The "Save 12k in 2017" Thread!

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5t3ve

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Reporting in for Februarys savings progress. First 2 months have been good - I'm on progress to break my target!

£600 - Personal Stocks and Shares ISA
£100 - Junior Stocks and Shares ISA (for my baby daughter)
£12.91 - February interest gained from TSB and Nationwide high interest current accounts (transferred to S&S ISA)
£125 - Sharesave Scheme

Total - £837.91 / 2017 Running Total - £1682.14

bobobski

I'm curious about people whose savings are in round numbers. I save everything I don't spend, so my numbers are very rarely whole numbers. For those whose numbers are neater than mine, is it because you throw whole numbers into your savings and leave the messy numbers in your current account as a float?

mummytummy

I do have odd bits on my savings but tend to leave them and only declare the whole number, I think I had an additional 65p for feb but carried it forward to march if that makes sense

cathybird

hi all, no. 38 declaring £1,412.63 for February, bringing my yearly total so far to £2,937.92.

Wanna_Bee_Free

Number 44 checking in with another £625 in Feb towards my target of £7500.
Sharesave £250
Savings £375
I must stop dipping and then repaying - £92 this month so will try to do better in March.
Lots of great numbers coming in - well done everyone!

Wentthedaywell?

bobobski wrote: »

I'm curious about people whose savings are in round numbers. I save everything I don't spend, so my numbers are very rarely whole numbers. For those whose numbers are neater than mine, is it because you throw whole numbers into your savings and leave the messy numbers in your current account as a float?

I pay my savings, 1/12th of my target, as soon as I get paid. Most of mine in currently going straight into an extra pension that I will take as a cash sum in September when I retire, and so I never even see it. So it is always a "neat" number. There are some months when I've got a bit extra left over or a little windfall, so that gets rolled up into the next month's.

I don't count money in my current account, so that's where all the raggy ends of money are!

gwyneth_valiant

Well well well, I'll have to up my game. I've basically put together a budget and I'll be aiming to save 40% of my take-home pay. Jan-Feb have been a bit s*** from my side, but hopefully, March onwards should see me picking up my savings rate!

Suffolk_lass

Wentthedaywell? wrote: »

I pay my savings, 1/12th of my target, as soon as I get paid. Most of mine in currently going straight into an extra pension that I will take as a cash sum in September when I retire, and so I never even see it. So it is always a "neat" number. There are some months when I've got a bit extra left over or a little windfall, so that gets rolled up into the next month's.

I don't count money in my current account, so that's where all the raggy ends of money are!

Ooh no, I couldn't cope with all those raggedy bits now I've been tidying for a few months, and it really has made a difference to the amount I am stashing

swimminginaseaofdebt

Evening everyone,

Just popping in to say you are all doing amazing folks! I've only managed to save just over £70 this year but my focus is on paying my debt and I've knocked nearly a grand off since the beginning of the year so I am pleased with my progress on that side.

Look forward to saving the big bucks along with you when I'm debt free