📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

The 365 Day 1p Challenge 2024

Options
1111214161770

Comments

  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,215 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    #12 checking in, as I was a bit behind and want to get this challenge finished by Dec 1st, as using it to pay for our Christmas break away. 
    so today I have sent £12 to the pot and crossed off the following numbers
    1,2,3,4,5,6,7,36,55,72,345,362
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £28,744....its going down

     Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 
    18mths ahead of schedule.  Since 2022 we paid over £15K in OPs.

    Challenges

    EF #68  £550/£3000
    .
    Fiver Friday '25 #10 £15

    Studies/surveys  August £0

    Decluttering items 756

    Books read    13
    Jigsaws done  8

    My debt free diary...https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6396218/we-will-get-this-debt-d£own-the-savings-up


  • curlywurly82
    curlywurly82 Posts: 185 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 9 January 2024 at 9:06AM

    #29 I've transferred £4.96 for January into my Xmas savings pot.

  • enthusiasticsaver
    enthusiasticsaver Posts: 16,062 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper

    #27 I've transferred £4.96 for January into my Xmas savings pot.

    Thanks but just to avoid confusion your challenge number is actually #29. 
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Debt free Wannabe, Budgeting and Banking and Savings and Investment boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.

    The 365 Day 1p Challenge 2025 #1 £667.95/£301.35
    Save £12k in 2025 #1 £12000/£8000
  • #37
    54p added to the pot.

    £16.45

    thank you 
  • I_Love_comps
    I_Love_comps Posts: 2,418 Senior Ambassador
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    I would like to join this challenge.  I started on the 1st January, so today I will be placing 10p into the pot.
    I am a Senior Ambassador on the Competitions Time Board and the Old Style MoneySaving Board.
    If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators.  Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.



    My Diary Link My Frugal Year 2023 My Frugal Year 2023 — MoneySavingExpert Forum

    My Challenges
    Make £2023 in 2023. £3.16/£2023 Make £2023 in 2023 — MoneySavingExpert Forum
    Compers Challenge 2023 0 Wins Compers challenge 2023! — MoneySavingExpert Forum
                               

                                                                                                                                  
  • MsMoon
    MsMoon Posts: 174 Forumite
    Third Anniversary 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    I would like to join this challenge.  I started on the 1st January, so today I will be placing 10p into the pot.

    The classic challenge is 1p on day 1, 2p on day 2 etc. But there's no strict rules!
  • I_Love_comps
    I_Love_comps Posts: 2,418 Senior Ambassador
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    MsMoon said:
    I would like to join this challenge.  I started on the 1st January, so today I will be placing 10p into the pot.

    The classic challenge is 1p on day 1, 2p on day 2 etc. But there's no strict rules!
    Yes. I have got it wrong with my money in today , I have 55p .
    I am a Senior Ambassador on the Competitions Time Board and the Old Style MoneySaving Board.
    If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators.  Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.



    My Diary Link My Frugal Year 2023 My Frugal Year 2023 — MoneySavingExpert Forum

    My Challenges
    Make £2023 in 2023. £3.16/£2023 Make £2023 in 2023 — MoneySavingExpert Forum
    Compers Challenge 2023 0 Wins Compers challenge 2023! — MoneySavingExpert Forum
                               

                                                                                                                                  
  • Joined today and transferred 55p! First Direct lets me do low value transfers. Yay. I'm a PhD student and earn part time wages so this idea as a real boost!
  • #49 £22 extra to the pot for a jeans refund
    Became debt free December 2022

    #49 2024 penny saving challenge - £270.55/£671.61 - 41%
    January - £150.55
    February - £120

    #20 52 envelope challenge1 - £1015/£1378 - 73%
    January - £295
    February- £335
    March - £385

    £1285.55/£5671.95 22% saved
  • I_Love_comps
    I_Love_comps Posts: 2,418 Senior Ambassador
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    11 pence added today.

    Total now 66 pence 
    I am a Senior Ambassador on the Competitions Time Board and the Old Style MoneySaving Board.
    If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators.  Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.



    My Diary Link My Frugal Year 2023 My Frugal Year 2023 — MoneySavingExpert Forum

    My Challenges
    Make £2023 in 2023. £3.16/£2023 Make £2023 in 2023 — MoneySavingExpert Forum
    Compers Challenge 2023 0 Wins Compers challenge 2023! — MoneySavingExpert Forum
                               

                                                                                                                                  
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351.1K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.2K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.6K Spending & Discounts
  • 244.1K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 599.1K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177K Life & Family
  • 257.5K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.