The "Save £12k in 2023" Thread!

enthusiasticsaver

Thanks @Suffolk_lass and I will leave updating to you for the next week or so then. Hope you enjoyed your time away. 

FlacosFloozie

Thanks @enthusiasticsaver and @Suffolk_lass for updating the spreadsheet and best wishes to SF.

I can see I've missed a few updates so #34

April £1399.27

July £1640.76

August £1270.06

September £1368.32

Suffolk_lass

Spreadsheet is updated to here

Simobla1

Would I be able to join the challenge at this late stage? I’ve got a log of my savings so far this year and would like to make a target of £3k by end of year.  

Jan-March was spent saving the final amounts to pay off my HTB loan which I achieved in March.  Amounts for April onwards are as follows: 

April £200

May £200

June £50

July £54

August £60

September £1001

Is that OK?  

Suffolk_lass

Simobla1 said:

Would I be able to join the challenge at this late stage? I’ve got a log of my savings so far this year and would like to make a target of £3k by end of year.  

Jan-March was spent saving the final amounts to pay off my HTB loan which I achieved in March.  Amounts for April onwards are as follows: 

April £200

May £200

June £50

July £54

August £60

September £1001

Is that OK?  

What number are you @Simobla1? I can't see immediately (Maybe put it in your signature?) - no worries if you are new, just say - and PM me is you had to change your name

george4064

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#7 declaring £4,907.51 for February.

Bonus was paid this month which was the main contributing factor, also recently got engaged with my girlfriend so now have a wedding to plan and budget for. Finally, also landed a new job which means (hopefully) more interesting work, decent pay rise and more opportunities in general!

Deployed some new money to my S&S ISA early in March, but need to keep a relatively high cash balance to account for future expenses mentioned above (plus renovations on the horizon).

Happy saving all!

#7 declaring £356.58 for March.

Wedding costs are starting to take a dent in the savings and have a honeymoon to sort as well! S&S ISA contributions will almost certainly be zero for the foreseeable future, at least the pension conts will keep ticking along in the background.

Here's my April to July's updates - massive thanks to Suffolk_lass and enthusiasticsaver for picking this up!

New job started in June which has been going well so far. Decided to up my pension contributions when sorting out the new one, so that combined with new salary means a sizeable extra amount going in the pension each month.

April - £1,679
May - £1,866
June - £2,093
July - £668

August update will follow in the next few days.

#7 declaring £1,522 for August.

#7 declaring £1,146 for September

Simobla1

Suffolk_lass said:

Simobla1 said:

Would I be able to join the challenge at this late stage? I’ve got a log of my savings so far this year and would like to make a target of £3k by end of year.  

Jan-March was spent saving the final amounts to pay off my HTB loan which I achieved in March.  Amounts for April onwards are as follows: 

April £200

May £200

June £50

July £54

August £60

September £1001

Is that OK?  

What number are you @Simobla1? I can't see immediately (Maybe put it in your signature?) - no worries if you are new, just say - and PM me is you had to change your name

I'm new @Suffolk_lass, I dont have a number, I'd like to join the challenge if thats OK.  Payments made thus far this year towards a £3k target are above. 

Suffolk_lass

Simobla1 said:

Suffolk_lass said:

Simobla1 said:

Would I be able to join the challenge at this late stage? I’ve got a log of my savings so far this year and would like to make a target of £3k by end of year.  

Jan-March was spent saving the final amounts to pay off my HTB loan which I achieved in March.  Amounts for April onwards are as follows: 

April £200

May £200

June £50

July £54

August £60

September £1001

Is that OK?  

What number are you @Simobla1? I can't see immediately (Maybe put it in your signature?) - no worries if you are new, just say - and PM me is you had to change your name

I'm new @Suffolk_lass, I dont have a number, I'd like to join the challenge if thats OK.  Payments made thus far this year towards a £3k target are above. 

I have given you number 62 and added your amounts to the spreadsheet. My apologies, I really need to read the whole post! I can see you asked to join. I have given myself a good talking to about doing one thing at a time, and not attempting 3 and doing them all badly.

You should be able to see yourself in the spreadsheet now. Here is an updated link

Hellesbelles

no 25 - £800 for September.
Thanks for updating the spreadsheet.

enthusiasticsaver

I am back now from my Exmoor walking holiday and many thanks to @Suffolk_lass for keeping on top of updates in my absence.  Lots of good updates and welcome to @Simobla1.

I have added a further £200 to my savings for October so £900 by virtue of opening a new Nationwide regular saver at 8%.  Rates are looking much more attractive now for savers. My Yorkshire regular saver finishes 1st November so the Nationwide will replace this for the next 12 months.