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Saving for Christmas 2020 - £1 a day challenge

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  • supersaver1000
    supersaver1000 Posts: 2,465 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Debt-free and Proud!
    edited 30 January 2020 at 5:22PM
    No.62 checking in with £67.39 (I had some cash, so managed to catch up) :)
    OSWL (start 13st) by 30Jun20 6/10
    £1/day Xmas'20-62 £214/£366 saved
    Grocery Challenge Jun £742/£320 spent
    Homeowner wannabe by July 2020 - WooHoo!!
    Starter Emergency Fund £1000/£1000 saved
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Morning folks, realised I was a month behind so I have set aside £62 at the end of January for Christmas.
  • bigbeff
    bigbeff Posts: 1,119 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Total for me £94 for end of Jan.... happy with that :)
    Debt busting 2022 Total £15842.68 £0 (100% paid since 1/1/22)
  • kdalwayskint
    kdalwayskint Posts: 802 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hi everyone

    I've updated totals.

    I'm going to use this post as a marker, MSE are doing some maintenance and improvements soon, I want to be able to see where I've updated to!

    Hope everyone is keeping well x
    new challenge?
    £1 a day for Christmas 2024 £367 / £366 ~
    Got married 24/05/19 ~ Credit Card
    DFW Nerd #1155 ~
    LBM 25/2/09 ~ Debt at highest £8,037.35 ~ £0
  • ttomo
    ttomo Posts: 38 Forumite
    10 Posts First Anniversary
    Hi everyone and well done we all seem to be doing good in the worst month of the year. #25 £25 bringing my total to £75
    #25 Saving for XMAS 2021 £1 a day: £75/£365
    PADBX 2021: #44 £3383/£3382 Debt free 6/7/21
  • LoveMyLife
    LoveMyLife Posts: 26 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts
    #50 reporting in with end of January total.

    New balance is 62 / 366.
  • claremylove
    claremylove Posts: 745 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    It’s payday so have added February’s £29 in. That takes #5 to £91.
    £2 coin savings club 2025 #1 £166 (2024 £692; 2023 £754; 2022 £472; 2021 £256; 2020 £358; 2019 £512; 2018 £404; 2017 640)Saving for Xmas 202 £1 a day #4 £365 / £365 3-6 month emergency fund challenge #48 £10,030 Save a penny a day 2024 #32 £ . / £667.95 £1000 emergency fund challenge #232 £1,007/ £1,000 (achieved Nov 2020)
  • Toni'sfriend
    Toni'sfriend Posts: 4,056 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    No 23 just back from holidays. Christmas account now at £101.
    Have adventures. laugh a lot and always be kind.
  • sams247
    sams247 Posts: 1,362 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Homepage Hero Photogenic
    I've been off training, so no money used, and little to spare, but I'm back and put in a couple of ££ so

    #51 up to £17 now
      To those who are given much, much is expected
        £2025 in 2025 = £680.60
          Food Budget £180/9.30.
            Fiver Friday #13 £35
          1. triple_choc_chip
            triple_choc_chip Posts: 1,139 Forumite
            Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
            Just a small top up for me this week but every little helps. I’m only 3 surveys away from a £50 .Gov payout so that will be a nice boost eventually and I have 6 appeals pending with TCB so fingers crossed some of them will be confirmed.

            Other than that, I’m going to have a frugal February - there are several projects that need finishing in the house before I start anything new so I need to get the paint brush out, find the wall paper etc. and get on with it!

            #3 £107/£366
            Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £31,997
            Saving for 🎄 🎁 2025 £416/£850 49%
            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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