The "Save 12k in 2017" Thread!

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Morning everyone, No 11 declaring £700 for August. Would have been more but have set aside money to pay for a new shed this month as my current one is on its last legs. Have a great month all.

Karen's_girl

#28 declaring £480 for August.

I really need to increase this amount each month to reach the overall target.....

CrabbitDutchie

#46 declaring £1225 in August.
Had my first regular saver mature so the interest from that was a nice wee boost. I did also buy a hybrid bike from one of those charities that do up donated bikes and sell them on and spent quite a bit on my boyfriend's birthday, so not a completely frugal month. Hopefully I will actually be able to use the bike to commute at least some of the time and it should pay for itself in petrol savings.

Next 2 months are not going to be pretty on the money saving front so if I can come out without dipping into the current stache I'll count that as a win! It'll mostly be completely worth it as I have 3 weeks off between jobs to do some travelling and I don't mind spending money on experiences. Going to visit a friend in Basel (Switzerland), then have a wedding in Copenhagen to attend, then popping to Brussels and going on holiday with my mum from there - possibly Italy. Can't really complain too much at all!
However on top of that I have to buy new clothes for the new job as the dress code is a lot more formal than where I currently work (I HATE shopping) and the flatmate who's been making the flat quite a difficult place to live in is finally moving out. This is great, but will increase my rent by just over £100 a month. Keep telling myself that my sanity is definitely worth spending an extra £100 a month on.

So this month will be an excess of spending and next month it'll be a small end of September payday. Hoping for a good November and December to make up for it as I'll be earning a bit more than I currently am and shouldn't have any crazy expenses (we don't go too ridiculous at christmas).

Wanna_Bee_Free

No 44 reporting in. I saved £750 this month. £500 RS, £250 SS.
So that is £6,100 towards my target of £7,500.
£ 500 Flex direct
£2,000 Sharescheme
£3,500 Regular Saver
£100 Other Savings
Now not to do anything rash with it!
Thank you all for posting on here, it's made a massive difference to me to join the thread. Slowly Fading thank you for running our ship.

Keep it up everyone!

Jazee

£1000 to declare for August, bringing my total to £8k. Think I may find getting the other £4000 a bit challenging.

geoffers4

Hi Everyone

I'm reporting £2430.77 this month - that is basically my Prudential AVC minus any other costs we've had to cover during August. Things like a bit of house maintenance and a couple of leaving do's at work as we've sadly had quite a big re-structure. Also the cost of 2 car insurance policies renewed this month, mine & OH's, as she's not well enough to work at the moment.

Great to see everyone still going strong on the savings front.
And a special shout-out to WentTheDayWell - must be very exciting to start your new part-time phase...let us know how you get on!

Wobblydeb

£1,178 this month, taking me to a total £14,697 against a target of £20,000.

BUT...... this is likely to be completely wiped out as we are moving to a more expensive house.

I guess that's why we put aside savings

LA.Nyx

I have reached my goal!!! :j:beer::j
After saving £352.74 in August, I now have £10,060! :j
I am currently saving for a deposit and I still need to continue to save for a few years but it's the first time I reached 10k so I am super excited!

elephantrosie

lanyx- congrats! i remember reaching my first 10k and it felt really good. keep it up. keep going, keep swimming!

darkidoe

Reporting +£1904 for month of August.

Becoming cash low again as I contributed to my S&S ISA allowance this year.

All in all a good month!