Week 25 of the 52 week Mo Money Challenge: Went to the bank and got the money out! Ouch!

Week twenty-five! Can you believe it? Wow! So today, I had a half day holiday from work and so decided instead of doing another IOU for twenty five pounds maybe I should just make a withdrawal. Normally, the banks are closed by the time I get home so I took this opportunity and that's the reason why I have twenty five pounds. It was painful withdrawing the money, but it was better than owing the money jar more money.

These challenges are only fun for those who make them, and write on how to do them. The actual doing and saving is boring. Again, if you want to have regular savings, get a saving accounts and put a fixed sum preferably on the same day of your payday and put that money away.

Look at how many times, I've put in an IOU into the pot. I think it's about three times now though I paid one off, paid a pound towards one and the larger one is still outstanding. And there has been a couple of occasions when I needed change so I got it from the money jar. Yeah, I broke the rules, but it's a bit foolish if I needed to break a larger sum into smaller ones and I didn't use the money jar. I think I broke a twenty into two tens or something.

Anyway, regular savings is good but since it's a financial investment, remember my disclaimer, I am not qualified to give financial advice so please seek qualified financial advice before you make any investments.

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