The £1,000 emergency fund challenge.

patman99

Too many bills out this month to be able to tx anything across. Had contents insurance an TV licence. Still need to get car serviced, but this will have to wait.

DancingUnicorn

Hi, I've been trying to save an emergency fund for a while now (without much success) and I thought if I could possibly join you all you can help me to stay motivated and accountable.
I currently have £7 in my emergency fund but it's better than 0 and payday is just around the corner.

Dobbibill

Welcome DancingUnicorn

of course you can join - Patman will be along shortly with your number and add you to the first page.

You'll get lots of support and motivation on this thread - really helps to see/hear progress from others.

Dobbi

thoragunnr

I'd like to join. I already have £15.00 in my Emergency Fund piggy bank

Dobbibill

Welcome thoragunnr - the more the merrier

Patman will welcome you with a number on the first page too.

Well done on getting off the mark straight away. All the small amounts soon add up.

Dobbi

patman99

Once I am able to get back on my PC later this evening, I will give you your numbers.

Jessop64

Hi I'm a newbie to the forums
Please can I join the emergency fund challenge? Mine is currently sitting at 0 I have no savings at all which is a stress and worry for me.
I've set up a standing order from my bank to put £10 a month into an EF but hoping to sweep money left over from budgets at the end of each month into the EF so it can build up quicker as I'm aware its going to take a lot of months to get it up to £1000 only depositing £10 a month in I save separately for one off yearly occurrences like xmas/ bdays/ school uniform/ mot so this would be purely for emergencies.


Thanks
Jess x

patman99

DancingUnicorn, you are #237. thoragunnr, you are #238 & Jessop64, you are #239.

[Deleted User]

Welcome to all the new members:beer:. Lovely to see the thread so popular:T. I remember when you first started it, patman, and wondered if you'd get 50 members;). Just goes to show that support from like-minded people helps a lot and motivates people to make an effort to save:T

I read the thread regularly but haven't posted much recently. Glad to say my EF is still intact but the cat is very out of sorts so I fear a visit to the vets may be going to happen pretty soon. I'm keeping a close eye in the hope I can detect an improvement as vet fees are horrendous even for the simplest thing:eek:. I wouldn't stint on treatment but often these things have a habit of righting themselves.

I once took him to the vet when he was barely moving around, spent all his time hiding away under the bed, hadn't eaten a thing for a couple of days and after the vet had looked at him (and that's all he did, no medication or injections) we came home and the darned cat practically leapt out of his carrier and went straight to his bowl and started wolfing his food down. Cost me an arm and a leg:mad:

Dobbibill

carbootcrazy wrote: »

Welcome to all the new members:beer:. Lovely to see the thread so popular:T. I remember when you first started it, patman, and wondered if you'd get 50 members;). Just goes to show that support from like-minded people helps a lot and motivates people to make an effort to save:T

It's really become one of the most popular threads.

Has it been mentioned in Martin's email yet Patman?

Glad to say my EF is still intact but the cat is very out of sorts so I fear a visit to the vets may be going to happen pretty soon. I'm keeping a close eye in the hope I can detect an improvement as vet fees are horrendous even for the simplest thing:eek:. I wouldn't stint on treatment but often these things have a habit of righting themselves.

This is so true - the smallest thing soon escalates in price.

I once took him to the vet when he was barely moving around, spent all his time hiding away under the bed, hadn't eaten a thing for a couple of days and after the vet had looked at him (and that's all he did, no medication or injections) we came home and the darned cat practically leapt out of his carrier and went straight to his bowl and started wolfing his food down. Cost me an arm and a leg:mad:

CBC, sorry but this just made me :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
only because it's true.

A big welcome to all the new members :hello: