The "Save 12k in 2016" Thread!

Dragon_Lily

slowlyfading wrote: »

Not at all - the more the merrier £1000 is fine for a target!

Thanks.

Think I will continue with the challenge next year - every little helps as the saying goes and it all adds up

RichyRich

Declaring for October.

Total balance across all accounts: £17,190.40

Starting balance: £5,027.78

Saved year to date: £12,062.62

CHALLENGE MET.

Now to watch it slide away from me on a new kitchen. That has to be it now, I am out for the year. All my new appliances are already on my credit card and the workmen start tomorrow. This time next week, I'll be skint!

However - I will be back in January, and would like to thank each and every one of you for your help and encouragement along the way. I would never have made it without you.

12 grand. Who'd a thunk it?

Thank you!

Lolly88

#2 declaring £115.67 for this month....no new savings just money from interest.

geoffers4

Hi everyone

Hard to believe we're only 2 months away from the end of this year's challenge isn't it? But really brilliant to see a few people already hitting their target for 2016 - a massive well done to you.

October has seen a few unexpected costs - expensive dog treatment on teeth for example! But overall can report £1917.35 going into savings this month.

And 35 months to FIRE.

Happy saving everyone.

george4064

george4064 wrote: »

I've just been doing my monthly portfolio 'snapshot' and noticed I could stick some money into the RS, so an additional £142.58 saved this month!

Which takes my September total to: £565.58

Every little helps.

£923 saved for October.

HTB ISA - £200
Sharesave - £223
Saving Stream P2P - £500

Nationwide flex-account has just finished its 12month and the RS 12 month finishes soon. So need to move them both away, looking at BoS and Tesco accounts both @ 3% or a fixed income fund or more into P2P...

Decisions, decisions!

Dird

Horrible (quiet) month of match betting for me means I've dropped below being on track for my target for the first time was expected last month though. £160 made from banks this month will be sad when the rates drop in Jan

Suffolk_lass

RichyRich wrote: »

Declaring for October.

Total balance across all accounts: £17,190.40

Starting balance: £5,027.78

Saved year to date: £12,062.62

CHALLENGE MET.

Now to watch it slide away from me on a new kitchen. That has to be it now, I am out for the year. All my new appliances are already on my credit card and the workmen start tomorrow. This time next week, I'll be skint!

However - I will be back in January, and would like to thank each and every one of you for your help and encouragement along the way. I would never have made it without you.

12 grand. Who'd a thunk it?

Thank you!

:T:T Well done RichyRich! That is another brilliant achievement for one of our thread members. I echo your comments about the help and encouragement provided on this thread, and an especial thanks to Slowlyfading for keeping it all tracked and up to date.

I am actively Tilly-Tidying every day at the moment, to squirrel away the maximum number of small-scale top-ups between now and the end of the year - just to try and push through my new challenge target. We have just had new windows and have two-thirds of the bill on 0% over two years to pick up starting the beginning of December, so now savings are all the more important.

SL

benbenandme

#116 reporting for October £759

darkidoe

#8 reporting £3342 for the month of October.

I think I need a new goal next year to break my own limit.

Karen's_girl

#87 declaring £425 for September, £435 for October and £425 for November.