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Saving for Xmas 2017 - A pound a day

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  • #49 reporting for an update Payday so I've banked my amount for January
    62/365
  • Count me in... I done this last year and I have £350 still sitting in an account. I done it religiously and I did dip into it but paid it back. Sign me up for £2 a day this time.
  • Can I please join I'm going to try and save two pound a day for both of my daughters :)
    Mum to two girls chloe & Lily-Rose
  • Hi would live to join in this going to save £2 instead of £1. Already put my first £62 in my online account. Hoping to go better than last year stopped half way due to problems.
    If you dream it can you do it????????
  • Please may I join:j?
    This will be my 3rd year and it is fab to know we will have £365 for Xmas next year, especially as we are on a really tight budget this year. Instead of buying a savings tin from Poundland this year, I have used a Cheesie Footballs tub that I have decorated and sealed.
    So far this year I have squirrelled away £31, so that's December done :A
    Now Mrs FrugalinShropshire:T Proud to be mortgage and debt free:j
  • Last check-in from me, Merry Xmas and Happy New Year everyone :xmassign::xmastree::santa2::snow_grin

    #3 £28/£650
    Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £31,997
    Saving for 🎄 🎁 2025 £770/£730 105%
    6 mth 🆘 fund £6k
    Mortgage offset fund £24.7k/£36.5k 67.7%
    It turns out the answer to my problems wasn’t at the bottom of this tub of ice-cream, 🍨 but the important thing is that I tried...
  • :xmastree::xmassign:
    MFiT-T7 #17 (Jan 2025) £193k (Apr) £177k (July) £159k (Oct) £139,900 (Jan 2026)

    SPC 19 #6 £29.50
    Regular Saver A/C (24/25) £2800 (25/26) £

    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)£
  • focus888
    focus888 Posts: 1,483 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Please can i join this thread :)

    I did this in 2016 but didnt post. Opened my tin in December and had £485 in it. was :j so happy. I managed this by aiming to put a minimum of £30 in my tin a month. For 2017 i aiming to put minimum £40. If however it comes to payday and i have a leftover fiver or tenner will throw it into my tin then too. ;)

    Merry xmas everyone!
  • hummingbird
    hummingbird Posts: 1,522 Forumite
    I have saved £20.00 so far for this challeng - which means i'm a bit behind schedule but within easy reach of catching up !

    I have a separate sealed pot , and also a virtual sealed pot - and I'm also saving as many of the new plastic £5 as possible so I have a lot of different "pots" on the go. I wasn't sure where to keep the money for this challenge but it will be a decorated Pringles tub lol:T:T
    £10 a day extra in May '18[B]£35/310[
    Virtual Sealed Pot 2018 £500/£2500 = 20%
    You can find my diary here:http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5189836:beer:
  • Can I join this again please? I've done it the past couple of years now but for some reason this years challenges went to pot :(

    Hoping now that I've remembered my username and password for here can put me back on track again.
    Pay all debt off by Christmas 2025 £815.45/£3,000£1 a day challenge 2025 - £180/£730 Declutter a bag a week in 2025 11/52Lose 25lb - 10/25lbs Read 1 book per week - 5/52Pay off credit card debt 18%/100%
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