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  • dippykitty
    dippykitty Posts: 1,138 Forumite
    Lokolo wrote: »
    Hmmm HMMMMM.

    Overspending last month, overspending this month already (too much drinking involved, oppsy). I have put £150 into savings to make £10k. I aim to put in £300 this month but not sure if this is happening. At the moment, it is not.

    Congrats on reaching £10k! :D
    ISA savings: £25,139 Other Savings: £1750 (tied up in bond)
  • rictus123
    rictus123 Posts: 2,560 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Name Dropper
    Just added £133.32 into my bond. So upto £700 now. Its away so i cant waste it. Hopefully il still have some money left after getting a few xmas pressies and i can add an extra £100 on the 23rd, the day before my next pay. My pay on the 24th is my usual fortnight+2 weeks holiday pay and as soon as that goes in im going to put away whatever i need to make it upto £1k. A good starting point for 2010 :)
    Work in progress...Update coming July 2012.
  • 5monkey
    5monkey Posts: 57 Forumite
    I have just updated my savings and I have £8235.34 !!! I would like to get to £15000 by September....
    :j
  • dippykitty
    dippykitty Posts: 1,138 Forumite
    Transferred £400 from my VSP challenge so £420 has gone into the ISA this month and I'm now just £430 away from my £10k savings goal!
    ISA savings: £25,139 Other Savings: £1750 (tied up in bond)
  • JOel_2
    JOel_2 Posts: 122 Forumite
    Congrats everyone who has reached, or is on the way to reaching their goal. I've just hit my first goal of 20k! Not bad considering 3 years ago I had 7K's worth of debt.

    I now have 7k in savings, and 13k in shares (Initial investment 5k) with it looking to skyrocket next year if things go well.

    Joel
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  • dippykitty
    dippykitty Posts: 1,138 Forumite
    JOel wrote: »
    Congrats everyone who has reached, or is on the way to reaching their goal. I've just hit my first goal of 20k! Not bad considering 3 years ago I had 7K's worth of debt.

    I now have 7k in savings, and 13k in shares (Initial investment 5k) with it looking to skyrocket next year if things go well.

    Joel

    Congrats! :D Even more impressive given the level of debt that you used to have!
    ISA savings: £25,139 Other Savings: £1750 (tied up in bond)
  • tara747
    tara747 Posts: 10,238 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    This is turning into quite an expensive December fior me, but I am hanging on in there and should still exceed £30k. Just need to keep focused!!

    Well done to everyone, especially those who have come from a high level of debt to a high level of savings. You should be very proud.
    Get to 119lbs! 1/2/09: 135.6lbs 1/5/11: 145.8lbs 30/3/13 150lbs 22/2/14 137lbs 2/6/14 128lbs 29/8/14 124lbs 2/6/17 126lbs
    Save £180,000 by 31 Dec 2020! 2011: £54,342 * 2012: £62,200 * 2013: £74,127 * 2014: £84,839 * 2015: £95,207 * 2016: £109,122 * 2017: £121,733 * 2018: £136,565 * 2019: £161,957 * 2020: £197,685
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  • 5monkey
    5monkey Posts: 57 Forumite
    I have noticed not many people update their savings this month.... It does look like Christmas is coming.....

    I can wait till next pay day....
    :j
  • zag2me
    zag2me Posts: 695 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Natwest have just overhauled their online banking site and I'm loving the new savings Goal feature.

    savings.jpg

    Every time I see it say "You won't achieve your goal" it annoys me and I transfer some more money over. :)
    Save save save!!
  • 5monkey
    5monkey Posts: 57 Forumite
    that's a great idea!!! I hope HSBC or EGG will have something like that as all my savings is there....
    :j
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