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Saving for Christmas 2018 - £1 a day challenge

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  • Weekly update from me:
    #3: £688/£600
    It’s a lovely sunny day again but I’m decorating indoors this weekend. Have a good one everybody! :)
    Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £31,997
    Saving for 🎄 🎁 2025 £416/£850 49%
    6 mth 🆘 fund £6k
    Mortgage offset fund £24.7k/£40.3k 61.3%
    It turns out the answer to my problems wasn’t at the bottom of this tub of ice-cream, 🍨 but the important thing is that I tried...
  • Not posted for ages but still going here (despite some really tough months). Now up to £341 so just the one payment to go.
    £2 coin savings club 2025 #1 £166 (2024 £692; 2023 £754; 2022 £472; 2021 £256; 2020 £358; 2019 £512; 2018 £404; 2017 640)Saving for Xmas 202 £1 a day #4 £365 / £365 3-6 month emergency fund challenge #48 £10,030 Save a penny a day 2024 #32 £ . / £667.95 £1000 emergency fund challenge #232 £1,007/ £1,000 (achieved Nov 2020)
  • Lady-T
    Lady-T Posts: 57 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker Xmas Saver!
    I haven’t updated for ages but am still saving every month. #4 now at £540.
    Saving for Xmas 2020 #7: £250/£600
  • Hi there

    Reporting Octobers saving: #11 £31 bringing total so far to £335 / £365

    Have a great November everyone
    MissDM
    LBM- June 2009 - 15 year plan started, Dec 2018 - time to review & refocus
    SPC12 #33 £210. Xmas 2019 - #15 £365 / £365 ... PAYDBX 2019 #23: £0 / £3,400
    MFW2019 #2: £6,999.67 / £8,000 MFiT-T5 start £95,352.52 - target £40k

    No matter how far you go, you always take yourself with you
  • Hi,

    If this is running next year, I'd like to join in please?

    Thanks

    Pmo2
    x
  • Weekly update:
    #3£711/£600
    That’s the most I’ve ever saved, in the 3rd year doing this challenge and still the rest of November to go. :)
    Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £31,997
    Saving for 🎄 🎁 2025 £416/£850 49%
    6 mth 🆘 fund £6k
    Mortgage offset fund £24.7k/£40.3k 61.3%
    It turns out the answer to my problems wasn’t at the bottom of this tub of ice-cream, 🍨 but the important thing is that I tried...
  • Westie983
    Westie983 Posts: 5,215 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped! Name Dropper
    Hi,

    If this is running next year, I'd like to join in please?

    Thanks

    Pmo2
    x

    Not sure if this thread will run next year, as we havent seen Ellie for a long time now.

    Hopefully I will continue, and I will think about taking it over if no other offers or Ellie doesn't return to continue her thread.

    Westie983
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Banking & Borrowing, and Reduce Debt & Boost Income boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySaving Expert.
    Save 12k in 2023 #58 Total (£4500.00) £2500.00/£5000 = 50.00%
    Sealed Pot Challenge ~17 #24 Total (£55.00) £0.00/£500 = 0.00%
    Xmas 2023 £1 a Day #13 Total (£85.00) £344.00/£365 = 94.24%
    Virtual Sealed Pot #1 Total (£500) £550.00/£500 = 110.00%
    £2 Savers Club 2023 #17 Total (£25.00) £45/£300 = 15.00%
    The 365 1p Challenge 2023 #7 Total £656.19/£667.95 = 98.23%
    Total £4095.19/£7332.95 = 55.84%
  • Westie983
    Westie983 Posts: 5,215 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts I've been Money Tipped! Name Dropper
    edited 4 November 2018 at 3:03PM
    I have waiting for my amazon gift cards to arrive (£50) and I will add to my amazon account, so my final total for this year is £165.00 a lot shorter then my target.

    £50 - Amazon gift card cash out from surveys
    £115 - Amazon gift card balance from Quidco/TopCashback/Shopping apps

    Not bad and will definitely help me as I have to be frugal this Christmas as I am now on half pay from work, but great that I dont have to worry about spending my chrismas pay packet on others. This challenge (and the process, has worked out well for me for the last eight years and will continue £1 a day soon adds up)

    Westie983
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Banking & Borrowing, and Reduce Debt & Boost Income boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySaving Expert.
    Save 12k in 2023 #58 Total (£4500.00) £2500.00/£5000 = 50.00%
    Sealed Pot Challenge ~17 #24 Total (£55.00) £0.00/£500 = 0.00%
    Xmas 2023 £1 a Day #13 Total (£85.00) £344.00/£365 = 94.24%
    Virtual Sealed Pot #1 Total (£500) £550.00/£500 = 110.00%
    £2 Savers Club 2023 #17 Total (£25.00) £45/£300 = 15.00%
    The 365 1p Challenge 2023 #7 Total £656.19/£667.95 = 98.23%
    Total £4095.19/£7332.95 = 55.84%
  • Mine will come in at £365 but there's more money in the bank account it's going into anyway so that's a bonus. Not as much as there was at the beginning of the year, but it's not empty and that's the main thing! Trying to build it back up but it has been the account that has paid for spending money on trips and things, but then I guess that's the point rather than depleting my everyday account.
    SPCNo.18 #20 (17 £562.86 16 £678; 15 £1120.92; 14 £416.53; 13 £191.52; 12 £260.48; 11 £480.95; 10 £682.31; 9 £442.64)
    1p Challenge 2025 #63
  • Weekly update:
    #3 £736/£600
    I’m hoping the rain will stop long enough for me to pick up some leaves, I hate seeing the garden so untidy ggrrr:(
    Have a good weekend everyone :D
    Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £31,997
    Saving for 🎄 🎁 2025 £416/£850 49%
    6 mth 🆘 fund £6k
    Mortgage offset fund £24.7k/£40.3k 61.3%
    It turns out the answer to my problems wasn’t at the bottom of this tub of ice-cream, 🍨 but the important thing is that I tried...
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