The "Save 12k in 2018" Thread!

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  • Karen's_girl
    Karen's_girl Posts: 106 Forumite
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    #70 declaring £350 for May. Would really like to be increasing that amount each month......
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    Current savings: £29,276.11
    Save 12k in 2017 #28: £6,746.34/£7,000
    Save 12k in 2018 #70: £3,967.33/£7,000
    Save 12k in 2019 #46: £3,507.36/£5,000
    Save 12k in 2020 #48: £2,884.51/£3,000
    Save 12k in 2021 #22: £6,210.46/£7,000
    Save 12k in 2022 #58: £1,369.16/£7,000
  • Xenon
    Xenon Posts: 235 Forumite
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    Xenon The Slightly Gargantuan

    May : £1068

    House Deposit £110000
  • Westie983
    Westie983 Posts: 5,213 Ambassador
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    £2000 From me this month, had virgin maturing this month, and picked up another 2 and paid off some credit card balance transfers that were near ending...

    Onwards and upwards, *swim if I need too, in this rain storm...

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    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%
  • Wentthedaywell?
    Wentthedaywell? Posts: 643 Forumite
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    Reporting a very good £3,500 for May. Over half of that though was my S&S ISA bouncing back after a big fall earlier in the year. :)
    Save £12k in 2022 thread #7:

    Save £10,000 Jan-May 2022 THEN RETIRE!!
    Final total for (half) year: -£4,000
  • Merlin's_Beard
    Merlin's_Beard Posts: 1,436 Forumite
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    Declaring £854.95 for May, a maturing regular saver hiding the spends of a week off, but all totally worth it!
    Start mortgage date: August 2022; Start mortgage amount: £240,999; Original mortgage free date: August 2056
    Current mortgage amount: £233.529.75
    Start student loan 2012: £29,750; current student loan: £11.400.50; OP offset fund: £750
  • Dot_Cotton_2
    Dot_Cotton_2 Posts: 15 Forumite
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    Another 1k euro saved. 5k to date :j
  • Owen1991
    Owen1991 Posts: 70 Forumite
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    #101 reporting £2,200 for May thanks to a generous grandad and LISA bonus
    2021 - £11250 Saved || 2020 - £4750 Saved || 2019 - £4000 Saved || 2018 - £9000 Saved
  • vintagebrighton
    vintagebrighton Posts: 598 Forumite
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    #32 1750 for May

    Sounds like a lot but we're both self employed and about to have a couple of very short months! Still, £3750 for the year so far is great.

    Spent the money from my other challenge on a trip to see our new grandson! Very exciting to be a grandma :T

    VB x
  • lightbulb0811
    lightbulb0811 Posts: 93 Forumite
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    #90 - after a blank month for April, I've managed to save £1200.45 in May. Update sent x
    Save £12k in 2019 #111 £440.39/£4000
    Sealed pot challenge #5 £153.59/250
    Weight Loss 28/60 lb challenge
  • tara747
    tara747 Posts: 10,238 Forumite
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    May payday update!

    I saved £820 in May, which is £4,597 so far in 2018, and £126,330 overall.

    :beer:
    Get to 119lbs! 1/2/09: 135.6lbs 1/5/11: 145.8lbs 30/3/13 150lbs 22/2/14 137lbs 2/6/14 128lbs 29/8/14 124lbs 2/6/17 126lbs
    Save £180,000 by 31 Dec 2020! 2011: £54,342 * 2012: £62,200 * 2013: £74,127 * 2014: £84,839 * 2015: £95,207 * 2016: £109,122 * 2017: £121,733 * 2018: £136,565 * 2019: £161,957 * 2020: £197,685
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