The 'Save 12k in 2013' Thread!

Wentthedaywell?

Well done Billie-jo, a quarter more than you were plannning!

I think it's all those £20, £40, £50 frittering spends over the year that blow a hole in savings, not the big purchases that at least give you something to show for the money. Likewise all the little 20,40, 50 quid savings add up over 12 months to a tidy sum!

girlatplay

Scottish_Lassie wrote: »

Yeah I'm the same, it kinda makes saving boring though and means I don't have a lot of updates to make on this forum as my money is saved at the start of the month and thats it...not much to do until next pay day (unless I have some eBay sales!)

Yes I kind of bored myself when I re read my post haha! I also do the sealed pot challenge and the £2 savers club challenge so I am regularly putting small change away. Also I get some maintenance from the CSA occasionally so I am always adjusting my spreadsheet, keeps me going. My big savings go to this challenge though and I look forward to updating at the end of the month

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Another £20 sent across to the savings account this morning. Added this month so far = £220. New total = £2233

lbnblbnb

ALJA wrote: »

I loveee Pinterest! I'm using that more often now which is giving me my fix!

�� I am lbnblbnb on there too.

Scottish_Lassie

girlatplay wrote: »

Yes I kind of bored myself when I re read my post haha! I also do the sealed pot challenge and the £2 savers club challenge so I am regularly putting small change away. Also I get some maintenance from the CSA occasionally so I am always adjusting my spreadsheet, keeps me going. My big savings go to this challenge though and I look forward to updating at the end of the month

Yeah I think I need to find small ways to keep motivated like the £2 Savers club etc, or finding ways to cut my food budget etc.....though with the recent "burger" scandal at Tescos, swapping to the cheaper brands is not looking very attractive at the moment.... :eek:

nat21luv

Scottish_Lassie wrote: »

Yeah I think I need to find small ways to keep motivated like the £2 Savers club etc, or finding ways to cut my food budget etc.....though with the recent "burger" scandal at Tescos, swapping to the cheaper brands is not looking very attractive at the moment.... :eek:

I've never bought their burgers or anyone else's for that matter, why don't you make your own? To make it a bit cheaper add finely diced vegetables or lentils rather just a slab of mince £2.20ish for the larger pack of value mince, only need half of that pack to make 6 burgers so not too expensive. You might find some whoopsie lamb mince, that would be lovely

Scottish_Lassie

Yeah I'm starting to make more and more stuff from scratch nowadays, the only thing it costs is time, so as long as I've got time I try and make as much stuff as I can at the weekends so I have a freezer full of food for the week, thanks for the burger tips nat21luv sounds lovely!

girlatplay

I make a lot of stuff from scratch now too. I know what goes into the food I make and I don't think it is any more expensive than buying ready made stuff. I buy value veg and medium range meat. I freeze where I can. We eat a lot of vegi meals too. Neither DD nor I have any dietary needs at the moment (I am due to have another op in the next few months which will completely stop me being allowed spicy food ) and because I have never allowed DD to be fussy, we eat what I make. We waste very little and I menu plan so that I am not buying stuff we don't really need.

wilf55

well guys still not managed to save anything but have been living frugally so been able to catch up on the xmas spend and pay the bills

have got voucher for next and HofF which will use for clothing allowance.

no golf this weekend so should save some money on petrol there but not actually in a position to put anything in the savings pot lots of you seem to being doing well! keep it up

dramarama

Been very quiet on the savings font for me. Not managed to get any work, I'm apparently 'overqualified' to temp! Grr!

Still only £40 but I'm thinking it's better than nothing.
Walking to town as much as possible to save money, cooking from scratch and avoiding shops like the plague!

Well done to everyone on here, its so great to hear what you're up to and lots of awesome saving going on.