The "Save 12k in 2017" Thread!

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Spreadsheet updated

We're off to a good start!

geoffers4

Oops, think I forgot to put my January post on here, although I submitted my savings amount on the form a few weeks back. January has been a relatively smooth month for us - we had the usual xmas bills to pay off the credit card, plus some Euros for a short break in the Canaries to help us through the gloomy British winter. But at least the holiday itself was paid for a few months back. Other costs included some DIY to re-paint the utility room. And also lots of leaving do's at work, for some reason??

For the regulars on the thread...I've updated my spreadsheet totaliser going back to 2012 to include the 2017 savings now, so you can see yourself on the totals here;

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12xRvdFT1sVHdpaHBugnqZaEuPOb6_Vr46kaP_8T-ioo/edit?usp=sharing

Savings for January were £2072.74
32 pay days to FIRE
Happy saving everyone.

george4064

geoffers4 wrote: »

Oops, think I forgot to put my January post on here, although I submitted my savings amount on the form a few weeks back. January has been a relatively smooth month for us - we had the usual xmas bills to pay off the credit card, plus some Euros for a short break in the Canaries to help us through the gloomy British winter. But at least the holiday itself was paid for a few months back. Other costs included some DIY to re-paint the utility room. And also lots of leaving do's at work, for some reason??

For the regulars on the thread...I've updated my spreadsheet totaliser going back to 2012 to include the 2017 savings now, so you can see yourself on the totals here;

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12xRvdFT1sVHdpaHBugnqZaEuPOb6_Vr46kaP_8T-ioo/edit?usp=sharing

Savings for January were £2072.74
32 pay days to FIRE
Happy saving everyone.

Nice spreadsheet. Please can you freeze the first row and the first column?

That would make it a lot easier to read without having to spend ages scrolling up-down and left-right.

Suffolk_lass

george4064 wrote: »

Nice spreadsheet. Please can you freeze the first row and the first column?

That would make it a lot easier to read without having to spend ages scrolling up-down and left-right.

I agree, good sheet. If you freeze panes (which I have just found in View - I'm quite new to google sheets!) can you still sort by a different column? (obviously in numbers of years currently) - for me alphabetical by the second column is easier to find people, or by totals saved, just to check out what my competitive nature is comparing me with :rotfl:
SL

ada-or-ardor

1393jason wrote: »

Hi all, a little bit of a disappointing start to the year with £227.14 to declare for January.

Number 142

It may be a slower start than you were hoping for, but how good does it feel to start January - officially the worst money month of all!! - in the black to the tune of over £200.00

Well done! To everyone else as well - we're all doing so well!

:beer:

geoffers4

george4064 wrote: »

Nice spreadsheet. Please can you freeze the first row and the first column?

That would make it a lot easier to read without having to spend ages scrolling up-down and left-right.

Done. You can see the updated sheet here;
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12xRvdFT1sVHdpaHBugnqZaEuPOb6_Vr46kaP_8T-ioo/edit?usp=sharing

Westie983

geoffers4 wrote: »

Done. You can see the updated sheet here;
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12xRvdFT1sVHdpaHBugnqZaEuPOb6_Vr46kaP_8T-ioo/edit?usp=sharing

Great well done :-)

e4rly

A good month overall but as February is going to be tricky, I'm going to record nil for now and revisit my January figure in March. Hopefully its not all eaten into...

copperjar

Off to a nice start in Jan. £641.22

Cottage_Economy

Was looking forward to kicking off February's savings with a nice little boost from not paying the council tax this month, only to find they took it anyway.

I am not on 12 monthly payments :mad:

Am I wrong? February and March are the months you don't pay if you pay 10 installments..?