The £1,000 emergency fund challenge.

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Commiserations, Bobarella. Never a good time to have an emergency but it always seems worse at Christmas somehow.

But that's what patman set up the challenge for, so that we'd all have something to fall back on for just such eventualities. I'm really chuffed that I've started my EF but whatever's in it is already earmarked for a current car emergency that will need to be fixed in January. This time I won't be suffering that blind panic that I usually get when unexpected funds are needed. I can always try hard to build up the pot again and so will you.

Good Luck:beer:

Bobarella

Thank you guys. You are right of course. And hardly the worst emergency out there either.

Ep007

Can i join please? Better late than never...off to check down the sofa and in old coat pockets

kdalwayskint

Just done a Tilly tidy with my current account I've now got £9.53, not much but it's a start, and more than I had saved for an EF before

Ep007

I aM starting by not shopping in the sales.....if my willpower holds out

twiggy86

Payday today so transferred £20 to my EF - so £79.14! Next month I'll make it up to a round £100 and then I'll be 10% of the way there!

pozza_73

Have got £18 ready to put in the credit union which will take me up to £57. This is the first time that I have had any form of savings

Ep007

pozza_73 wrote: »

Have got £18 ready to put in the credit union which will take me up to £57. This is the first time that I have had any form of savings

Ah bless you extra well done!!!

Bobarella

Thankfully my oven repair was possible and only came to £75 but it reinforces even more how important this challenge is. Thanks for the sympathy all.

patman99

Welcome on board ep007.

Well pleased as this thread has been mentioned in the official MSE email so all the hard work was worth it.