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The £1,000 emergency fund challenge.
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#208 reporting a new total of £75.52
This is after some survey payouts. I'm expecting some cash back in soon too. Still plodding on slowly and steadily!House fund: ~£5000 / £10,000
_£1000 emergency fund #208 - £151.74/ 1000 _ 0 -
EF rebuild has begun. I intend to get back to 50% by September. Hopefully, I will get some overtime at work.
Was offered some today, but as I am going out soon, I had to decline. As I am out next Saturday as well, that rules that one out as well.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 -
Member 150 here, I ve reached £500 so 50% of my goal:j getting there slowly!0
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Just popping in to cheer you all on:beer:
My EF remains intact (miracle of miracles) but I'm still keeping my fingers tightly crossed as it seems too good to be true knowing my usual luck;)0 -
Had a good doay out last Saturday. Went to Lazfest (an indoor rock & metal festival held in aid of Cancer Research). Got back in at around 01:00 Sunday morning. And the biggest miracle, I stayed within my budget so EF is fully intact and growing again.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 -
Pay day so I've popped another £30 in. Still on track to get to £500 by the end of July. 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
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#207 reporting haven't posted in a while I have an ISA with my EF £1000. Managed to reach my goal this month due to a few unexpected money gains. I will be adding regularly to this EF and have set up a weekly transfer. Happy saving everyone.£2 savers club 2025 #2= £600
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Hi everyone,
In YNAB, I've just moved all of our not-needed-straight-away slush into one pot and there's £836.50. I'm hoping I can build this up to £1000 when I get paid on Friday.
After that I can fund all of the categories the money came from before they come due (home insurance in Sept, car insurance in Dec, potential new boiler @ £25pcm etc).
I'm not 100% sure how long it will last as OH's job finishes in a couple of months but I'm hoping some accountability here will be the answer...
Thanks everyone!
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I'd like to join please. I'll keep the target as £1,000
Thank you.Home Deposit: £100.61|BULSFund: £50.00|EmergencyFund: £89.76 | Retirement: 5.21| Xmas 17:£10.00 |July NSD:1 / 150
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