The 'Save 12k in 2014' Thread!

stavromueller

£600 for April (have done the form).

Would have been more but paid for my part of our summer holiday this month

mark55man

New alternator put paid to this months savings so just update me by the regular £100 I put aside monthly


Cheers sf

cydney65

Oh fudge, the shredder just broke. Now need to find another for under £32.83!

AlexLK

TrustyOven wrote: »

Hey, every penny counts, and you did really good, especially when you look at how much debts you've managed to repay (in your signature). :j

You should be really pleased :cool:

Thanks.

The payments for the debts have come from me selling my possessions but the savings are coming from splitting profits from pieces of furniture I have bought to restore and sold on - half goes into savings, other half gets added to the capital to buy more. The idea being the more I can buy, the more I will eventually be able to save. Hope this makes sense as it's probably a bit different to what most people do, whilst my wife earns a good salary I do not so trying to be a bit more creative with my solutions.

I suppose I'm somewhat embarrassed by other peoples totals on here. On the plus side, I've got another £50 to add from today, bringing my total to £270.

tjp70

Thanks to a big bonus from work I have reached my target. This month we saved £7450.64 :T

I do have to pay £1200 for a holiday next month so there is a chance that my total savings may reduce next month.

mintedmatty

mark88man wrote: »

You should easily be able to get that £6K back by being a cash buyer. If you haven't already seek some advice on the housing board - there are some right terriers there - you might even save more

Thanks, I will have a look! I'm a Yorkshireman so we drive a hard bargain and notoriously tight with our money... I'm in good company on here!

ajdj

Declared £550 for April, well on course to hit the halfway target a month early in May :j

This didn't include the £275 I made at the car boot as that's gone to the log burner fund. We had a quote of £2,300 for the whole job. I've spent the last 2 Sunday's knocking out the fireplace myself saving £700 in labour. I've also sourced the chimney liner on eBay and bartered down the cost of the stove so we are budgeting £1,300 all in. Split between my parter and I means we can afford to go ahead without affecting my savings.

Well done everyone, it's a great feeling to be saving, no matter how big or small it all adds up!

girlatplay

AlexLK wrote: »

Sorry, I don't really know how to work the spreadsheets.

Another £150 to add, making £220 / £1,000. I know this is not exactly impressive but I've really tried this month.

Don't worry, you don't need to know how to work the spreadsheets, just use the update form to update your totals each month. slowlyfading will do the spreadsheet stuff when she gets a minute. I usually wait until I know I won't get any more money in and then do the update once per month. If I do happen to do the update too early and get a little unforeseen money in, I carry it forward to the next month's update.

Also don't worry about your goal being small. You have the same goal as me! The purpose of the thread is for saving as much as you can. Any money saved is better than no money saved.



I probably won't update until Thursday this week as I am waiting for ISA interest which is due on 30th April. I want to include it in April's update.

Melaniep101

Hi all

I'm calling £1200 this month as I won't be able to get my hands on any cash till payday now.

Had a good month Ebay wise, sold about £400 worth of stuff, plus just waiting for my Etsy payment of £50. I've also got a market research group tomorrow night which is paying £50.

My job is a bit shaky at the moment so I'm trying to be more resourceful when it comes to saving, I might well need these savings if the SHTF! Hubby is earning so we can survive for a bit if I leave, but it's not ideal.

Well done everyone on their saving this month! And SF - thanks in advance for updating my total = £1200

agreenmess

Golly everyone is doing amazing so far! Were a hell of alot below our target with 0 saved, everything just keeps on crumbling and we have to keep paying out. Still hoping to get to my target of £10K before the end of the year though!