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The 'Save 12k in 2013' Thread!

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  • SortingElfout
    SortingElfout Posts: 9 Forumite
    I'm really short for the rest of January - so I may as well declare my savings total now... Would have been £40 more but I've been lured away for a weekend in October and that's my deposit. Gotta have some fun!

    #101. £760.34/£9,000.

    8.446%! Well, looks like I'm on track.

    I've done the form - thank you, Slowly Fading, for all your hard work. This challenge has really motivated me.
  • juicygirl
    juicygirl Posts: 658 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Another £71.83 in my pot today - from the sale of an old iPad.
  • girlatplay
    girlatplay Posts: 3,884 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    I got paid early!! :j:j I do the salaries so I get to choose exactly what date we get paid on (supposed to be 28th of the month but I usually do it a couple of days early). I am currently trying to figure out the business internet banking (so blimmin' compliated! Why can't it just be like my personal internet banking?? So simple!) and so I "had" to do the salaries early in case we needed to get paid by cheque.

    So I am declaring my total for January today. £335, £1.66 over my target for Jan!!! Means I am ahead of myself, woooo :D

    Off to update :)
    Mortgage at 12/07/2022 = £175,000
    Mortgage today = £161,690.76
    300 271 payments to go.
    House buyout fund £21,000/£40,000
  • JellyBox
    JellyBox Posts: 241 Forumite
    100 Posts
    Didn't expect to be able to afford any saving this month, however due to overestimating my costs, I've managed to end up (all stuff I need to pay for done 'til next payday) with £125 surplus, possibly even another unallocated £40, but keeping that just in case there are any emergencies before Monday. I am well pleased with this and am off to do my first update of the spreadsheet! :j
  • ccbrowning
    ccbrowning Posts: 431 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper
    Had an unexpected bill for school, so out about £650... Not sure if I will be able to save much at all at the end of this month. :(
  • Tales17
    Tales17 Posts: 257 Forumite
    edited 22 January 2013 at 10:21PM
    More grocery savings today, Just over £300 saved now so well on the way! :)
    Grocery Challenge 2019 YTD-£820.46/£7200(11%)
    Grocery Challenge Feb - £93.10/£600(16%)
    £12k in 2019 #: Monthly Saving Accounts £500, Cashback & Competition Sites £2.59, Shopping Saving £152.09,Selling £121.26, Interest & Dividends £43.93, Surveys £0, 365 Day Penny Challenge # £103.44
    Total Saved - £923.31/£12000(8%)
  • Duke203
    Duke203 Posts: 113 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Right, payday! £50 went into my SIP and £50 into my sharesave. That's probably it for me for January really.

    Unfortunately, I have a bit of a CC bill AND the last 18 months of a personal loan to pay off quickly which will probably take the majority of my next 4 pay packets to get shot of :( I may be able to ramp it up and make the full £10k in the last half of the year....maybe :)
    "Chuck Norris can remain solvent for longer than the markets can remain irrational"
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    edited 24 January 2013 at 6:06AM
    Payday for me this morning so sent across £1000 to savings. Will send across another £600 or so when OH wages come in. Total so added so far this month £1250. New total is £3263
  • ManPants
    ManPants Posts: 559 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Oh Lordy!

    Can I join?? I was actually thinking last night that since Other Half and I paid off our mortgage early in October 2011 <apart from my ISA each year> I have squandered all my salary each year......

    This might help me to actually save!

    Full £12,000 for me please in 2012!

    Stupotstu
    Quit Smoking 12 years 2 months.
  • joycemh_tan
    joycemh_tan Posts: 25 Forumite
    Hello, I've added another £1000 this month to my pot. Hoping to put a few more quid here and there before the end of the month...

    Keep the enthusiasm coming, everyone!
    "Save £12k in 2014" No 45 : £2,150 / £12,000 (18%)


    Overall Savings Target: £75k by 31/12/15 : £27,422/ £75,000 (36.5%)
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