The £1,000 emergency fund challenge. 3 October 2014 at 10:35PM edited 13 January at 8:27PM in Debt-free Wannabe Challenges 3.3K replies 343.1K views

Dolly_Rocker

Well done to all you emergency funders!

I still have £0.00 so you are all doing way better than me!

Will be end of each month when I add mine in more than likely.

Dxxx

Dolly_Rocker

Anyone else wondering what on earth is goin on with the signatures?!?!

They have gone a bit crazy!

Dxxx

DreamerHelen

Thanks for the lovely Welcome Eyebright....£100 saving is great!! I'll be ecstatic when I get to my first £100....


Put another £2.32 in the Emergency Fund Account tonight...feels really good to do this Positive thing...

Aloofdragon

I have bit the bullet and transferred £10 into my emergency fund yay not zero anymore ... What emergency am I ready for with £10 in the kitty I wonder

Eyebright

Aloofdragon wrote: »

I know it's really odd but I always feel really guilty saving money whilst having so much debt but I do know emergency funds are totally essential to getting debt free .. and stopping the cycle.

I know what you mean, but I know without doubt that I will only end up adding to my debts before they are paid off if I don't have something in place!

Dolly, I probably won't be able to add anything more to mine until payday (24th this month) either. Anything spare left at the moment has to go on Christmas presents as I need to have mine sorted by the 14th November as that is when I'm going home to see my family! I have a big family too

Well done everyone, every penny counts! Just think that every £10 you add is another 1% closer to the final amount!

patman99

Everyone is welcome here.
Having an emergency fund inplace whilst still having debt is not as crazy as it appears aloofdragon. If you have a kitchen appliance pack up and need to replace it, you can pay in cash rather than having to increase your debt load with a loan or by adding it to your credit card.

Might struggle to add much over the next few weeks as car tax is due end Nov. (luckily it is only about £120 for the year).

* I also noticed the signatures have gone a bit awry.

Eyebright

Yeah, what's going on with the siggy's???! :eek:

patman99

Right, I have just gone to 'User CP' and clicked on 'EDit signature'. All looked as it should, so I saved it and hey presto. Signature is back as it should be.

hummingbird

Thanks patman, just done the same and it worked!

Dolly_Rocker

I am hoping to have even a couple of spare ££'s left at the end of the month to put into my emergency fund, every little helps right!!

I have debt aswell its seems to go u p & down with me.

Determined that it will be all gone forever next year at some stage.

I am gonna just hang about the DFW boards though everyone in here is lovely I sometime hate venturing onto the other parts of this forum LOL

Havent had many bad experiences myself but defo have seen other people have them!

Dxxx