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Pay Yourself a Christmas Bonus!

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  • blueeyes42
    blueeyes42 Posts: 6 Forumite
    Hi,

    I love this idea and think I will try to save £15 per week, that's what my OH spends at the Speedway every week, so I will match his spend. I will use it for christmas presents or the sales, depending on what I have already bought. I do have a tendency to buy stuff all year for christmas. I have put my first £15 away today, going to put it in a savings account, so will set up a direct debit after this post. It's 24 weeks to Christmas, so that should give me £360. A nice sum for shopping I think.:money:
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    Pay yourself a christmas bonus £15.00/£360:j

    Daughter's Uni fund £1000/£5000:rotfl:

    Debt free since Dec 2010:beer:
  • roxiepie_2
    roxiepie_2 Posts: 229 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    his might help when calculating dates:)

    http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html
    NOW DEBT FREE :j
    NEW FINANCIAL GOALS
    CAR COSTS POT : £0.00/£550.00________ REGULAR COSTS POT : £0.00/£396.25
    £3K BEFORE 30 : £0.00/£3000.00_______£200 HOLIDAY FUNDS BY 2012 : £0.00/£200.00
  • Flee_2
    Flee_2 Posts: 770 Forumite
    What a good idea, thanks Hummingbird for a great idea. :)
    If you complete surveys online for Valued Opinions or Ipso, then why not include these in the savings for christmas too.
    I am planning on putting money to one side for christmas and also the Tesco giftcards that I get from VO.
    Halifax CC £1029/£2490, Tesco CC [STRIKE]£0/£3203[/STRIKE], Tesco loan £15431/£15808, Carloan1 £6743/£8241, Carloan2[STRIKE] £0/£3813[/STRIKE]

    Pay all your debt off by Xmas 18 =22% £6661/£29865
  • willow_loulou
    willow_loulou Posts: 1,067 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Fab idea! I already save for Christmas with stamps and vouchers - I could save for me! What could I buy I wonder! Think Ill go with £5 a week plus any change left over when I get my money.
    Life happens, live it well.
  • suzitiger
    suzitiger Posts: 947 Forumite
    Awesome idea guys!! I am going to do this too, and use it to pay off some debt as that needs doing first. But i will aim for december payday. I will aim for £5 a week. :)
    Don't turn a slip up into a give up:D
    *NSD Challenge Nov 0/10* *£10 a day challenge Nov £0/£300*
    No buying unnecessary toiletries challenge-in it for the long haul     :D
  • Ciaran124_2
    Ciaran124_2 Posts: 36 Forumite
    :j

    I like this idea makes good sense saving now rather than counting all ur chips in december. I am going to add between £5 to £10 per week for the next 20 weeks giving me around £150, this should give me the money for some of my christmas clothes and presents! :money:
    Santander Isa 3.2% ---- £720

    Target ---- £160 added each month
    June- £420 :T July- £320 :T August- £N/A September- £N/A October- £N/A November- £N/A December- £N/A January- £N/A February- £N/A March- £N/A April- £N/A May- £N/A
    Yearly target £1920 :beer:
  • hummingbird
    hummingbird Posts: 1,522 Forumite
    Hi everyone, great to see that we are in the weekly email!! :j:j
    Welcome to all newbies to the thread!:wave:
    £10 a day extra in May '18[B]£35/310[
    Virtual Sealed Pot 2018 £500/£2500 = 20%
    You can find my diary here:http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5189836:beer:
  • deanbwfc
    deanbwfc Posts: 22 Forumite
    Counted mine up last night and it's just topped the £100 mark and thats about 4-5 months worth so on course for over £200 for christmas which will cover all presents
  • hummingbird
    hummingbird Posts: 1,522 Forumite
    Flee wrote: »
    What a good idea, thanks Hummingbird for a great idea. :)
    If you complete surveys online for Valued Opinions or Ipso, then why not include these in the savings for christmas too.
    I am planning on putting money to one side for christmas and also the Tesco giftcards that I get from VO.


    Thanks for that Flee! Think I might start adding some supermarket stamps etc as well as the cash!! Double win!:beer:
    £10 a day extra in May '18[B]£35/310[
    Virtual Sealed Pot 2018 £500/£2500 = 20%
    You can find my diary here:http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5189836:beer:
  • bottleofred
    bottleofred Posts: 2,902 Forumite
    Hi folks,

    I'm now up to £50 saved towards my bonus and have updated my signature. I hope everyone is saving well.

    Red
    If you've nothing decent to say, perhaps you shouldn't say anything.

    £2 savings jar £300:D
    Total credit card debts £1250:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: - Will I ever learn!!
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