The "Save 12k in 2017" Thread!

Wentthedaywell?

Congratulations, Slowly A very merry Christmas to you all, and many thanks for all your work on these threads

Twiggy_34

Congratulations SF on your new arrival! I hope all is well?

I've just submitted my December update as my last RS payment for this year went out earlier in the week. My total for the year is £3150, so £650 over target.

I have actually been quite spendy this month (and mostly without even touching festive expenses). Some of the money is because I've done DIY secondary glazing throughout our flat. Well worth it though as it's had amazing benefits for noise reduction. I'm not expecting significant results from a heat loss perspective but it's bound to have some impact. We also had a debit owed to our utility supplier for just over £200 (accrued over nearly 2 years) which I decided to pay off in one go instead of allowing them to more than double our monthly DD, they've increased it by £15 a month instead now which is quite reasonable. However, all of this came out of my rain day pot so it doesn't affect my declared figures

geoffers4

Hi Everyone

And most importantly - many congrats SF and good to hear you are home now and baby is settling in.

Massively spendy December for me, with various house updates and holiday bookings to pay for. Declaring £272.65 which leaves me a fair bit short of the target I set at the start of the year, but still good going overall.

Well done everyone on your saving achievements this year - and hope to see you all again in 2018!

Wanna_Bee_Free

Hi everyone,

Slowly Fading, congratulations andlots of good wishes to you and yours for a lovely Christmas. To echo everyone else thank you soooo much for running this thread!

I’m ending the year £1,000 up on my £7,500 target. It is amazing that this thread has done this for me. Thank you, hope to see you all on the 2018 thread!

tara747

Last update of 2017!

I saved £1,259 in December, £12,611 in 2017 (target exceeded) and my grand savings total now stands at £121,733. A very good year :beer:

CONGRATULATIONS to slowlyfading on the birth of your baby, and many thanks again for keeping this thread going

Zippeh

Hit my annual target this month and a bit over Well pleased with that!

Gem-gem

Saved £500 for November and £760 for December.
Slowly fading I think I may have put press November instead of December for the £760. Shall I fill out another form?

Jazee

Congratulations SF.

I am continuing to try and squirrel money into savings so won't declare final total until the last day of the month. Have managed to keep Christmas spending to £700 (which is good for me!).

Wentthedaywell?

£2700 this month; a bit of overtime and reconciling money in and out over the year, which gives me a 2017 total of £66,000. This does include my very atypical pension lump sum, but also my "normal" target of £10k.

All the very best to everyone for an merry Christmas and happy, peaceful and prosperous new year. See you all at the new place!

KeepOnKnitting

Just poking my head in here to have a look as I have signed up for 2018. Congrats SF!