The 'Save £12k in 2012' thread!

ILoveSaving

kaostheory wrote: »

"I really need to get some money saved so I can stop paying 21k a year on rent!!!! :mad::mad:"


Dear Kasotheory

I think you need to move!! You could have paid for my house in 4 years at that cost. Think of the savings you could make by halving that amount?

kriss_boy

Im going to bookmark this page and I wish you all the best of luck.

My fiance and I are getting married in July and have been saving £800 a month since June 2011. We are fortunate enough to have parents who are contributing generously to our wedding so it means our projected savings, post july wedding, should be at the £10,200 mark by xmas eve 2012. A nice nest egg.

We originally projected more but tweaked the target accordingly. So Im hoping we can possibly exceed that figure if we have a quiet year!

So, wish me luck, £10,000 by xmas eve.

fozziebeartoo

Can I join please?

Even though £12k is way outside my saving possibilities???

My target is £3000.....which would be a HUGE achievement if I could get anywhere near that!! :T

wilf55

still not off the ground here but house on the way to getting tidier which tends to be my biggest barrier! believe it or not!

flylady thread here i come

kaostheory

ILoveSaving wrote: »

kaostheory wrote: »

"I really need to get some money saved so I can stop paying 21k a year on rent!!!! :mad::mad:"


Dear Kasotheory

I think you need to move!! You could have paid for my house in 4 years at that cost. Think of the savings you could make by halving that amount?

ILoveSaving,

That makes perfect sense financially, however, consider this.

1. I need a 3 bedroom house.
2. How far away from london I would need to be to see prices like that.
3. How many hours I would have to spend travelling to/from work and not spending that time with my family.

In my case I have enough disposable income (even after my atrocious rent) , my issue is changing bad habits of spending it all rather than cutting back.

Thanks for your reply..

Rhys

missmilly

Ooooh I'm excited now!

Just had my annual interest payment from The Melton, £1410.87

..........and

Won 2 x £25 on my Premium Bonds

..........and

.53p transferred from Save the Change (my LTSB account)

Soooooooo, that's a total of £1461.40 in the pot to start me off :j:j:j:j

tara747

I'm returning some pre-Christmas splurge items tomorrow, should get about £100 back, wayhey! It's better off in my account than lining someone else's pockets! :beer:

tara747

Does anyone else think that the big retailers should wait until the end of January before announcing their final Christmas sales figures as surely quite a lot of stuff is returned by people like me...

downs523

nothing saved for me yet...but i do get my monthly pay at the end of the month with two shifts of double time so that should be about £300-£350 in the pot..

JLS1901

Got 4.52 so far! Got a few things on Ebay but I think this month will be quiet till I get paid. Been offered some agency work which will help things.
Good luck all :-) x