The £1,000 emergency fund challenge.

Julie67

Thanks for the add Patman, I shall add my number into my signature.
not been able to post this weekend as we've been away in the Cotswolds and no wifi.
Can I update our EF to a measly £20. at least it's a start
have a good evening all

patman99

Washing machine works (sort off). When I turned it off, some of the lights remained on. This indicates an issue with the controller board.

Luckily, I have a workmate who's son repairs and installs domestic appliances and if I give him the model number, he will ask his son if he can get hold of the relevant controller for me. I will also give hime the make/model of my son's washing maching as that also has a controller fault.

PennyJar

Hi,

#198 checking in with another £12 saved towards emergency fund, now totalling £92.

Will adjust my signature.

Thanks,
PennyJar

hermionesaver

#196 popping in with an update. Another £40 added so that brings my emergency fund total to £460 now. Getting there slowly but surely.

The annoying thing is that I had saved £1000 early this year as an emergency fund but then DH and I decided to use it for new kitchen chairs and an extra freezer plus a few other bits (none of which were emergencies!) And it dwindled massively Won't be doing that again!

TrushTush

Had to take £150 out of my fund to stop my bank accounts going over ther OD limits, not overly thrilled with myself but I'll rebuild

[Deleted User]

I hope you're all enjoying the sunshine:j

I did a car boot sale this morning and made £88.20 which I was pleased with considering I'm pretty much down to the dregs of anything saleable I have. As the car is still partly full I might bite the bullet and do another one tomorrow. That's if I can rake together anything else that will draw the buyers:rotfl:

Won't add it to EF yet, may need to use some as ready cash for groceries:o but will be back on here early next week with an update.

PennyJar

Hi carbootcrazy,

Well done on your carbootcrazy sales...I put a post out on my thread 'penny by penny...brick by brick' asking if anyone had any tips about upcycling/reselling things...

Have you ever given that a go - selling on anything you've seen as a bargain at carboots etc.

Be interested to know what you think.

PennyJar

patman99

Well, looks like I will not only need a new main PCB for the washing machine, but the pump is making a right old racket.

Tomorrow's job is to swap my washer/dryer out and replace it with mum's washing machine. I can then take the washer/dryer apart in my mums garage and get the relevent part numbers of the bits I need to replace. Much cheaper than a new machine.

Anyway, in order to swap the machines over, I had to clear a load of old mail and in amongst it was a cheque from CPP from 2014. I have emailed them to see if they will still honour it, if not, will they send a new one.

mossy

Hey, just popped £20 in to the EF. Now standing at £650. Need to get it up to £1000 by this time next year ready for my full time year at Uni. Got so many other things to pay for between now and then so not feeling confident about this...just got to keep pushing!!

swimminginaseaofdebt

mossy wrote: »

Hey, just popped £20 in to the EF. Now standing at £650. Need to get it up to £1000 by this time next year ready for my full time year at Uni. Got so many other things to pay for between now and then so not feeling confident about this...just got to keep pushing!!

Keep going, you can do it!