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Old 08-21-2008, 01:13 PM
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Default I'm so excited!
Oh Friday, August 29th, I will have $9,553 in my INGdirect savings account. That is so close to $10,000!

I can't believe it! As a 5th year teacher making $42,000 this past year...I have NEVER saved up this much money!

I started to aggressively saving in the end of February 2008 with NOTHING in my account.

Thank you everyone SO MUCH for helping me!
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Old 08-21-2008, 01:21 PM
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Congratulations... $10K saving in 6 months with the salary of under $42K per year is great. Thanks for sharing your joy with us.

Keep doing the same while investing the savings wisely. Good luck.
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Old 08-21-2008, 03:10 PM
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Thanks!
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That's great! Five digits is a nice milestone to reach.
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Very nice. That's quite a rainy day fund you've socked away in half a year, and on a fairly modest paycheck!
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You know your on track when your excited about saving and not spending. At a girl.
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Great job.
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That is an amazing accomplishment on your salary. Congrats!
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Old 08-22-2008, 03:47 AM
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Thanks so much!

I'm hoping to double it by early spring...
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Old 08-22-2008, 06:16 AM
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Mind sharing what you are saving towards?
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I'm saving toward a downpayment on a home...and I need to put about $10,000 toward my wedding.
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Old 08-22-2008, 07:16 AM
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Excellent.
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Mind sharing what you are saving towards?
You must be new here.

Sorry ScrimpandSave, couldn't resist.
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Congrats. Thats great.

I wish I had saved that much in my saving account. I make more than double your salary but I have CC debt which i am paying off.

Congrats once again.
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Old 08-22-2008, 08:26 AM
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Congratulations! That's fantastic! How did you do it?
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Well, I have been sending $800 a pay to my INGDIRECT account...which I love. When I get a raise in September, I am going to send $1000 a pay to the account. I'm just going to continue on from there.

I don't necessarily need all of the $10,000 for the wedding, but I want to have that much saved for it.

Yahoo! If my fiance and I move out in January 2011, then we will have about $80,000 saved (according to my plan which factors in my raises and my fiance's contributions as well).
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Congratulations!
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Haha Disneysteve! I don't think you could ever offend me...your advice has always helped me.

(And you know you are going to hear me chat about houses for a looooong time to come)
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Congratulations. This just goes to show what determination can do. Now, ScrimpAndSave, live up to your forum name and after you've paid for your wedding, then go for $20,000.
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