The "Save 12k in 2017" Thread!

Cottage_Economy

#129 declaring £458 for September.

Again, managed to put aside £50 for Christmas in there.

Our employee share ownership scheme paid out at the end of the last month but we haven't yet decided how much of it we're saving. We have some bits and pieces to do in the house before Christmas so I'll wait until October's update to add that in.

93% of the way towards the goal!

tara747

george4064 wrote: »

September's figures:

HTB - £200
Sharesave - £223
P2P - £269

Total - £692

P2P? Was this a payment to you from peer to peer lending?

george4064

tara747 wrote: »

P2P? Was this a payment to you from peer to peer lending?

It's a combination of new money I have added to my various P2P accounts as well as interest received.

Clare43

Hello. No 89 here reporting a really good month with £17080.43 for September.

RichyRich

I've had an awful couple of months, money wise. Had to pay fees to a solicitor as part of a dispute, I've received a demand for hundreds in underbilled service charge (I live in a flat) and yesterday my watch broke and I'm expecting a hefty repair bill (it's an Omega). I daren't check my current overall balance but with this and the mortgage overpayments there's no way I'll get to £12k this year. I will do a calculation at year end but calculating my position now will just depress me.

Westie983

RichyRich wrote: »

I've had an awful couple of months, money wise. Had to pay fees to a solicitor as part of a dispute, I've received a demand for hundreds in underbilled service charge (I live in a flat) and yesterday my watch broke and I'm expecting a hefty repair bill (it's an Omega). I daren't check my current overall balance but with this and the mortgage overpayments there's no way I'll get to £12k this year. I will do a calculation at year end but calculating my position now will just depress me.

Year end is fine, as it will make you realise how much you have saved at the end of the year, and hopefully you will feel better at this point, keep going, remember every penny counts :-)

Westie983

Wanna_Bee_Free

No 44 reporting in. I saved £750 this month. £500 RS, and £250 SS.
So that is £7,100 towards my target of £7,500. I am concerned some of it is rubber savings and will be bouncing out again soon but decided the best way to deal with that was ring fence it now!
£ 500 Flex direct
£2,500 Sharescheme
£4,000 Regular Saver
£100 Other Savings

darkidoe

#9 Reporting for the Month of September positive balance of £1599 making a total of £11,119.65 YTD I must say given that I made a short vacation trip to Paris last week, I am glad it didn't put too much of a dent to my savings. Frugal travel!

I don't think I am doing much better compared to last year at the same stage and I don't think I am going to reach the same heights as last year but the good thing is I am still in the positive. Maybe I should put in a few extra shifts to make up the shortfall.

Hope everyone have a good October!

sonas_baby

No 121 reporting in with £583.45 this month. Things are looking better but I know I won't reach my target this year. It's my first year doing this so I've learned along the way. ��

enomis

enomis wrote: »

Reporting £1144.79 for August (spreadsheet updated). I'm very happy with this. Had a small pay rise which I'm thinking to use to either overpay my mortgage or pay extra into my pension. Decisions, decisions.

Keep up the good work everyone.

Have managed to save £1201 for September, bringing really close to my target. However, I have a very large credit card bill coming in October so know I will be dipping into my savings to pay for it. But with 3 months left off the year I think I will be okay.