My 2008 Savings Diary

jo_b_2

I managed to keep a record of my savings pretty much weekly on here last year and I'm now about to add up the totals!! :j

I'll be keeping a record again this year and plan to do better as we have even less money to play with this year!

Today's target is to hit the free bingo sites. I've just done closerbingo for the free £10 but won nothing. Try, try again!

MushyPeas

Hi jo_b, just came across your thread

Thank you for your words of support and good luck with your goals in 2008!!!

rebl43

I would like to do this too. Do you mean all the different things like cashback sites as well as actual savings? Also, do you keep on track on a thread or your sig?

jo_b_2

rebl43 wrote: »

I would like to do this too. Do you mean all the different things like cashback sites as well as actual savings? Also, do you keep on track on a thread or your sig?

I've kept a record of savings such as discount codes used, vouchers in shops etc and any extra income gained. This includes cashback and gift vouchers earned from surveys etc.

I don't keep track in my sig as the length of some people's sigs drives me mad and I'm sure I'm not the only one!

MushyPeas wrote: »

Hi jo_b, just came across your thread

Thank you for your words of support and good luck with your goals in 2008!!!

Cheers! Hope we can motivate each other and share ideas and tips!

shaaark

This is a really good idea!

I didn't spend anything yesterday and am going to start a religious spending diary today as I'm doing my groceries/petrol shopping tonight.

I have a LiveJournal so I'm just going to keep track of mine on there and start as I mean to go on!

Good luck with yours!

(Not going to use my signature as mine is massive and don't want to incur your wrath!)

In_for_a_Bargain

I don't keep a running total but I do have a rough idea of what I have saved. My achievement is that the week before Christmas 2007 I had nearly £100 saved for Christmas 2008, how good is that!

jamtart6

I've bitten the bullet and started a savings record too - hope you don't mind jo_b!!!

err and sorry about my signature

ellionic

I have started my savings for christmas 2008 its my first year of doing it hope to reach £500 anything else a bonus

jo_b_2

Not a very auspicious start to the New Year so far!

I haven't been spending much money over the past 10 days though but haven't saved/made much either!

Will update totals tomorrow. Off to bed! :wave:

MushyPeas

Looking forward to the update jo_b, I bet you have saved something knowing you At least you haven't spent much, that's good!

jo_b_2

MushyPeas wrote: »

Looking forward to the update jo_b, I bet you have saved something knowing you At least you haven't spent much, that's good!

Glad somebody's got faith in me!

2008 so far:

£23.20 cashback credited from my Cashback credit card. (Always paid off in full!)

£95.17 received this month from Quidco

£1.08 rpoints cashback received! :rolleyes:

Ordered £40 worth of Argos vouchers from Consumer Pulse yesterday.

I've been spending loads of time (not money, luckily) on the free bingo sites but haven't won a bean this year, so far.