The 365 Day 1p Challenge 2023

enthusiasticsaver

geordiejon said:

paying monthly on the first, have opened a new savings account and wife is joining me. total so far £9.92

Thats great.  I have updated January with £9.92.  Good your wife is on board with this. 

Makingabobor2

mark55man said:

she_always_has_a_plan said:

thegreenhouse said:

enthusiasticsaver said:

thegreenhouse said:

I'm in! Thank you for organising.

Welcome.  You are number 73. 

Thank you! I'm new here - is that why I can't have a signature? Is there a minimum number of posts before I can get one? What info do I need to provide you and when for you to update the tracker?

Thanks in advance

I think it was 5 or 6 posts when I was able to update my signature. Not sure about how to colour them though
Happy saving!

When you edit your signature you can include bbcode (bulletin board code) tags so for colour e.g from my signature 

 [COLOR=Peru][b]I think I saw you ... looking so fine[/b][/COLOR]

if you change "Peru" for red, or green etc it will usually work but there are many variants - eg lightgreen

If you search for "bbcode color list" you will find plenty of sites with details

The list of tags (other than color) is available here - https://www.bbcode.org/reference.php 

Going to try this tomorrow. 

mark55man

For avoidance of doubt @Makingabobor2 (great username!) in my example the [b] and [/b] are for bold.  But I think now you can just do that by selecting the text when editing and selecting bold - so not wrong, but overly complicated.  Also putting in [br] adds a line break to help space it out (no need for a [/br].  Just one of those things

PinkPrincess

I would like to join in please 😊 

This is the first time I’ve done this and I opened an account with Monzo so I could run the automated savings applet on IFTTT but I want to do it backwards so the higher payment amounts are in January rather than December. 

I have manually transferred £14.54 for the first 4 days of January (as it’s gone midnight now) but is there a way to reverse the amounts on IFTTT? If not then I’ll just have to try to remember transferring the amount manually but if anyone knows a way I can automate it, that would be so much easier! 

Thank you and I’m happy with any number ☺️

thegreenhouse

enthusiasticsaver said:

thegreenhouse said:

enthusiasticsaver said:

thegreenhouse said:

I'm in! Thank you for organising.

Welcome.  You are number 73. 

Thank you! I'm new here - is that why I can't have a signature? Is there a minimum number of posts before I can get one? What info do I need to provide you and when for you to update the tracker?

Thanks in advance

You can edit your signature in your profile.  As far as I know you can get one immediately.  

You just need to give me your number and the amount for the month in bold each month or weekly if that is better.  I won't be able to keep up with daily updates though. You also need to let me know if you are saving going forward, backward or random.  Have you read the first post as to how the challenge works? 

Yes I'm all clued in with how it works, don't worry. I'm quite a seasoned saver and have been using MSE for years but have never used the forum other than to read. I'll be putting the challenge money in a separate pot that I can only access with 95 days notice on my Zopa account. My partner is doing it too. 

I'll update you on my progress a bit later in the month and will try to get my signature done with my number in (when I've done whatever the minimum number of posts seems to be). 

Thanks everyone!  

BlueJ94

#68 found 20p in my dressing gown. This counts right? 

efairburn3

Hi, can I please be added to the list? Thank you! 

enthusiasticsaver

PinkPrincess said:

I would like to join in please 😊 

This is the first time I’ve done this and I opened an account with Monzo so I could run the automated savings applet on IFTTT but I want to do it backwards so the higher payment amounts are in January rather than December. 

I have manually transferred £14.54 for the first 4 days of January (as it’s gone midnight now) but is there a way to reverse the amounts on IFTTT? If not then I’ll just have to try to remember transferring the amount manually but if anyone knows a way I can automate it, that would be so much easier! 

Thank you and I’m happy with any number ☺️

Welcome to your first savings challenge.  I have allocated you number 75.  

Sounds like you have a plan using Monzo but I don't know how the savings applet works on IFTTT or how to automate it.  Why do you want to reverse the amounts? 

Can you create a separate savings pot in Monzo so you can see at a glance how much is in there?  That is what I have done with my Starling account but I save monthly rather than daily purely so I remember to transfer it across as daily is too onerous.  Whatever works for you though. 

I will be posting below as to how reporting works but feel free to post on here daily if you wish to record for your own benefit.

enthusiasticsaver

BlueJ94 said:

#68 found 20p in my dressing gown. This counts right? 

Ooh bonus to find money in pockets.  I  found a tenner in my coat the other day

enthusiasticsaver

efairburn3 said:

Hi, can I please be added to the list? Thank you! 

I have added you to the list.  You are number 76.