The "Save 12k in 2018" Thread!

imajica37

I have £572 to add for March.

Clare43

Hello Number 3 reporting £1702.10 saved for March

Hi slowlyfading - while sorting this months figures I realised I left something off last month. Could you please change my February figure to £4723.04. Can I please also increase my yearly target to £18000. Many thanks

KeepOnKnitting

Having not saved anything in February, (in fact I went quietly backwards and then made it forwards again) I have made a strange saving in March. I have moved my rent date back in my accounts from the 1st of the month to the last day of the month. I paid my rent twice in March, meaning that from April onwards my rent money will sit in my account for a whole month, rather just until the next day.

Form completed.

slowlyfading

CosmicZebra wrote: »

Is it ok to join?

Of course! Your challenge number is 142

slowlyfading

Spreadsheet updated

Alarae

#58 (somehow) declaring £1,145.45 for March!

Had an extra boost last month as I had five weekly paydays from the second job, so an extra £100 or so in the kitty. Some expenses I expected to pay for ended up going on the joint account, so didn't impact the personal savings.

Currently at a challenge total of £3,181.65, which is above my £1,000 average aim. April is the last month I can save that much as I should be completing on the new house next month- with a higher mortgage to boot :eek:

Despite depleting my savings for the move I will start again, as the next aim is an all-out holiday in Canada for March 2019, from savings only. My savings power will reduce to about £700 a month from May, but I will still aim to hit target!

Karen's_girl

#70 declaring £350 for March. Less than I usually manage to save, due to a holiday, but we all need to enjoy ourselves too, eh.

Tales17

Added in the final totals for March to get £1218.33 so doing well with target, just about to do spreadsheet update! x

george4064

george4064 wrote: »

£1,199.41 saved in February!

ISA portfolio was down -2.2% in February, just a small bump on a very long-term track.

HT ISA - £200
P2P - £165.36
Other cash accounts - £834.05

Submitting my February amount now.

£926.83 saved in March.

I took out a credit card with a promotional 30 month 0% interest in January, and I've been thinking of how to include this within my overall savings. I have decided to have a new column for the credit card and update a negative value each month. For January and February's figures were a bit inflated as I had not been factoring in this 'free' money I was borrowing. Would be interested to hear if/how anyone else factors in debts such as this into the savings spreadsheet?

This month is also going to be overstated (and look like it doesnt all add-up), whereas next month will be back to normal!

TSB RS - £250
HTB ISA - £200
P2P - £1,047.23

lindez

Thank you Tales10 I will look it up now