The "Save 12k in 2016" Thread!

darkidoe

tara747 wrote: »

March update from me:


I saved £1,454 in March - that's £2,557 so far in 2016, and my overall total to £97,764.

Nice! How long did it take to go from 0 - £100 000, assuming you meet your target in 2 months time? That's very impressive!

bobobski

Another quick story. Having had a long conversation with a trusted friend last night about how hard I'm working and how much I'm paid, I decided to have the dreaded conversation with the boss about my salary and proposed pay rise in July. It went much better than expected! Turns out we're more on the same page than I thought we were going to be. All that remains to be seen is the test of time, how well he convinces the other bosses I should get this payrise and the next few months of solid hard work from me and financial success of the firm.

Phew!-ish.

Westie983

bobobski wrote: »

Another quick story. Having had a long conversation with a trusted friend last night about how hard I'm working and how much I'm paid, I decided to have the dreaded conversation with the boss about my salary and proposed pay rise in July. It went much better than expected! Turns out we're more on the same page than I thought we were going to be. All that remains to be seen is the test of time, how well he convinces the other bosses I should get this payrise and the next few months of solid hard work from me and financial success of the firm.

Phew!-ish.

Fingers crossed for you :-)

benbenandme

#116 March update = £1000, bring on April

[Deleted User]

A relatively disappointing (but still positive) £551 for me this month after a £280 car service and £103 off a credit card that needed paying.

£19 interest
£21 mileage claim
£50 birthday money
£123 cashback (mostly £120 from HSBC)
£20 Ebay sales
£318 savings from salary

PoorGuyNextDoor

#175 with my first check in to say i have hit £1,000. 1 down 9 to go!! Well done to all taking part. Some very good totals for the year already.

copperjar

A good month for me, tidied up my various accounts and have managed to have a pretty tight month, so declaring £630.99 for March!

Got a huge CC bill to pay for MoT, new hoover and a night away; but using money saved outside of the challenge for that. Only problem is, I absolutely hate spending any of my savings these days!!

tara747

diamonds wrote: »

What will be will be, no matter how long, making a whisper off a £100,000 hit is amazing!

Your pride must be so much more inflated than your savings accounts

Aw, thank you, and yes I am very proud to have saved every penny all by myself

Hantsman wrote: »

Oh, also a small goal for me achieved, broke the £70k savings ceiling! Not as impressive as Tara's 100k but I would never have dreamed 3 years ago how much I would have stashed away

Hey, £70k is very impressive indeed!!

darkidoe wrote: »

Nice! How long did it take to go from 0 - £100 000, assuming you meet your target in 2 months time? That's very impressive!

It's taken about ten years, an average of £10k a year.

Lolly88

What are you planning to do when you reach 100k Tara? Buy a house?

tara747

Lolly88 wrote: »

What are you planning to do when you reach 100k Tara? Buy a house?

I don't know. I'm open to the idea, but haven't seen a house I love at the right price yet. So we'll see.


I definitely intend to treat myself to something when I reach the magic figure, though