The 'Save £12k in 2012' thread!

RRRRodgA

slowlyfading wrote: »

Rodg - ooh Las Vegas sounds good what a good incentive to save towards!

Thanks slowly....really looking forward to it, will be the 4th visit in 5 years...I'll crack that city yet

Colin297

Challenger 188

I'm on £3,250.

Should be able to accelerate that over the second half of the year with better budgeting, a raise and a bit of pragmatism.

Its weird, 12k in a year doesn't sound like much, but if you break it down its like 240 a week. In order to save that you need to be making 500+ a weekl usually, well over 30k a year anyway.

That's pretty decent in Northern Ireland right now.

I'm only 26 i suppose.

JustinCredibleGillespie

Hi slowly! Just a quick update. My savings have reduced from £2350 to £520 since yesterday BUT I have paid off my wedding bill in FULL!

Extremely happy!

Roll on 20th July now, let the countdown begin

JCG

xx

slowlyfading

Woohoo! :j how exciting

findingmyownway

Sorry for being slack at posting everyone, thanks to slowlyfading for the PM!

I have updated the spreadsheet and my sig with current total - £8100 which i am very pleased with!

Well done to all those sticking to the thread. I can't believe we're nearly half way through the year, its gone so fast!

girlatplay

I agree with Finding, the year is going fast! I can't believe it was mid October you first set this challenge up SF! :eek:

I don't think I am going to be able to hit my target. Very long story but Mr G will be moving out soon. His dd's mother died and his dd is now living with us permanently. She was only with us 1-2 nights a week before. There is just not enough room in my tiny flat for the 4 of us so they are looking for somewhere else. There will be no change to our relationship (not that we have had much of a relationship these past few months with the mother dying etc) but until we can afford a bigger place all together we will have to live apart. It means I am going to be missing out on the money I get from him each week which was going towards this challenge.

Anyway, I don't want to change my target. I still want to aim for doing my best and even although I don't think I will hit target, I haven't given up and I am as determined as ever to get as much as I can

C'mon people, we can do it

JustinCredibleGillespie

findingmyownway wrote: »

Sorry for being slack at posting everyone, thanks to slowlyfading for the PM!

I have updated the spreadsheet and my sig with current total - £8100 which i am very pleased with!

Well done to all those sticking to the thread. I can't believe we're nearly half way through the year, its gone so fast!

I know:eek: I booked my wedding last June & cannot believe that its almost time to walk down the aisle!

JCG

xx

slowlyfading

I agree - this year is going so quickly! :eek:

slowlyfading

gap - if that's what has to happen, then that's what was to happen - sending you a (((HUG))) in the meantime don't worry about your target; there's still half the year to go!

RRRRodgA

Now up to £2308.31

Decided to open a secondary savings account to launch my "left over" cash into each week so in goes £23.82 :cool: