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Saving for Christmas 2019 - £1 a day challenge
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I've just popped in quickly to update your totals
new challenge?£1 a day for Christmas 2024 £367 / £366 ~Got married 24/05/19 ~ Credit CardDFW Nerd #1155 ~LBM 25/2/09 ~ Debt at highest £8,037.35 ~ £00 -
not able to save for christmas at the minute as I have recently lost my job.
I need to save for bills & also set myself a emergency fund up:heartpuls Getting married 21.09.19 :heartpuls
Emergency Savings - £15.55 / £1,000
XMAS '19 Savings - £0.00 / £365 Holiday savings - £6.00(SA) £00 (PB)0 -
Not much more to report but it’s sneaking up slowly, very nearly at 30% now, which is ahead of where I should be at the end of February. :j
#6 £218/£730Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £32kSaving for 🎄 🎁 2026 £218/£730 29.8%6 mth 🆘 fund £10kMortgage offset fund £23.2k/£30k 77.3%It turns out the answer to my problems wasn’t at the bottom of this tub of ice-cream, 🍨 but the important thing is that I tried...0 -
#3 reporting in that February's £28 has been potted safely. Now up to £90.£2 coin savings club 2026 #1 £88 (2025 £696; 2024 £692; 2023 £754; 2022 £472; 2021 £256; 2020 £358; 2019 £512; 2018 £404; 2017 640) Saving for Xmas £1 a day #1 £180 / £730 3-6 month emergency fund challenge #48 £20.050 Save a penny a day 2026 #4 £ . / £667.95 £1000 emergency fund challenge #232 £1,007/ £1,000 (achieved Nov 2020)0
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#13 now up to £90Not buying unnecessary toiletries 2024 26/53 UU, 25 IN0
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#7 now at 150/5000
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It seems ages since I posted but I’m still being frugal as I have a large dentist bill looming next month. Anyhow, I’ve cashed out from Pine Cone surveys which bumps me up to:
#6 £228/£730Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £32kSaving for 🎄 🎁 2026 £218/£730 29.8%6 mth 🆘 fund £10kMortgage offset fund £23.2k/£30k 77.3%It turns out the answer to my problems wasn’t at the bottom of this tub of ice-cream, 🍨 but the important thing is that I tried...0 -
Good luck with job hunting I hope you find something quickly and can get back on an even keel soon xnot able to save for christmas at the minute as I have recently lost my job.
I need to save for bills & also set myself a emergency fund upDebt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £32kSaving for 🎄 🎁 2026 £218/£730 29.8%6 mth 🆘 fund £10kMortgage offset fund £23.2k/£30k 77.3%It turns out the answer to my problems wasn’t at the bottom of this tub of ice-cream, 🍨 but the important thing is that I tried...0 -
I think I’ve had the last of the £5 M&S voucher top ups from last years account transfer, anymore will be a bonus but think the ordinary vouchers should be due a payout soon. This weeks total:
#6 £233/£730 Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £32kSaving for 🎄 🎁 2026 £218/£730 29.8%6 mth 🆘 fund £10kMortgage offset fund £23.2k/£30k 77.3%It turns out the answer to my problems wasn’t at the bottom of this tub of ice-cream, 🍨 but the important thing is that I tried...0 -
Is this challenge quiet compared with past years? Where is everybody I wonder. Never mind the best ones are present and correct 😁😁.
#7 200/3650
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