my Isa but if everything goes to plan between now and xmas il be debt free and then il be rolling in it! £350 a month outgoings with an income of more than £1,000 i dont see how i wont hit £2k by xmas!

Emily926

Well done everyone, you are all doing great :T

I have had quite a good month and have managed to keep £650 in my account. I can only save £250. The rest is paying for flights to LA in a few weeks!

Masomnia

rictus123 wrote: »

Well i have £60 in my Isa but if everything goes to plan between now and xmas il be debt free and then il be rolling in it! £350 a month outgoings with an income of more than £1,000 i dont see how i wont hit £2k by xmas!

Debt free by Christmas! Sounds a wonderful plan Can't think of a better present you could give yourself. Best of luck with that.

Masomnia

My own savings have taken a thrashing again. Unfortunately I decided to enjoy life this month, and went to a music festival over the weekend, which meant buying the ticket, train, tent, ruck sack, food... near enough £200 spent Had a wicked time though.

Rent is due Saturday too! Ahhhh!!!

rictus123

Masomnia wrote: »

Debt free by Christmas! Sounds a wonderful plan Can't think of a better present you could give yourself. Best of luck with that.

Exactly and the gf does realise her present wont be nearly as good as mine as this will be a total weight lifted off my shoulders, im all out to get my ebay sales going now, iv made a difference in clutter in my room, still got a fair bit to go though! Cant wait to get this stuff sorted out and on ebay then just watch the bids come in

dippykitty

rictus123 wrote: »

Exactly and the gf does realise her present wont be nearly as good as mine as this will be a total weight lifted off my shoulders, im all out to get my ebay sales going now, iv made a difference in clutter in my room, still got a fair bit to go though! Cant wait to get this stuff sorted out and on ebay then just watch the bids come in

Good luck with the eBaying!

shrewsaver

My full update:

Easy Access - £1,393.18
Regular Savers - £325
Premium Bonds - £650
ISA - £5,799.04
Bonds - £3,896.61

TOTAL = £12,063.83
Target by 31st December 2009 = £15,000
Difference is £2,936.17
Needed to hit target - £587.23 per month

saver9713

Well despite the hectic and exhausting month of moving flats and unexpected costs I mentioend before I've limped along to pay day and have now saved just over £18k, 90% of my total for the start of next year.

I'm off to Colombia on Tuesday for 3 weeks, woohoo! Hope eveyone has a good month!

hostie1985

savings update:

just a quick update on the savings front - was able to save £1250 this month - which is really good, cant understand how i have saved this much but hey ho :j

i dont think i will be able to save much this month because my car insurance is due - going to buy it all in 1 go (saves you money in the long run i think.....) as well as going away alot with work this month, florida, cuba, canada and jamaica in 1 month! as well as birthday celebrations, so dont think i will have much left at the end of it....

i havent updated my sig yet, but now have just over the £11,500 now, its taken me 9 months so far......

dippykitty - thanks for the kind words.

hostie

xx

Wanttosave_2

Hi All

Just letting you have an update on my side. I have passed the 10,000 pound mark (and still can't find that elusive pound sign key on my keyboard!!! lol) so I am very pleased with myself but wont be cracking open the champagne just yet. I would like to go much further with my savings and possibly get up to the 50,000 pound mark.

I still have distant dreams like getting back on the property ladder again but know that I will not have as much money to play around with, so to speak, if I do. Read somewhere that there are three ways to make money 1. Inherit it (well that hasn't happened so far......), 2. Marry it (well that's proving elusive too.... not so much Mr Right as Mr Psycho's out there....:rotfl:) and 3. Make money yourself - as I am doing, yeah, see myself as a money making machine..... these days. Well reading the papers, as I constantly do, they do say 'cash is king' at the moment and I believe that to be true. It's very tangible and I like carrying wads of it in my purse - I actually like the feel of money in my purse - perhaps I am suffering from something, money fever perhaps!!! lol I carry wads of it sometimes but I am still very stingy when it comes to buying a round of drinks (perhaps that is why I am so good at saving....lol). I have to say though that sometimes I find the saving process quite a slow one at times, wish I could find some more ways to accelerate it - I am sure I will find them and with your help too peeps.

Well I enjoy ranting on here or banging on on here (however you see it ) and I am enjoying reading the other posts from peeps. Really inspiring.

Would like to know people's thoughts regarding pros and cons to renting or buying property. I still feel it is a topic for debate.

Best wishes to you all

Money Angel
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