The 'Save 12k in 2014' Thread!

DedicatedDFW

Hi SF, thank you so much for running this - my target is £3200 please i have £800 saved this year already and am aiming to get to £4000 by the end of the next year

Do people share ideas for making extra to save at all ? £1200 of my target should be made up from what i budget to save anyway so the £2000 is the more challenging part

cydney65

Do people share ideas for making extra to save at all ? £1200 of my target should be made up from what i budget to save anyway so the £2000 is the more challenging part

I can save £3600 normally, the other £2400 is going to be the real challenge. This last year I have sold just about everything that wasn't nailed down so I can't fall back on that this time around. I do YouGov surveys and am due £50 fairly soon. I am also due £50 from First Direct for recommending my sister to them. Other than that it will be frugality which will have to carry me through.

Any other ideas are welcome!

slowlyfading

I've updated the front page and spreadsheet we've passed 100 members :j :j :j and our target so far is just short of £1,000,000 which would be an amazing achievement :j :j

I'm excited already

cathybird

slowlyfading wrote: »

our target so far is just short of £1,000,000 which would be an amazing achievement :j :j

Wow!!! That is amazing - I hope we get to £1,000,000! That would be astounding.

slowlyfading

cathybird wrote: »

Wow!!! That is amazing - I hope we get to £1,000,000! That would be astounding.

It would be amazing but the 2013 thread target was £1.5mil and we're nowhere near!

But, here's hoping :beer:

MoneySaverLog

Going for £6,000 next year as I will then become a home owner and will be looking at joining the MFW board then.

Catslovelycats

Hi. Could you include me please?
Target £1500

sparrer

DedicatedDFW wrote: »

Hi SF, thank you so much for running this - my target is £3200 please i have £800 saved this year already and am aiming to get to £4000 by the end of the next year

Do people share ideas for making extra to save at all ? £1200 of my target should be made up from what i budget to save anyway so the £2000 is the more challenging part

cydney65 wrote: »

I can save £3600 normally, the other £2400 is going to be the real challenge. This last year I have sold just about everything that wasn't nailed down so I can't fall back on that this time around. I do YouGov surveys and am due £50 fairly soon. I am also due £50 from First Direct for recommending my sister to them. Other than that it will be frugality which will have to carry me through.

Any other ideas are welcome!

All I can do is live as frugally as possible. I can't compromise on heating as I have a chronic illness so cut back in any and every other way I can. Elec - all bulbs low wattage, never have more than one light on at a time, luckily my stairs are open plan in the sitting room. I never buy pre-packaged food, never buy whole-price food if I can get it rtc, as long as it's something I usually buy I'll get 2/3/4 rtc's to keep in the cupboard or freezer (but just occasionally I find a gem, a treat, to break the monotony). I happily make one teabag stretch to 2/3 cups of tea, even Mr S value bags are good for 2 cups. I buy whole milk rtc, usually about 20p for 6 pints and dilute it 50/50, so less than 2p pt. I make dog biscuits from saved peelings & scraps, a couple of eggs, garlic, olive oil and a tray of liver, a month's supply costs around £1. I only use the oven about 3-4 times a year and manage perfectly well with the mw, sc and steamer. Lots more things but some I can't/won't mention here! I'm going back to surveys, realised having a year off I've lost out on at least £250 so it'll be my 'new' hobby. Always on the lookout for more[STRIKE] pennypinching[/STRIKE] money saving ways, would love to hear what others suggest.

slowlyfading wrote: »

I've updated the front page and spreadsheet we've passed 100 members :j :j :j and our target so far is just short of £1,000,000 which would be an amazing achievement :j :j

I'm excited already

That's a stunning amount of money slowlyfading :T. Thank you so much for this forum

sparrer

slowlyfading wrote: »

It would be amazing but the 2013 thread target was £1.5mil and we're nowhere near!

But, here's hoping :beer:

But did they make it? We'll manage our million and more with peeps still joining in

cydney65

Yay £50 turned up from First Direct and it is now comfortably stashed in my Nationwide account.