The "Save 12k in 2016" Thread!

cathybird

Morning all! Today it's a lovely April morning out this way Number 11 in the challenge here reporting £2,192.10 for April, bringing my total to £9,010.71 - just over 60% of my target. I'm happy.

Ashers92

Number 157 for April..

Was on for a targetted £700 saving, but decided to buy another car for £900.
Reason being when we eventually have a house I won't be able to just buy cars as and when I fancy.

Essentially, the car can be sold for the same, if not more, down the line as it was good deal. So just got money 'tied up in assests' at the moment. In my eyes..

So -£200 for me this month. Spreadsheet filled out.

Making a total of £5,330

slowlyfading

Spreadsheet updated

I'm doing so rubbish this year

tempus_fugit

Ha, I just missed it.

Anyway, I am posting £808.06 this month but I am also having to reduce my (slightly ambitious) target to the regulation £12,000 as we are doing some work ion the house that is going to take up some of the savings. It shows the value of having those savings though in that we can do this without to much worry.

geoffers4

slowlyfading wrote: »

Spreadsheet updated

I'm doing so rubbish this year

Don't apologise, slowlyfading, We couldn't do this without you!

A third of 2016 gone everyone - how did that happen?
April has been another pretty frugal month for us - the only extra expense was a second-hand iPad... only £95, nice!
So reporting £2250.85 this month.

Happy saving everyone.

nat21luv

Im doing really bad this year. I dont think I've saved anything actually, well I have, but its gone straight back out so Im no further forward than I was 1st Jan.

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chris9393 wrote: »

I can't believe how poor I am doing this year £550 declared for April -> £1550 saved year to date.

I think anything saved is better than nothing - well done.

slowlyfading wrote: »

Spreadsheet updated

I'm doing so rubbish this year

Thanks Slowly - don't beat yourself up - we all appreciate what you are doing

nat21luv wrote: »

Im doing really bad this year. I dont think I've saved anything actually, well I have, but its gone straight back out so Im no further forward than I was 1st Jan.

I know that feeling - that's how it goes sometimes - but at least you are trying.

Lomcevak

Declaring £5257.24 for April, total for the year so far is £11,344.91 - so a little past a third of the way there with the third of the year gone (...really!?! where has it gone!?...)

Dird

£3,224.12 for the month but net income is more than £1k less...not sure where it's all come from :f possibly undercounted some the previous month

velocity_girl

#72 here declaring £516.18 for April. Still on target but it has been tough this month and May will be an expensive month for me