The 'Save £12k in 2012' thread!

[Deleted User]

That's the money over from Amazon. £25 added to my ISA taking my total to £1841. SF, I will update this on the first post.

girlatplay

£500 exactly for me this month!

Off to update first page and siggy

JustinCredibleGillespie

£500 for me this month too, it would have been £600 only I have some contents insurance I need to sort out.

Also the £500 that I am saving needs changing to euros for my last min holiday! Getting married in 3 weeks! Eek! The weeks are just flying by and I'm so nervous, still havent got the holiday booked yet.

All the best to all you savers!

Bring on the updates!

JCG

xx

freezspirit

Sorry to say fallen short this month only managed £295 of the £500. Feeling unwell and low so will push myself next month to top up in July.

[Deleted User]

Have added another £70 to my ISA taking my total to £1911. Since I have already updated for June I will include this as a July update. Was a payment from doing post-event massage at the Edinburgh marathon, it will have to be declared to the tax man but still want to save it all.

Hoping to get past the £2k mark by the end of July.

dizzybee

I am so pleased with my self manged to save £1,2oo,this month so glad i beat my target.
everyone is doing so well,not sure i will be able to add anymore this month,has pay day tomorrow but still having problems getting money from Natwest.

My_Digital_Self

No 018 My Digital Self reporting a grand total of £0!

Yep that's right £0 - the month started off well as I squirrelled cash away from DH's salary & money saved on over-estimated bills, but then DH started spending 2-3 days a week in London, which because it's summer & approaching the Olympics maxed out his credit card & temporarily decimated our savings.
Fortunately this will be expensed back, but at 4-5x £500 a trip it adds up...

Just last week he spent 2 nights in one central hotel - 1st night (mon) was £92, 2nd night (tues) was £229!!! For the same room that was little more than a single bed in a cupboard with ensuite "shower room"... In a 4* chain hotel!!!
Fortunately this isn't his regular choice of mse-friendly hotel (no availability).

Earlier on in the year his whole 3 day/ 2 night trip (incl. trains) would be approx. £260!

I'm just glad that a) our only debts are credit cards used for such expenses, and b) we have some instant access savings!

Oh and another thing - his employers' payroll company have stuffed up their childcare voucher payments - deducting them AFTER tax, but it is the 1st month & finance are chasing this up...

July should be less stressful, if not very money saving, as we've decided to book a last minute sun holiday to a) get some sunshine & b) have some family time as DH has been working very hard!

Digital

fozziebeartoo

I managed to save £558.90 this month :j which I think is more than I had managed to save from January to May in total :T

Rosemary_Jane

Finally managing to update without reminders

Reporting £980 for June - which is a big surprise, as I thought it was an expensive month. (challenge number 101)

Hi, SF, thanks for updating everyone; could you change my target to the full £12K, please. That should help me concentrate harder!

Well done to everyone on the thread,
Rosemary

LealeaV

Well its that time of the month again - our monthly saving update!!!

Here goes:

Regular Saver 1: £100.00
Regular Saver 2: £250.00
Regular Saver 3: £250.00
Online Saver 1: £90.00
Online Saver 2: £280.82

Total £970.82

This has been my worst month so far!
I havent ebayed anything this month, due to additional work stress, so my general income was lower and I've had to buy some clothes as I have now hit the 6 stone weight loss and desperately needed new clothes! I have also paid for our holiday, so things have been a bit tight this month!

But this month is now over and I need to look forward to next month - life is never plain sailing, particularly when it comes to money saving!

Everyone seems to be doing really well on this challenge, and you lot really inspire me to carry on!