The "Save 12k in 2020" Thread!

Wentthedaywell?

£5000 for August - I got backpay and my shares didn't fall as I feared last month.

I can't say I've lived much more cheaply during Covid. Obviously no holidays and less socialising, but I am spending more on food and drink and general indulgences! I've lived a little bit more cheaply, but not as much as I would have expected.

Reg_Smeeton

Howdy all, #42 reporting a bumper £1720 for August, following an unexpected mini-windfall and a successful bout of matched betting on the Ebor festival last week. Up to 59.3% of my target with four calendar months to go, it’s going to be tight!

danby22

Hello Slowly, my August savings totalled up to £1750.
#141
Thank you for the efforts!  Cheers.

longhill

No 98 Aug savings 370.71
Running total 5546.24

Karen's_girl

#48 declaring £200 for August. 

juststuff123

No. 47 - due to an unexpected bonus & a bounce in S&S, reporting £4500 for August.

Lomcevak

#27 reporting in with £2,750 for August. After a month of noise, dust, and mud from the builders, the garden has had a well-overdue makeover, but it's put a bit of a dent in the savings rate for the rest of the year - should just about hit target by December,  but it will need a bit of tightening of the budget to get there.

Betharooni

#6 reporting in with £1,307.12 for August and total savings this year of £10,583.81. Feels like a real achievement to have got over £10K with four months still remaining of the year. Savings could have been higher but I ordered some new glasses earlier this week - my prescription hadn’t changed but I got Transitions lenses in the hope they may ease the migraines that I seem to continually be getting, so am hoping they will be a good investment. I’ve spent time budgeting for the rest of the year and am pretty confident I will hit my £15K target and hope that I may even surpass it. I’m so pleased, because it seemed like such a massive target when I set it at the end of last year, but also so thankful that my job is currently pretty stable in the tumultuous times we are going through at the moment.

Suffolk_lass

Just popped my form in for August - £509.48 just keeps me over 66% of my modest target of £6000 - pale green for two thirds the way through the year.

In contrast I have spent very nearly two thirds of my grocery budget (which will constrain Christmas spending) - I am making jams and jellies and preserving and storing produce to try and claw this back

Jazee

Form updated.  I have saved £20 in August.  I was expecting £0 as DH is not currently earning so am happy with that.  Also, we've not needed to touch any of our savings yet.  I am not expecting to save anything in September, and think we may have to start using savings in October unless our situation changes again.