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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 4/150 -
I needed to buy a new phone & I needed the money saved to cover myself so
i've had to start again with £22.00Future Home Fund£1,702.67/£3,000 **EF £22.00/£1000** #575SPC £59.80/£100.000 -
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:0 -
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)0 -
#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! :A0 -
Hey! Thanks for the number.
Small steps: £60/ £1000Debt Free Roll of Honor #598
DFD 28/02/12 :j
MFW 19 years - aim 11, prefer less!:D
#222 EF £1k 60/1000 :cool:
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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)0 -
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 carI 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 :j0 -
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)0 -
Hi all, can I join?
I'm currently at £668 but I may have car repairs in a few weeks :-/0
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