The "Save 12k in 2020" Thread!

slowlyfading

Spreadsheet updated

Mnd

Been paid for my part time job today, including my overtime, so I'm well on track for my target for January.
Can't see much that will disrupt the plans between now and Friday when I will declare my months total.

Did a extra day today to cover sickness, so that's a days wage already extra into the February fund!

funkymonkey

Great month for me - number 113 reporting £4583.50 (Spreadsheet update form completed) Sold my car earlier in the month. Aiming for 12k by end of december. Mostly looking forward to reporting the interest from my new LISA next month :-) (aiming to get 4k in there by end of march to max out that deposit contribution)

Jami74

Well January has been a bit odd for me.

This week is the last week in the job I expected to last until May which means after 3rd Feb I don't know when I will next get paid. And HMRC have done something odd to my tax code which makes it look like I owe nearly as much in tax as I've earned this year and will mean my 3rd Feb pay could be very much smaller than expected.

For those reasons, money I was planning to add to January's total is being held back.

£355.50 submitted for January (£200 HTB, £100 NW, £50 Gov and £5.50 interest)

Coffeeandcanary

Payday has finally arrived! £904 put away into various savings accounts.

£704 into cash accounts and £200 into a S&S ISA.

Wentthedaywell?

£3000 saved for January including £800 interest from a maturing saver plus other odds and sods from the end of 2019 and a £50 premium bonds win.

It would have been more but I splashed out and bought a new mattress in the sales for £1000, reduced from £2,500 with 12 months interest free too. I’ll cover that payment within the post-Christmas grocery (and belly) slim-down. It seems extravagant but I reckon you should buy the best mattress and walking boots that you can afford as they’ll last you a long time and they are murder if they are wrong.

Also had to spend 100 quid mouse-proofing (as far as one can) my garage; *!^*!¢‹* little pests!

But other than mice and mattresses, and a membership that comes out of a pre-paid ’pot’ , I had a very frugal month and only spent £324

try_harder

Number 53 …£1550 saved in January ..Thank you

Merlin's_Beard

£838.25 for January for me. New Year, positive savings balance!

Could have been a lot worse, but the car wasn't as badly broken as I thought it was and the mechanic basically charged nothing.

jak

Hooray! Finally I’ve updated for Jan and the grand total is £576.61! My aim in £5000 but I may Change that at a later date. I’m so excited! I’ve been super careful with my food and spends money and managed to save Way more than I thought possible! Woo hoo! Well done everyone so far. We are doing fabbo! X

tara747

January 2020 update:

I saved £1,467 this month, which takes my overall total to £163,424. I'm being ambitious and trying to hit £180,000 this year, let's see how that goes