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3 - 6 month Emergency Fund Challenge (part 2)
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We've added 700£to the emergency savings today. That tops us to £1000. The aim is to add £500 a month2
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# 31 updating total amount to date of £2,500 / £3,000.1
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Payday been and gone and budgets sorted, another £200 in the pot. #34 £1400/£6000
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Well done to everyone that has added to their pots.post #2 has been updated with the new totals and %s.Keep on keeping on.DobbiI’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Budgeting & Bank Accounts, Credit Cards, Credit File & Ratings and Energy 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 MoneySavingExpert.
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#33 skinnylove - £894.11/£6000 - 14.90%Outstanding Debt at 01/01/2020
2.09% Mortgage - £93,851.54
#33 Emergency Fund Challenge - £5400/£54001 -
Hi Dobbie, #15 checking in with a March payment of £35.00 please. Total should now be £664.89. Thank you
MrsMouse
#47 - 2020 MFW 449.29/1200
#15 - 3/6 month Emergency Fund Challenge 661.89
2019 ~~ MFW: 1122.33 / EF: £10002 -
Apologies, that should be £661.89 - #15
MrsMouse
#47 - 2020 MFW 449.29/1200
#15 - 3/6 month Emergency Fund Challenge 661.89
2019 ~~ MFW: 1122.33 / EF: £10001 -
MrsMouse said:Apologies, that should be £661.89 - #15
This pops you just up into the next percent......4.14% now Mrs Mouse - keep at it
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#3 Updating!Pot is now £2175.00 / £5000.Debt Free as of 17/01/2009 Turtle Power!!
EF Challenger #3 £1543.72 / £5000
MFW 2024 #100 £1300.00 / £10,000
MFiT #40 Jan 2025 Target - £99,999.00
Mortgage at 30/09/22 £113,694.11 | Mortgage at 24/01/23 £110,707.87
Mortgage at 21/04/23 £107,701.01 | Mortgage at 20/07/23 £106,979.65
Mortgage at 04/10/23 £106,253.77 | Mortgage at 10/01/24 £105,324.57
Mortgage at 01/04/24 £104,424.73 | Mortgage at 01/10/24 £103,594.980 -
number 22 updating.
Pot is now 2,400. We're also putting the target up to £10,000.
It used to be that we had plenty of surplus income so we didnt need to have too much put away. We have reduced our hours and therefore our income so our safety net needs to be bigger0
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