The "Save 12k in 2017" Thread!

Karen's_girl

#28 declaring £755 for April; I have had a good month this month and am looking forward to seeing how much I can save each month from now on.

Well done everybody; I find this thread so motivating.

mummytummy

My update for April was a big, fat, whopping £0. Unexpected expenses have depleted my total so until I get back to £4046.00 (March total) I won't be declaring anything

Lomcevak

Declaring £1705.03 for April, I'm still struggling to really get on top of things this year with a continuous trickle of bits and pieces cutting in to the savings - decided that I need to sit down with a pen and paper and get some control over my finances again, as I've been a bit lazy these last few months

Jo_Blogs

Great going with all the saving folks :T

You are all a great inspiration to many, so keep up the great efforts

RichyRich

Declaring for April.

Despite my earlier pessimism (predicated on our decision to concentrate on the mortgage and having spent a fortune on holiday) I have done the sums and I'm not faring anywhere nearly as badly as I thought i was. I think it unlikely that I'll get to the full £12k but i am going to try and continue with the challenge to see how far I get. Next month will not be great as I have a monster credit card bill brewing, but let's see how it goes!

Total balance across all accounts: £18,143.86
Starting balance: £12,976.79
Saved year to date: £5,167.13

Stay lucky

Xenon

darkidoe wrote: »

#9 Reporting for March 2017. Sorry haven't been around much. Total of 2159.30. Things are looking abit healthier.. Well done Xenon for almost reaching your 100k milestone! That's alot of cash tho!! Beware inflation!

Wish everyone a Happy Easter!

Thank you - certainly a lot of cash for me !!

elephantrosie wrote: »

how old are you? any other assets like properties and investments?

I am 43 - not young but not quite an old codger just yet !

It's taken me quite a few years to build that up - wasted too many being lazy and not keeping my eyes on the ball (so to speak)
No properties/investments but looking to build up savings again when i find something to buy - with special focus on pensions.

This month i have saved £1320 and passed my magical deposit mark - now building the solicitor/fees/removals/emergency fund etc etc.

Lolly88

mummytummy wrote: »

My update for April was a big, fat, whopping £0. Unexpected expenses have depleted my total so until I get back to £4046.00 (March total) I won't be declaring anything

You could still declare if you wanted to. I had a massive expense in Feb that wiped out over 4k of my savings. I delcared it as a negative and every declaration I've made each month since then has been my attempts to claw back to where I was in January....still not there yet. I think if I wasn't declaring each month, it would be easy to give up on the challenge altogether because there would be no accountability and overall I would be saving less. At least if you declare each month you'll still feel like your pat of it and it's motivating to see the deficit going down.

cathybird

hi all, no. 38 here, I thought April was going to be an awful month but it turned out to be unexpectedly bounteous so I can declare savings of £4,066.44, taking my yearly total so far to £7,475.85.

What_a_mortgage

A poor show from April - 771.30. I need to check what i was spending on, as at this rate i won't be able to meet the target.

jessy-eve

A quick update from me ... I have been very quiet the last 6 weeks or so! It finally happened! We found a house we love and had an offer accepted, fast forward a month and things are progressing nicely it does however mean that during April I was only able to save £100. I believe the following months will be a similar story as first time buyers we need EVERYTHING! but i will try and continue to put some away and hopefully towards the end of the year can start saving as normal!