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3 - 6 month Emergency Fund Challenge (part 2)

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  • PositiveBalance
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    Aaaaaaand another £5.47...

                        #45: £3109.34

    Debt: £11,640.02 paid in full! DFD: 30/06/20
    Starter Emergency Fund (#187): £1000/£1000
    3 month Emergency Fund (#45): £3300/£3300
  • #44  Another £25 Please dobbiill, many thanks. 
    MFW - 01.10.21 £63761   01.10.22 £50962   01.10.23 £39979   01.10.24 £27815. 01.01.25. £17538
    01.03.25 £14794.    01.04.25 £12888
    01.05.25. £11805. 12.05.25  £9997   05.06.25  £8898. 
     01.07.25. £7975  01.08.25 £6968

  • #44  £100 today please Dobbill - Thanks again.  
    MFW - 01.10.21 £63761   01.10.22 £50962   01.10.23 £39979   01.10.24 £27815. 01.01.25. £17538
    01.03.25 £14794.    01.04.25 £12888
    01.05.25. £11805. 12.05.25  £9997   05.06.25  £8898. 
     01.07.25. £7975  01.08.25 £6968

  • Dragon_Lily
    Dragon_Lily Posts: 315 Forumite
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    Hi Dobbibill  #24  Adding £85 to my total = £1900. Thanks  Nearly to the £2000 mark!  :)



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    3 - 6 Emergency fund #24 £2273. Target £3,000
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  • skye_blue
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    Hi (No 2 here)
    Drum roll pls ive managed £800 this month - never done this before, im so chufffed.  How - I received another cheque for not handling an old credit card debt correctly, i had a little win on the lottery of what i thought was £30 but it was a roll down draw it jumped to £106, got an expected bonus for some additional work I did and sold 4 things on the bay (not listed on there in a long while) and there we are £800.
    First time ive ever smashed a target ive made - so thank you guys you must be my lucky charms.
    Please update my total to £7,500 i need to keep going
    Thanks Dobbill for updating, stay safe and lets hope for a happy, sunny weekend




  • Dobbibill
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    skye_blue said:
    Hi (No 2 here)
    Drum roll pls ive managed £800 this month - never done this before, im so chufffed.  How - I received another cheque for not handling an old credit card debt correctly, i had a little win on the lottery of what i thought was £30 but it was a roll down draw it jumped to £106, got an expected bonus for some additional work I did and sold 4 things on the bay (not listed on there in a long while) and there we are £800.
    First time ive ever smashed a target ive made - so thank you guys you must be my lucky charms.
    Please update my total to £7,500 i need to keep going
    Thanks Dobbill for updating, stay safe and lets hope for a happy, sunny weekend

    Hi skye_blue,
    Well done on saving £800 this month - you are doing so well.
    Can I just check your overall total. You say £7500 but on the spreadsheet you were on £2500 so adding £800 to that makes £3300 which also brilliant and smashes your £3000 goal.
    Not sure whether you have been squirrelling away since you updated us last time or if I've missed an update.
    Keep on keeping on.
    Dobbi ;)



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  • skye_blue
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    Sorry for the confusion i meant to up my new target 7,500 - good job someone is on the ball
  • WinterWarrior
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    Hi @Dobbibill, number 54 reporting for duty! Pay day today, so another £200 added to my basic EF. Now standing at £400.
    you are all doing fabulously ⭐️
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  • Dobbibill
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    skye_blue said:
    Sorry for the confusion i meant to up my new target 7,500 - good job someone is on the ball
    Thanks for the clarity @skye_blue - so you added £800 and smashed your goal £3000 to 110%.
    I've now amended your goal to £7500 and this means you are now 44% to goal which is still fantastic - well done!
    Well done to everyone who is adding to their pot, even the smallest amounts.....it all helps.
    Keep on Keeping on.
    Dobbi ;)
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  • triple_choc_chip
    triple_choc_chip Posts: 1,139 Forumite
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    Pleased to announce I’ve made it to 50% of my initial target for 3 months’ safety net.
    #34 £3k/£6k 😊
    Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £31,997
    Saving for 🎄 🎁 2025 £460/£800 57%
    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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