The "Save 12k in 2018" Thread!

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  • Rainbowsandtea
    Rainbowsandtea Posts: 9 Forumite
    Hi, please put me down for £12k.
  • Westie983
    Westie983 Posts: 5,213 Ambassador
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    No potting from me...

    I have been spending money on a birthday meal, thats allowed right...

    Ill be back on it again tomorrow


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    Save 12k in 2023 #58 Total (£4500.00) £2500.00/£5000 = 50.00%
    Sealed Pot Challenge ~17 #24 Total (£55.00) £0.00/£500 = 0.00%
    Xmas 2023 £1 a Day #13 Total (£85.00) £344.00/£365 = 94.24%
    Virtual Sealed Pot #1 Total (£500) £550.00/£500 = 110.00%
    £2 Savers Club 2023 #17 Total (£25.00) £45/£300 = 15.00%
    The 365 1p Challenge 2023 #7 Total £656.19/£667.95 = 98.23%
    Total £4095.19/£7332.95 = 55.84%
  • Wanna_Bee_Free
    Wanna_Bee_Free Posts: 2,134 Forumite
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    Hi Westie, after all your saving this year a birthday meal is definitely allowed! Happy Birthday!!
  • Westie983
    Westie983 Posts: 5,213 Ambassador
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    Wanna_Bee_Free wrote: »
    Hi Westie, after all your saving this year a birthday meal is definitely allowed! Happy Birthday!!

    Thanks, its a horrible time to have it but at least all of the restaurants are still serving christmas meals.

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    Save 12k in 2023 #58 Total (£4500.00) £2500.00/£5000 = 50.00%
    Sealed Pot Challenge ~17 #24 Total (£55.00) £0.00/£500 = 0.00%
    Xmas 2023 £1 a Day #13 Total (£85.00) £344.00/£365 = 94.24%
    Virtual Sealed Pot #1 Total (£500) £550.00/£500 = 110.00%
    £2 Savers Club 2023 #17 Total (£25.00) £45/£300 = 15.00%
    The 365 1p Challenge 2023 #7 Total £656.19/£667.95 = 98.23%
    Total £4095.19/£7332.95 = 55.84%
  • AWPTheo
    AWPTheo Posts: 35 Forumite
    Hiya,

    Can you please add me to save £2,400? I'm a student so twelve grand is a pipe dream and I also have some debts to pay off, but I think if I make some cut backs I can find £200 a month! I already have £450 in savings so it would be a really healthy pot by then!

    Thanks and Hi :T
    Debts Jan 2018: £0/£1,200 personal loan, £118.29/£605.71 CC/SC Savings Jan 2018: £450
    2018 Challenges: Save £12k in 2018 #72 - £60/£2,400, Virtual Sealed Pot Challenge #17 £15.61/£100
  • bassking
    bassking Posts: 12 Forumite
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    Hi Slowlyfading, I'm trying to be a little more proactive this year with regards to saving and I think your thread is a great idea! Can you put me down for 6000 please.
    Cheers ! Bassking
    Save 12K in 2018 #73
  • Windofchange
    Windofchange Posts: 1,167 Forumite
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    Hi all,

    I'm pretty much at the end of my debt repayment journey at last, and ready to start building some savings. I have a few big expenditures coming up in 2018 - a trip to Vegas later in the year being one of them, so £12k isn't going to be realistic for me. If I could be sitting here with £6k to my name this time next year, that would make me very happy. Anything over that is a bonus. So, can I be added to the challenge with a £6,000 target.
  • economic
    economic Posts: 3,002 Forumite
    Windofchange wrote: »
    Hi all,

    I'm pretty much at the end of my debt repayment journey at last, and ready to start building some savings. I have a few big expenditures coming up in 2018 - a trip to Vegas later in the year being one of them, so £12k isn't going to be realistic for me. If I could be sitting here with £6k to my name this time next year, that would make me very happy. Anything over that is a bonus. So, can I be added to the challenge with a £6,000 target.

    Why can you only save 6k a year? What about your NHS pension? Do you not contribute to that along with the uk taxpayer as well (quite generously)?

    Savings should also include pension contributions.
  • Green-Beagle
    Green-Beagle Posts: 6 Forumite
    Please sign me up for £12k. First-timer at this but I'm going to try my best. A grand a month – how hard can it be? :eek:
    Make £2,018 in 2018: £0
    Save £12,000 in 2018: £0
  • tori.k
    tori.k Posts: 3,592 Forumite
    I will throw my hat into the ring if that's ok with a target of 6K. I'm going to try and reverse myself this year and put the savings away first rather than at the end of my pay month and see if I can stick to a stricter budget than I have been.
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