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  • Topscooby
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    #6 Topscooby £1400 for February please 👍

    £12k in 2026 #6 ( £8,600 / £12,000 )
    £12k in 2025 #27 ( £12,850 / £12,000 ) Goal surpassed 🙏
    £12k in 2024 #18 (£14,000 / £12,000)…Goal surpassed 🙏
    The 365 Day 1p Challenge 2023 #86 ( Completed at 299.42% )
  • DiscountDuck
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    #29 here. I’ve just saved £25 towards my February total. I won’t know how much more is going into the pot until after the 20th. I was really motivated by hitting my goal last month hence already starting this month!

  • Angelica123
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    #24 Reporting for Feb - 2050

    #24 Save 12k in 2026
  • Pucky89
    Pucky89 Posts: 25
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    will report my January savings this evening

  • Suffolk_lass
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    Thanks @Pucky89 - it's good to hear from people, even if totals aren't posted - it is reassuring that people have not forgotten they signed up (there are usually a few, every year)

    Save £12k in 2026 #2 I have banked £10,836.47 in 9 months, against a £10k target The Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
    OS Grocery Challenge in 2026 I have a £3000 annual budget for 2026 - currently £1971.56 to the end of Sep
    I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2027 thread brand new and sparkling - feel free to join us and say what and how you are planning
    My keep within our budget diary is here
  • t2rry
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    #17 t2rry declaring an additional £200 for February please

    Saved most of this on a large budgeted item that came in under, the rest is from selling a few things, which I should do more of! I have been debating for a while whether to set this aside or wait for a little more of the month to show its hand but I know how my brain works and if it's not in my spreadsheet's bottom line, I'll do everything I can to avoid spending it, or I'll adjust other budgets to make the month work without it, so I'm taking the plunge.

    Debt Free I FFEF I Building Savings I 2026 Plan:
    1. 25/26 Pension £3,100/£3,100
    2. Regular Savings £7,690/£6,900
    3. Slush Fund £12,960/£10,000

    Save £12k in 2026 - #17 - £23,750/£20,000 (119%)
  • Pucky89
    Pucky89 Posts: 25
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    #25 final number for Jan £826.25

  • Caeraugirl
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    So sorry, just looked at spreadsheet before posting my February total, and can see I didn't update for January, so will correct that now!

    #15 Caeraugirl with £1500 for January and £1500 for February

    #15 Save £12k in 2026 £13500/£12000


  • Suffolk_lass
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    edited 10 February at 8:42AM

    Thank you @Caeraugirl - you are in good company. Still 6 people to update for the first time

    Save £12k in 2026 #2 I have banked £10,836.47 in 9 months, against a £10k target The Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
    OS Grocery Challenge in 2026 I have a £3000 annual budget for 2026 - currently £1971.56 to the end of Sep
    I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2027 thread brand new and sparkling - feel free to join us and say what and how you are planning
    My keep within our budget diary is here
  • enthusiasticsaver
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    I got sent some money by my lovely mum for my birthday this month so I have moved a further £500 over to savings for now. That makes a total of £1000 for February. Spreadsheet updated.

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    Save £12k in 2026 Challenge £12000/£10,000
    365 day 1p Challenge 2026 £667.95/£600.31
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