How to fall in love with saving money

atush

Cloudy here today, but a least it is dry.

cathybird

Lomcevak, 2 hours 45 sounds fantastic - when is the marathon?

I got an early cut at work, nice to come home while it was still light (just). Clocks change in a fortnight, can't wait. I went for a nice long walk at lunchtime, loads of people out on Southbank etc, unsurprisingly. There's a very tiny beach near one of the bridges when the tide allows and I went down, peeled my shoes and socks off and dipped my feet in the Thames (which was very cold). Nice to be able to do that - it felt as if the summer had arrived.

Lomcevak

cathybird wrote: »

Lomcevak, 2 hours 45 sounds fantastic - when is the marathon?

6th April - so 20 days to go now. I think i'm running about as well as I can hope to at the moment, so just need to stay healthy and fit now

Finally, finally, finally, started up the dreaded SIPP, so that's done and dusted - haven't quite decided on asset allocation yet but starting to formulate some plans there too. All very complicated at times this saving stuff :cool:

cathybird

Yes, it took me ages to decide on an Isa provider but I do think I made the right choice so glad I took the time to think it out properly.

Twenty days, not far to go. I guess you're looking forward to it, after all this training? ...

Anyway, in other news, today I've managed to squirrel away a further £73, so that puts my savings this year so far over £3,000, meaning I'm on track to reach £12,000 by the end of the year. Very pleased with that. There could be a bit more still for March but I've got to my target. Yay!

cathybird

As it happens I'm really close to losing all of that 5kg I was aiming to lose so it looks as though that chocolate hobnob celebration will be coming round sooner rather than later

JoJoC

Well done Cathy! You've smashed that £3k barrier and that's awesome! Roll on more savings

And well done on the weight loss front too- you're hitting targets all over the place!

cathybird

Yes, pretty pleased with how it's going so far March was going to be a tricky month so it's good that I am managing to keep up. Re the weight loss, I think the flu bug I had helped,, actually.

I was saving £3 a day for a while into a jar and that added up surprisingly quickly. Might keep that up.

atush

Congrats on t he 3K!

cathybird

Thanks atush

Did anyone see this most recent piece by Monevator? It's got me feeling nervous about my S&S Isa now: http://monevator.com/nominee-accounts/

atush

I'm not nervous.