3 - 6 month Emergency Fund Challenge (part 2)

skye_blue

Hi (No 2) here

Ive cashed in my coins this week decided to bank instead of waiting

So £50 to be added for this week, i think im going to try and add something every week as a new challenge for myself

Stay safe, have a great weekend and thanks again for updating

PositiveBalance

Hello everyone,

I was just reimbursed £80 of expenses that I had to take from my EF,  initially. So I am now...

                            #45: £2627

Dobbibill

PositiveBalance said:

Hello everyone,

I was just reimbursed £80 of expenses that I had to take from my EF,  initially. So I am now...

                            #45: £2627

Well done PositiveBalance - this means you are now on 86.13%.......you are so close!

Keep on keeping on.

Dobbi

PositiveBalance

Dobbibill said:

PositiveBalance saidThanks:

Hello everyone,

I was just reimbursed £80 of expenses that I had to take from my EF,  initially. So I am now...

                            #45: £2627

Well done PositiveBalance - this means you are now on 86.13%.......you are so close!

Keep on keeping on.

Dobbi

Thabks Dobbi! 😁

Alas, I just found a piece of paperwork where I wrote down my 3 month EF goal and it says £3300 so I think I'm going to have to increase my original figure. 

It doesn't have the calculations on it as to how I arrived at that figure, though  so I will have to try to find that piece of paper as well. *Dives head first into massive paper mountain*

Dobbibill

PositiveBalance said:

Dobbibill said:

PositiveBalance saidThanks:

Hello everyone,

I was just reimbursed £80 of expenses that I had to take from my EF,  initially. So I am now...

                            #45: £2627

Well done PositiveBalance - this means you are now on 86.13%.......you are so close!

Keep on keeping on.

Dobbi

Thabks Dobbi! 😁

Alas, I just found a piece of paperwork where I wrote down my 3 month EF goal and it says £3300 so I think I'm going to have to increase my original figure. 

It doesn't have the calculations on it as to how I arrived at that figure, though  so I will have to try to find that piece of paper as well. *Dives head first into massive paper mountain*

Oh dear.....I had you down for £3050.

with this amendment it puts you just under 80%.

It's not far away

Keep on keeping on.

Dobbi

PositiveBalance

Dobbibill said:

PositiveBalance said:

Dobbibill said:

PositiveBalance saidThanks:

Hello everyone,

I was just reimbursed £80 of expenses that I had to take from my EF,  initially. So I am now...

                            #45: £2627

Well done PositiveBalance - this means you are now on 86.13%.......you are so close!

Keep on keeping on.

Dobbi

Thabks Dobbi! 😁

Alas, I just found a piece of paperwork where I wrote down my 3 month EF goal and it says £3300 so I think I'm going to have to increase my original figure. 

It doesn't have the calculations on it as to how I arrived at that figure, though  so I will have to try to find that piece of paper as well. *Dives head first into massive paper mountain*

Oh dear.....I had you down for £3050.

with this amendment it puts you just under 80%.

It's not far away

Keep on keeping on.

Dobbi

Thanks @Dobbibil! 

That means I now need to add £673 instead of £423. I start a new job next month so I was ideally hoping to have the 3 months behind me before I go. That's a tall order in one month. I *might* be lucky and just manage to squeeze it in as there was a lot of overtime this month, but it's still a very tall order.

*Crosses fingers* 

PositiveBalance

Grr...I've had to take £109.99 out of the EF to buy a ladder to clean out my gutters which I think might be leaking in a window.

I wouldn't mind so much except I have a few relatives who have ladders who were supposed to lend them to me but never have,  despite promising that they would for years.

Oh well. At least I have them now and I'll have them for the future as well. It just means that the chances of finishing up my EF this month are even slimmer than they were.

                       #45:£2507.01

Dobbibill

PositiveBalance said:

Grr...I've had to take £109.99 out of the EF to buy a ladder to clean out my gutters which I think might be leaking in a window.

I wouldn't mind so much except I have a few relatives who have ladders who were supposed to lend them to me but never have,  despite promising that they would for years.

Oh well. At least I have them now and I'll have them for the future as well. It just means that the chances of finishing up my EF this month are even slimmer than they were.

                       #45:£2507.01

That must be quite frustrating for you when family members have made a promise ......but those ladders are now yours and will last for years so maybe it's short term pain for long term gain. (don't lend your ladders to anyone else though in case they are never returned )

Be proud of yourself because despite this, you are still sitting at just over 75% of your goal  you'll get there!

Keep on keeping on,

Dobbi

PositiveBalance

Thanks @Dobbibill. 

It is frustrating,  but what can you do?  It's even more annoying cos another relative promised to give - not lend - me a spare set and I know he has them,  but he is poorly so I know it's unfair to bother about them. He had other things to worry about.

Sometimes you just have to strike out on your own. These ladders will be mine forever and my gutters will be sparkling in a very short period of time.

Steameh

#16 now at £2,292.05 / £6,000