The "Save 12k in 2017" Thread!

Lolly88

#6 declaring £2561.69 for this month. Bringing total saved this year to £4461.69.

Wentthedaywell?

Big fanfare - I've now semi retired and have received my pension lump sum. My savings this month are...£62,000! :j

This is a once-in-a-lifetime payment and it doesn't feel quite right reporting it here, a bit boastful and certainly not a typical month (I wish!). But it is savings I've made through my working life via my pension and have never counted anywhere because it was "invisible" but it is now sitting in my bank.

I've now got to decide what to do with it. Oh for the happy days of being able to bung it in a building society at 6% interest!

Suffolk_lass

Just posted my somewhat meagre efforts for September - October will be tough to with over £2500 planned credit card spends to settle £784.57 takes me to a smidge over 80% for the year to date

How fantastic Wentthedaywell! I hope you take proper advice - I remember some proportions - invest 40% for income, 20% in near (cash-type) savings such as bonds or gilts and use 40% to enjoy your life. Mind you, I don't think cash-based investments were as low as they are now when I heard that.

bobobski

Wentthedaywell, you're perfectly entitled to boast about how much your hard work for the past few decades has paid off - congratulations!!!

A lot has changed on my end but the numbers are £110 for August and £1,461.92 for September. I've had a (small) payrise, I got a bonus (hoorah!), I have a new boyfriend (oooOOOoooh...), we took a spontaneous trip to Mauritius as you do... And I've had an offer accepted on another property! The good month this month means somehow I'm on track for my £12k target but fingers and toes crossed I won't make it because all my money will be in the seller's bank account!

StarShapedPeg

Congratulations Wentthedaywell! And well done Bobobski! Sounds like a brillant month!

tara747

Wentthedaywell? wrote: »

Big fanfare - I've now semi retired and have received my pension lump sum. My savings this month are...£62,000! :j

This is a once-in-a-lifetime payment and it doesn't feel quite right reporting it here, a bit boastful and certainly not a typical month (I wish!). But it is savings I've made through my working life via my pension and have never counted anywhere because it was "invisible" but it is now sitting in my bank.

I've now got to decide what to do with it. Oh for the happy days of being able to bung it in a building society at 6% interest!

Well done!!!!!! Enjoy it

geoffers4

Wentthedaywell? wrote: »

Big fanfare - I've now semi retired and have received my pension lump sum. My savings this month are...£62,000! :j

This is a once-in-a-lifetime payment and it doesn't feel quite right reporting it here, a bit boastful and certainly not a typical month (I wish!). But it is savings I've made through my working life via my pension and have never counted anywhere because it was "invisible" but it is now sitting in my bank.

I've now got to decide what to do with it. Oh for the happy days of being able to bung it in a building society at 6% interest!

Many congrats Wentie, you've reached a major milestone there! No need to feel you are boasting about the lump sum at all, you've earned it after all.

I'm reporting £1828.55 this month. Things have been a bit expensive recently, but partly due to a trip to visit family in Switzerland last week, so I musn't grumble!

Wentthedaywell?

bobobski wrote: »

(oooOOOoooh...)

:rotfl:

Congrats on the man, the savings, the hol, and the property. It sounds life life is rosy, enjoy it all!

imajica37

I have got another £1,079 to add for this month :j

CrabbitDutchie

#46 reporting in for September with a total of £465 for the month

Much better than expected, but that's mainly because a large part of this months holiday (£480) will not be paid off until the end of next month (direct debit to the credit card). Have realised just how much I hate using a credit card and then paying it off - even with it being paid off in full every month. It feels like paying for stuff twice. Genuinely think that next holiday I might preload the credit card with the planned budget. Anybody else weird enough do this?

For October no big planned spends apart from the £480 credit card bill, but that'll be enough to ensure that the October total is not huge. Should still be on track overall for the year, but only just.