The 'Save 12k in 2014' Thread!

slowlyfading

Added you to the spreadsheet and updated

beach-holiday

slowlyfading wrote: »

Added you to the spreadsheet and updated

Thank you sf :T

nat21luv

Matty, enjoy Dawlish- I'm about 15 mins away

Managed to put away £325 this month already with another £500 lined up later in the month

letiss7

I've managed to save £750 in March. I have to pay for 2 lots of car insurance, balance of summer holiday & home insurance in April but hopefully most of that is covered by the fixed expenses pot.

Keep up the good work everyone.

lettucekl

What wages are you people on that save 12k in 12 months??, on average you'd have to put 1k away each month!??. Monthly bills, rent/mortgage, shopping has to come up around £1000 and then spending money, so you'd need like a take home wage of at least £2300 each month surely???

Wentthedaywell?

People may be half a couple, lettuce, which makes saving a lot easier.

geoffers4

lettucekl wrote: »

What wages are you people on that save 12k in 12 months??, on average you'd have to put 1k away each month!??. Monthly bills, rent/mortgage, shopping has to come up around £1000 and then spending money, so you'd need like a take home wage of at least £2300 each month surely???

Also lettuce, don't forget some people are still living with parents so their 'rent/mortgage' might be little or nil. And others of us have paid off the mortgage and have more cash spare to put towards savings.

But perhaps more important, the forum welcomes everyone - regardless of how much you save.

ajdj

lettucekl wrote: »

What wages are you people on that save 12k in 12 months??, on average you'd have to put 1k away each month!??. Monthly bills, rent/mortgage, shopping has to come up around £1000 and then spending money, so you'd need like a take home wage of at least £2300 each month surely???

We have people on the thread with lower targets than £12,000.

The idea is to set yourself a personal challenge for the year and use the thread to log process and share ideas on how to meet it. Obviously it helps if you set a slightly stretching target to maximise what you can save.

We've had people who try and generate income in other ways to add to their pots- ebay sales, odds jobs, overtime, company share schemes etc etc.

Catslovelycats

#109
Just updated the form with another £435
Thanks

candyandstripes

Well Done to everyone

I don't want you all to think I've disappeared but I can't save anything now until May, so a 2 month break due to circumstance but then I'll be saving a little extra to get me to my target!