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Save £12k in 2026 challenge (or any other amount to challenge yourself!)

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  • Chicken_dips
    Chicken_dips Posts: 17 Forumite
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    #34 Reporting £3720 for February.

  • Suffolk_lass
    Suffolk_lass Posts: 11,076 Forumite
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    Aha! I worked out the error in the conditional formatting and corrected it! Spreadsheet is looking positive, and ahead of our collective total, averaged over 12 months. Two no shows since signing up, have not been on the forum since December/early January. If no show by the end of the month I will delete them

    Save £12k in 2026 #2 I have banked £2870.61 so far, against a £10k target The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
    OS Grocery Challenge in 2026 I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026 - currently £568.34 and most of my March purchasing made
    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 2026 discussion thread
    My keep within our budget diary is here
  • Angelica123
    Angelica123 Posts: 387 Forumite
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    edited 6 March at 6:05PM

    #24 £1000 for March

    #24 Save 12k in 2026
  • kev2009
    kev2009 Posts: 1,130 Forumite
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    Hi,

    #003 declaring £500 for March.

    Thanks

    Kev

  • t2rry
    t2rry Posts: 1,107 Forumite
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    t2rry #17 logging £1,700 for March please

    That's regular savers and ad hoc savings eating first for the month.

    I will return with RoundUps and underspends (fingers crossed) towards the end of the month. I am also anticipating a little side income to land but never bank them until they're literally in the bank!

    Debt Free I FFEF I Building Savings I 2026 Plan:
    1. 25/26 Pension £3,100/£3,100
    2. Regular Savings £3,690/£6,900
    3. Slush Fund £5,550/£10,000

    Save £12k in 2026 - #17 - £12,340/£20,000 (62%)
  • bsms1147
    bsms1147 Posts: 2,292 Forumite
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    #16 with £3,122.26 for February. Very good month, unlikely to be repeated!

  • penny_less
    penny_less Posts: 160 Forumite
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    #19 reporting for February…

    A very expensive month, car tax, insurance, MOT and service and also a new tumble dryer needed.

    -211.67

    As always, thank you for the effort and time put in to running this thread 😀

  • geordiejon
    geordiejon Posts: 286 Forumite
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    #9 posting £1,116 for march

    this may changed as my daughter has a big vet bill and i can see her asking for a little help.

  • James240
    James240 Posts: 16,393 Forumite
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    Apologies, life has got in the way hope to be back in the challenge at the end of the month :)

    Savings Total so far for 2026: £0/£10,000
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