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Saving for Xmas 2016! - A pound a day

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  • donna_dynamo
    donna_dynamo Posts: 893 Forumite
    No 61 reporting i now have a lovely £213 sitting in my envelope very proud of myself.
    #Sealed pot #085.
    1 debt versus 100 days £108.32/£300:j
    Debt Jan 2016 £6877.37. Aug £6155.56
    xmas saving £1 a day 274/366.
  • Ellieseleven
    Ellieseleven Posts: 2,118 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Frugalwannabe wrote: »
    Hello :-) I've only just discovered this wonderful thread. Normally I'm so organised with our finances but this year has proven very tight and I've nothing saved so far. Is it possible to join please for £2 per day?

    Welcome to our fantastic challenge Frugalwannabe, your number is 99

    I have put a total of £350 for you but if you want to adjust that just let me know;)

    Ellie x
    Debt Free 1st March 2017

    My diary: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2599257&page=36
  • Ellieseleven
    Ellieseleven Posts: 2,118 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Toomuchdebt wrote: »
    Had a back payment of tax credits today so have put an extra £100 towards Xmas-I have never ever ever saved for anything this far in advance. This is amazing!!


    #51 £289.83/366

    Brilliant! Well Done;)

    Ellie x
    Debt Free 1st March 2017

    My diary: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2599257&page=36
  • Ellieseleven
    Ellieseleven Posts: 2,118 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Westie983 wrote: »
    £12 just paid out from Quidco,

    Im nearly there....


    :-)

    Well Done Westie, you're nearly at the finishing post with months to spare;)

    Ellie x
    Debt Free 1st March 2017

    My diary: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2599257&page=36
  • Ellieseleven
    Ellieseleven Posts: 2,118 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    donna_dynamo wrote: »
    No 61 reporting i now have a lovely £213 sitting in my envelope very proud of myself.

    ...and so you should be Donna, a tidy sum of money towards Christmas;) Well Done!

    Ellie x
    Debt Free 1st March 2017

    My diary: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2599257&page=36
  • Ellieseleven
    Ellieseleven Posts: 2,118 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Keep going everyone! We are all doing so fantastically well...what a Christmas we will all have:D

    All totals updated where requested.

    Ellie x
    Debt Free 1st March 2017

    My diary: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2599257&page=36
  • chocoholicqueen
    chocoholicqueen Posts: 565 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Just transferred £30 over for June #42 £213.
    Emergency Fund £0/£500
    £365 in 365 Days #18 £520/£520
    £2.00 Savers Club 2017 #11 £300/£300
  • mummytummy
    mummytummy Posts: 978 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    #20 reporting a total of £700 so far :)
    MFiT-T7 #17 (Jan 2025) $193k (Apr) $177k (July) $159k (Oct) $139,900 (Jan 2026) $123,000 (April)$104,700
    (July) $89,000 (Oct) $ (Jan 2027) $ (April) $ (July)

    SPC 19 #6 £268.30
    Regular Saver A/C (24/25) £2800 (25/26) £2484.23 (26/27)

    SPC’s (1)£27.19 (2)£728 (3)£1471 (4)£357 (5)£435.18 (6)£1114.92 (7)£1492 (8)£392 (9)£1952 (10)£1866.65 (11)£1177.74 (12)£1445.39 (13)£1608 (14)£603.30 (15)£672 (16)£2563 (17)£1300 (18)£353.50 (19)
  • January2015
    January2015 Posts: 2,369 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hi everyone

    Awesome progress by everyone towards a guilt free spending at Christmas :)

    My new total in the savings account today is £402 :)
    DFW Nerd No. 1484 LBM 07/01/15 Debt was £95k :eek: Now debt free and happy :j
  • TrushTush
    TrushTush Posts: 218 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 100 Posts Photogenic Energy Saving Champion
    I'm up to £310 now. I did my usual £31 at the end of the month and then transferred some more to make it the round £300, except I was 2p short, so I had to transfer another £10.02 as I couldn't leave it like that!
    No Spend Days 2020 Jul 24 / 28 Jun 20/25 May 22/25 Apr 20/25 Mar 16/25 Feb 20/20 Jan 20/15
    Clear all Debt in 2020 #97 WE DID IT!! DFD June2020
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