The 'Save 12k in 2014' Thread!

[Deleted User]

Really pleased that OH and I now have shiny new ISAs and we each have £2500 in them. It is being on this thread that has helped me put together and emergency fund and now allow me to start working towards longer term savings.

So a huge thanks to SF for running the thread.

YoungBusinessman

Yep SF deserves a lot of credit for running this thread!! After paying for holidays, half a new wardrobe and other bits and bobs including work tools, I am hovering at £2k....although as I have said all along how income increases over the summer as weather depending work, my next pay on Friday looks to be biggest one of the year so far. Put in an invoice that should pay net £2k for the fortnight. So il hopefully soon get racing towards my target now!! Off today as had a very busy week working 12 hour days, will sit and watch the football!! Have a good weekend everyone!!

Skippycat

My total for April was £150. I've put another £150 in my ISA so far towards my May savings. Hope everyone has a lovely bank holiday weekend! :beer:

gazzer666

Hi all, £4749 saved/put aside for April. Managed an excellent month despite being on holiday for 2 weeks. Hoping the sun shines over the Bank Holiday too

Stressfree_WB

hi all, I have been saving but I have not been that good on updating on here. so far this year im on £4808. just under target but still ok!

Skintstudent

£150 is my amount for April. So total so far is £924.95. Really chuffed with this as nearly 2 years ago I was this much in my overdraft whilst at uni

Becky_Boo

Everyone is doing so well! Big well done! :T

I'm declaring £1,080 for this month. I'm not sure how long that will stay in the savings, as if you remember my other half lost his job last month - and is still looking for a new one Thank you to everyone's kind words.

We have enough money to pay bills and savings this month and next - then the savings stops and we can barely scrape by with just my wages - so then we'll need to dig into the house deposit fund. I have everything crossed that it doesn't come to this. I know we are fortunate to have the savings account to fall back on, but I also know how hard I saved to get that and I really don't want to spend it.

Oh - and as my OH works in quite a niche industry it's looking almost certain that we will have to relocate and move house :eek:

Twiggy_34

Becky_Boo wrote: »

We have enough money to pay bills and savings this month and next - then the savings stops and we can barely scrape by with just my wages - so then we'll need to dig into the house deposit fund. I have everything crossed that it doesn't come to this. I know we are fortunate to have the savings account to fall back on, but I also know how hard I saved to get that and I really don't want to spend it.

Oh - and as my OH works in quite a niche industry it's looking almost certain that we will have to relocate and move house :eek:

Fingers x'd something comes up soon (even if relocation is the only way for this to happen). As you say you're lucky you do have savings to fall back on, not everyone is so fortunate, I know I'd have been stuffed if the same had happened to me as little as 2 years ago!

Nut97

Hi, everyone is doing so well with savings! really does help to keep a normally useless saver like myself on track!


This months magic number is £1210.52

Yvette394

Saved another £1500 from a quarterly bonus. Brings our total to £4000 which is fantastic against a target of £5000 for the year!