The "Save 12k in 2016" Thread!

Seafoam

Very happy with my £2260 saved in April, especially since I did no overtime. But I did cash in a lovely £719 tax refund from HMRC

Already looking forward to May payday as I've done 80 hours of overtime.

Onward and upwards!!

slowlyfading

Spreadsheet updated

Suffolk_lass

slowlyfading wrote: »

Spreadsheet updated

Thank you slowlyfading, I hope your DS is OK now, you mentioned some illness. I am sure this will have affected your ability to save. I know my saving habits go completely out of the window when someone is ill. I hope things are better for you.

take care, we all appreciate your efforts :-)
SL

FlacosFloozie

Declaring £550.92 for April.

slowlyfading

Suffolk_lass wrote: »

Thank you slowlyfading, I hope your DS is OK now, you mentioned some illness. I am sure this will have affected your ability to save. I know my saving habits go completely out of the window when someone is ill. I hope things are better for you.

take care, we all appreciate your efforts :-)
SL

He's been poorly for about three weeks now - he got a cold which then got onto his chest which has meant a very unhappy, unsettled baby! Surviving on about 4 hours sleep a night, but plodding along thanks for asking

There_Is_a_Light

cathybird wrote: »

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.

Wow to the progress and I have noticed some pretty amazing figures in your signature for ebay/amazon. May I ask what it is that you sell?

Short-n-Sweet

Declaring £127 for April - Had to fork out £600 to have the car fixed so not great this month. Slowly but surely planning to get there!!

Seeing so many amazing figures is motivating me! Would love to declare over £1000 for a month!

enthusiasticsaver

I have reduced my target from £15k to £12k for the year as my OH retires in October and we will be living on my much lower wages and his pension from November. Realistically there is no way we will be able to save at the same level as when we have two wages coming in.


However that is what we have been saving for - early retirement and we will have his substantial lump sum but I cannot really include that in our annual savings target as essentially it is just withdrawing from our pension savings pot.


Everyone seems to be doing really well with the saving. Some of the monthly figures are just staggering.

cathybird

There_Is_a_Light wrote: »

Wow to the progress and I have noticed some pretty amazing figures in your signature for ebay/amazon. May I ask what it is that you sell?

hi There Is a Light, thanks I had built up a pretty big book and dvd collection over the years and have sold off quite a few of them on Amazon. On eBay it's mainly odds and sods, some clothes, some shoes, some household stuff. Nothing has sold for big money but over time it has really added up. The idea is to declutter as well so it's a win-win. PS should add, I did start mid-last year - the figure in my signature is the sum of everything I have sold - not all of it has been included in this year's savings! It's a separate project. I did say that in my signature originally and should maybe do so again.

wishus

Debt mountain reduced by £377.53 Not sure what else I can do this month, but will hold back declaring for now.