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Saving for Christmas 2021 - £1 a day challenge

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  • #34.  Another amazon sale payment cleared £85.79 / 365. plan for half term is to upload more to inventory. Have a good weekend.
    Compers challenge 27/70
    £1805/2018
  • Tink_04
    Tink_04 Posts: 1,206 Forumite
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    Hi - I have started this and I am at £70 - I have paid ahead a bit as next month will be right for us so happy to add up as I go. 

    Aiming for £365
    Living the simple life
  • jo41
    jo41 Posts: 1,172 Forumite
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    edited 25 February 2021 at 8:43AM
    #33 Another couple of pounds into my Plum pocket so now at £47 / £335
    Happy Saturday 😎
  • triple_choc_chip
    triple_choc_chip Posts: 1,143 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    edited 13 February 2021 at 5:10PM
    A rather miserly £2 voucher from M&S but I suppose that what happens if I don’t use my card much! A few ££££ from TCB takes my total to:
    #6 £124/£365  B) 
    Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £32k
    Saving for 🎄 🎁 2026 £367/£730 50%
    6 mth 🆘 fund £10k
    Mortgage offset fund £23.2k/£29k 80%
    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...
  • No. 5 here.  I am now up to a mahoosive £87.  Really pleased.
    "Think of many things, do one"
    Mortgage est. 30 Apr'26 est. £201,500 £309,749 2020 (ends 2038 - aim for 2031)
    Seven Goals; and healthy diet/walk/run/exercising/weights/yoga 

  • Moved another £100 to the pot.

    #18 £180/£700
  • Paid another £20 to round it up as Xmas is an expensive time for us want it all saved this year.
    #18 £200/£700.
  • £5 added from TCB today. Every little helps, now on 35%  B)
    #6 £129/£365
    Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £32k
    Saving for 🎄 🎁 2026 £367/£730 50%
    6 mth 🆘 fund £10k
    Mortgage offset fund £23.2k/£29k 80%
    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...
  • MrsCD
    MrsCD Posts: 2,032 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    #8 
    £133 in the savings account now 😊
    2026 Fashion on the ration
    Anorak = 11 coupons... total 11 used/66
    Light anorak = 9 coupons...total used 20/66
  • #9 back with a total. Well done everyone you all seem to be doing fab! I have £75 in my pot - woohoo! 
    Saving for Christmas 2023 #51🎄
    £1 a day £36/£365
    Tilly Tidy 🧹 2023
    💸 2023 1% Challenge #9 ☀️
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