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The £1,000 emergency fund challenge.

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  • fairyclicks
    fairyclicks Posts: 3,884 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    patman99 wrote: »
    Welcome to our two newest members.
    Mrs motivated you are #146 and 12 month challenge, you are #147.

    Payday in the Patman household today as well. After 3 whole months am now getting into the swing of monthly pay as opposed to weekly.

    Multi-tasking tonight. Updating this thread whilst trying to sort out a wormate's PC. It hadn't been turned-on since 2012 and when I did, it just kept blue screening.
    Had to restore it as far back as I could, now just sticking all the updates back on.

    Perhaps i could be given a number too?
    Debt at Aug 2010 (LBM) £21,908.86, Debt Freeeeee Date 4th Nov 2013 :j:j:j Massive Thanks to the £10 per day thread :A Next goals:
    Savings £1203.16/£10,000******Mortgage to Zero: £52,579.46 to go
    Feb Earnings: £711.20/£500 March: £434.41/£500
    Currently compiling an A-Z of earning sites and happy to share it ;)
  • mrs_motivated
    mrs_motivated Posts: 1,608 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    patman99 wrote: »
    Welcome to our two newest members.
    Mrs motivated you are #146 and 12 month challenge, you are #147.

    Payday in the Patman household today as well. After 3 whole months am now getting into the swing of monthly pay as opposed to weekly.

    Multi-tasking tonight. Updating this thread whilst trying to sort out a wormate's PC. It hadn't been turned-on since 2012 and when I did, it just kept blue screening.
    Had to restore it as far back as I could, now just sticking all the updates back on.



    Thank you Patman
    Well Behaved women seldom make history

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  • patman99
    patman99 Posts: 8,532 Forumite
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    Sorry fairyclicks. Thought you were already a member. You are now #148.

    Still multi-tasking. Mate's PC was a mare to sort out. Had to do loads of tinkering before Vista would install SP2. Now just need to set up his password and try to access his emails for him.
    Never Knowingly Understood.

    Member #1 of £1,000 challenge - £13.74/ £1000 (that's 1.374%)

    3-6 month EF £0/£3600 (that's 0 days worth)

  • stormpassing
    stormpassing Posts: 145 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Account showing online, money safely transferred, 50p bonus interest that wasn't showing on my savings book added. That means my EF fund is safely where it should be and currently £60.67. :D

    Night all, a very happy SP x
  • The_Only_Girl
    The_Only_Girl Posts: 873 Forumite
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    Good morning fellow EF savers! New month, new chances to add to our EF! Another £6.55 added today, from DH's mobile phone budget - his bill came in £6.55 lower so we diverted the amount to the EF to prevent it from being frittered away. Best move we made is to have a different current account that holds the EF.
    "There is Life AFTER DEBT."LBM 2009 Total Debt £49046.24 Debt Free as of 27/08/2015
  • The_Only_Girl
    The_Only_Girl Posts: 873 Forumite
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    Sorry me again. Forgot to mention the current total of the EF - £1205.68 :j
    "There is Life AFTER DEBT."LBM 2009 Total Debt £49046.24 Debt Free as of 27/08/2015
  • fairyclicks
    fairyclicks Posts: 3,884 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    The_Only_Girl wrote: »
    Sorry me again. Forgot to mention the current total of the EF - £1205.68 :j

    Well done Only Girl :T

    I have a separate account for EF savings too. Made a sale on fb today so now have £6.72 :D
    Debt at Aug 2010 (LBM) £21,908.86, Debt Freeeeee Date 4th Nov 2013 :j:j:j Massive Thanks to the £10 per day thread :A Next goals:
    Savings £1203.16/£10,000******Mortgage to Zero: £52,579.46 to go
    Feb Earnings: £711.20/£500 March: £434.41/£500
    Currently compiling an A-Z of earning sites and happy to share it ;)
  • 12_month_challenge
    12_month_challenge Posts: 2,419 Forumite
    Chutzpah Haggler Car Insurance Carver! Rampant Recycler
    Well done only girl on reaching your EF target and beyond
    Hopefully mine will be like yours sooner rather than later
    SP 9#531=£620/SP 10 # 531=?PDBX 2016 #2 = £16,766.67/£12,000
    PDBX 2017 #2 = £1,200/£12,000

    ''If you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain''
  • patman99
    patman99 Posts: 8,532 Forumite
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    FWIT it took me a long time to reach my target. In fact, if it wasn't for a Tax refund, I'd still be less than half way there,
    Never Knowingly Understood.

    Member #1 of £1,000 challenge - £13.74/ £1000 (that's 1.374%)

    3-6 month EF £0/£3600 (that's 0 days worth)

  • stormpassing
    stormpassing Posts: 145 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Another £5 added to my EF fund. Takes my total to £65.67, slowly but surely will get there. May be slow but means that I can be sure the money is spare and won't need to delve other than for genuine emergencies. Will be able to add some overtime payments after Christmas but at the moment all overtime going towards kids Christmas pressies.

    This thread definitely helps with motivation and inspiration,

    Thanks,
    SP x
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