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The £1,000 emergency fund challenge.
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Please can I join you? Really need to build up an emergency fund.Make £10 a day challenge November £125.60/310
December 417.35/310 January 512.33/310
£1000 emergency fund challenge 0/1000
Rule of 3 challenge 13/3650 -
Welcome to member #266, who is jaxsmar. Thank you patman99. Hoping to start tomorrow with a payment.Penny wise pound foolish. 366 days 1p challenge 2020/21/22/23 completed.
No.13 1p a day challenge 2024
No. 24 52 week savings challenge completed August 24
No.16 1p a day savings challenge.0 -
Got paid today.
£100 In my emergency fund.
Making total £103.00Debt to fiancee - £404.00 (left to pay) | Save £12,000 in 2018 - £371.90 all together|2,018 items in 2018 (8/2,018)0 -
WElcome haybel19. You are #267.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, can I join please? I currently have £51.89 in my emergency pot
Thanks xMake 2019 in 2019: £1350/20190 -
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Well done all you EF savers and commiserations to all who have needed to deplete theirs.
The 2 car tyres I had to buy in mid December that OH organised for me and temporarily paid for on his card haven't caused me to have to raid my EF after all:j. OH said they can be his treat instead of a Christmas present:rotfl:. I think he must have had a brainstorm:eek: as he never buys Christmas presents for me or anyone else normally so that was a real result.0 -
Opened a new Savings account. Transferred £ 50.00 for emergency fund.Penny wise pound foolish. 366 days 1p challenge 2020/21/22/23 completed.
No.13 1p a day challenge 2024
No. 24 52 week savings challenge completed August 24
No.16 1p a day savings challenge.0 -
Hi, please can I join? I had £100 in mine then got a vet's bill (I guess the point of having this fund) which leaves the total at £1.21!!! So a long way to go.This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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Slow progress but progress nonetheless. £52.93 now xMake 2019 in 2019: £1350/20190
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