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The £1,000 emergency fund challenge.

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  • #203 reporting

    I've gone a bit backwards - now at £520.55/£1,000

    I'm hoping to claw this back at the end of the month!
    February Grocery Budget: £190.75/£350.00
    NST no. NSD 4/15
  • Thora
    Thora Posts: 31 Forumite
    I needed to buy a new phone & I needed the money saved to cover myself so
    i've had to start again with £22.00
    Future Home Fund£1,702.67/£3,000 **EF £22.00/£1000** #575SPC £59.80/£100.00
  • mossy
    mossy Posts: 1,263 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Evening all, slightly behind on the payday transfers! Had a very busy month last month and was poorly so have only just got up to date with the finances....it was a slightly painful process catching up!! :eek:

    New total £310. :)
    Saving for Disney again, oops why book one Disney holiday when you can book two!
    :starmod: Emergency Fund Savings - #148 - £10/£1000 1% :starmod:
    :xmastree:#083 SPC6 £63 - SPC7 £90 - SPC8 £63 - SPC9 £54 - SPC10 £26 - SPC12 £70 :xmastree:
  • patman99
    patman99 Posts: 8,532 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    A few pennies moved over this week.
    Car went in for MOT. Needs 2 new tyres so not too bad.
    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)

  • Lina_T
    Lina_T Posts: 232 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    #127 reporting, £554.96/£1000. Helped along by a current account switching bonus of £100.

    Not bad for February but payday is still a week on Monday and finances are looking a bit tight. I'm Determined not to dip into it so will just have to be careful! :A
  • LianneH
    LianneH Posts: 271 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Hey! Thanks for the number.
    Small steps: £60/ £1000
    Debt Free Roll of Honor #598
    DFD 28/02/12 :j
    MFW 19 years - aim 11, prefer less!:D
    #222 EF £1k 60/1000 :cool:

  • patman99
    patman99 Posts: 8,532 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    Car cost £110 for 2 new tyres. Add to this, £54 for the MOT & still got a bill to come for repairing the horn, so not so bad after all.

    I own a Berlingo and the one issue they seem to develope is a faukt whereby the horn only works with the ignition off. This requires the removal of the airbag and the cleaning of the contacts.
    I reckon 2 hours labour, so another £120 all-in and the car is good to go for another year.

    On the 'other expenses' front, I will admit to using some of my EF to purchase a new tablet to replace the one I dropped and broke last year.

    So that is a bad moment for me (I suffer from depression and spending money used to give me a buzz for a while, but I have it under control for now).
    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)

  • January2015
    January2015 Posts: 2,369 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hi everyone :wave:

    I haven't popped in for a while. My EF has been quite nicely settled at just over £1.1k

    I need new tyres on my car :( I know they are going to be about £150 per tyre:eek: but....I've been using YNAB and budgeting for car maintenance and I have enough under this category heading to cover buying the tyres without touching the EF :j

    My husband did ask what the EF was for if I am budgeting for things like car maintenance, household maintenance etc. in YNAB. I said it was for anything major where we don't have enough in the budget under any other relevant category. He just looked confused :rotfl:
    DFW Nerd No. 1484 LBM 07/01/15 Debt was £95k :eek: Now debt free and happy :j
  • patman99
    patman99 Posts: 8,532 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    I would suggest shopping around for tyres. Mine are 185/65 R15s and I went for Avon at £60 each balanced and fitted.
    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)

  • Hi all, can I join?
    I'm currently at £668 but I may have car repairs in a few weeks :-/
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