The "Save 12k in 2017" Thread!

Baroness_Vee

#187 declaring £2,000 for June! Tried to be quite strict with myself this month and was able to avoid some tempting purchases along the way. Fingers crossed I keep to this for next half of the year.
I have now updated my signature as well which will include the January - May savings I was able to put away before joining this amazing forum this month. So currently saved in total £11.413 on my way to my £25,000 target.

Hope everyone is rounding up nicely for June as well!! 6 more months to go!

Westie983

slowlyfading wrote: »

Spreadsheet updated

Sorry for lack of updating - you'll see why if you pop over to my diary on the MFW board

Hi, SF,

I think my update is in the wrong cell on the spreadsheet, its in the one below, easy to do, as I have done it myself on my own challenge, can you move it up one row please.

Thanks, and congrats again on your news

Westie983

CrabbitDutchie

#46 declaring £1136 for June

That brings my total saved for the year to £6,801 which is £46.1% of my gross earnings for the year to date. I think that's pretty good going.

I'm still consistently saving below the £1300 that should be doable, but life keeps happening and well, saving for saving's sake isn't all there is to life. Got another wedding abroad in September and am trying to fit in visiting some family and friends between now and then as well (Belgium, France and Switzerland). If I can keep above £1000 saved per month the next 3 months I'll be over the moon.

Had to get a credit card last month just so that I could rent a car abroad (friend's wedding in Greece and splitting the car cost between 5 of us worked out cheaper than public transport). Turns out it was quite good timing as I'll be starting to do a bit more travel with work from mid July onwards and we have to claim all expenses back. Putting as much of that as possible on the card will mean I'm not losing out on interest whilst my money is tied up in work related expenses.

[Deleted User]

Number 11 declaring £1300 for June. Less than usual as lots of expenses plus holidays to pay but still on track. Congratulations SF!!

slowlyfading

Thanks everyone

LA.Nyx

After a couple of bad months I am happy to declare £2363.1 for June (#102).
Almost there!!! :j

Jazee

I am declaring only £500 for June as have made loan to a family member and also put some aside for our holiday, but hope to catch up by the end of August.

slowlyfading

Spreadsheet updated

Jaglad111

No.183 declaring £3500 for June, going for a far less ambitious £2k in July, fingers crossed for stronger than expected month!

Thanks for the add SF.

enomis

enomis wrote: »

Reporting Savings of £1696.47 this month. Quite unexpected as something I'd budgeted for came in £550 under so was able to move that to my savings pot.

Well done to everyone.

update form submitted.

Well done to everyone. Half way through the year and we are still saving and motivating each other. My June savings are £1000.56 (form submitted). Happy with this but feel the next few months are going to be harder, what with the sun coming out and holidays coming up. I must stick to the budget.