The £1,000 emergency fund challenge.

bilbodreams

Member 150 to report, I saw a couple of chairs on the drive of a house, I knock on the door and ask them whether I could have them. I am generally quite shy so just asking was a big achievement for me. They say yes please, so got them home and I put them for sale on a local site. I ll be very happy if I get 15 gbp
120/1000

Meezel

Hello everyone

I hadn't realised how time has flown by since I last posted here.. It was back at the beginning of July! Life has been busy with all sorts but now it has slowed down which I like

Now I've caught up on all the posts, Im raring to get back to MSE and change things for the better.

Unfortunately the EF has taken a hammering over the past few months.

So today i'm declaring the EF fund standing at a staggering #77 £0/1000. Then once we've been paid I should be able to see where we stand with things. :j

Patman - Congratulations on your new job plus a big thanks for starting this thread.

xx

(I will update my signature when I have figured things out:D)

-Selene

My monthly SO + 9p interest have bumped up my EF to £140.29

LittleMissDetermined

Added a bank skim of 99p to my EF so it now stands at £1003.67... pending car repairs and MOT at the end of the mont but I guess that's what it's there for!

LMD xx

swimminginaseaofdebt

Morning everyone :hello:

I had to take £305 out of my EF to pay for my first lot of uni fees so #193 is now down to £445.

patman99

First off, apologies for my 'abscence'. My mum has not been well again, so we have been house/dog/mum sitting and she has no internet.

Tomuchdebt, your number changed as a result of the original list getting deleted for some unknown reason. I had to trawl through the thread 1 page at a time and re-build the bit that got 'chopped'.
in this proccess I became aware that I had given 2 people the same number, hence a load of folks got new numbers allocatted to them.

Anyway the new job lasted all of a week. It was very fiddley and with a thumb missing on one hand, I found it impossible to get up to the required speed.

Meezel, welcome back to the fold. I am sure you will soon start to add to your EF again.

Swimming, using part of your EF for uni fees should be considered as an investment in your future.

[Deleted User]

Sorry to hear about your Mum and your job, patman.


I hope Mum will be better soon and that you find a job that's a perfect fit for you:beer:

ab_saver

Hope it's not too late to join - I'd love to build an emergency fund after living close to the line as a student for 6 years. (would also like to do this alongside clearing the overdraft - might do that first but hoping being signed up and having a number will be motivation in itself.

Thanks for the idea carbootcrazy!

[Deleted User]

ab_saver wrote: »

Hope it's not too late to join - I'd love to build an emergency fund after living close to the line as a student for 6 years. (would also like to do this alongside clearing the overdraft - might do that first but hoping being signed up and having a number will be motivation in itself.

Thanks for the idea carbootcrazy!

Welcome, ab_saver:beer:

Thanks for thanking me for the idea but I'm sorry to say that I haven't a clue where I mentioned the thread. Sorry. having a bit of brain-fade:o

patman99

ab_saver you are welcometo the thread and are member #208.