Are you saving up for something special?

@34momma (13882)
United States
May 31, 2012 2:16pm CST
Almost 2 year I saw these cute crayon bank in the store and decided to get one for myself, both of my kids, and my husband. My husband and son took all the money out of theirs before it could even get a quarter full. My daughter still has hers. But now mine is almost full. I promised myself when it got full I would treat myself to something really special. I always wanted a Gucci bag. So maybe I will get one. Or maybe I will put the money towards a nice trip for me and my husband, even though he didn't save his.... Are you saving up money for something really special?
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@Bhebelen14 (5194)
• Philippines
31 May 12
Yes Im saving up occasionally and for something special like anniversary and birthday. Weekly I tried to save from our house budget so that when I want to buy some clothes for my husband as a gift even if without occasion I dont need to get money in the bank instead I will get from my personal savings here at home.
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
1 Jun 12
that' what i am doing too. it really is great to free up some money without having to take it from the family account
• Philippines
18 Jul 12
Thank you so much for the best response.
@GemmaR (8517)
31 May 12
At the moment I am saving up for my first property, which I would say was something very special because hopefully that is my first step towards being a "proper" adult (even though I've technically been one for quite some years now). I will be able to afford it within the next year providing that I save up everything that I earn and don't waste any money on things that I just don't need. I think that it is always good to be saving up for something as it helps you to keep your eye on how much you're spending. If you didn't have anything in mind then you would probably not be as careful, and you would waste it on things that you didn't need.
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
31 May 12
that is so my goal too. i want to own my very own home in the next year or so! good for you and i wish you all the best
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@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
31 May 12
no, nothing other than Christmas. i have started buying Christmas presents and will use my mylot money to some stuff off of ebay for Christmas as well.
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
31 May 12
i will so be doing my holiday shopping early this year too! good for you Cher913
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@SomeCowgirl (32191)
• United States
31 May 12
Are these the really big crayon banks or are these sort of small? I'm terrible at saving but when I really want something I do what I can to save. I want to get a laptop so I need to start saving, but there are also needs that I haven't gotten because of the fact that I use it for wants, or for food.
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
31 May 12
these are pretty tall. about a foot tall or so. well a girl has got to eat. what i do is just put my change from the end of the in it. and toss a few dollar bills in there if i have a extra one in my pocket.
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• United States
1 Jun 12
I am saving up for the most important thing. Moving to a new place. I am stuck in the worst apartment of my life with constant noise, littering, damage to my car, ect ... I hate this place. I am disabled and just want peace and quiet with my illness. So this is my dream. To move out of here. But there is nothing available that I can afford. So I just keep looking. Hopefully my dream will come true someday of moving out of this place.
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
5 Jun 12
If you stay focus on your dream and not on what you "hate" and stay focus on having that dream come true. You will see how fast you will get to your new place
• United States
5 Jun 12
34momma, Thankyou. I will stay focused. But I am in for a lot of let downs I am afraid because everything around my town is way to expensive for me to afford.
• United States
31 May 12
I save up my tips from work for the thigns I personally want. I just bought some aldo hafen heels and now I'm working toward a white lolita dress! can't wait
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
31 May 12
very nice. i love aldo!! good for you honey
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• Canada
31 May 12
Hubby and I are going to do some traveling this year. August -Serbian Festival about 20 miles from here, but after a few shots of Sljivovica we won't remember where we live, so we'll need a hotel. September 6 -Niagara Falls Canadian side, for our anniversary. December 25 -Toronto for Christmas. I'm also saving up for a trip to Nashville.
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
1 Jun 12
i want to go to Niagra Falls too on the Canadian said for our anniversary!!! that's so awesome! I also want to go to Arazonia, Colorado, and Main. those are the places i would love to viist
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
1 Jun 12
Yes, that's really nice ^^ I've never saved up for anything until i met my current gf. IN the past, i would simply buy whatever i wanted with all i have. If i dun have enough, i would borrow from friends, family.. haha Ever since i met my gf, i know the importance of savings and so far, most of things we bought, are via savings over weeks to maybe a month. Right now, we have bigger savings plan to keep to as marriage is on the cards for next year, together with our honeymoon to europe. Hopefully by then we would have saved enough, reward ourselves in the best possible way
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
5 Jun 12
Getting married that's wonderful!! I wish the best for the both of you!!!
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@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
1 Jun 12
I have done that before. It's neat to have a goal and to dream about what it will be like to spend some of that cash! My kids and I go for money walks around the neighborhood. We find more loose change on the sidewalks than you can imagine. We put the coins in an empty gallon milk jug. It's not yet 1/2 full. So I can't say we are saving for a special item. But we will come up with something!
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
5 Jun 12
i use to do that with my one of my kids when he was little. and yes you can find so much change doing that. and it's really fun
@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
31 May 12
I am saving for new living room furniture. I put spare change into it and every once in a while I am able to sneak more into it. I do keep it hidden because I don't want it raided when we are short on funds. I am unsure how long it will take to get the furniture but I feel better about saving for it.
@34momma (13882)
• United States
1 Jun 12
that's the most important thing Shelly... how you feel because you are working towards a goal. Last year my husband and I purchased new furniture for our whole apartment except our bedroom. So I am now putting a something to the side for that myself. jsut keep on dropping it in there. you will be so suprised how quickly it adds up and how much you will have
@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
5 Jun 12
Very true. I am glad you were fortunate enough to get that much furniture! Good luck with the savings for your bedroom furniture!
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
4 Jun 12
Our family hasn't had the opportunity to take a vacation since my son was a baby and my daughter was only four years old. This year they are nine and five years old and though I know that a vacation isn't in the books for this summer, I am trying to do everything that I can to save money so that we will be able to take the kids to Florida next year so that they will have the opportunity to see the ocean and the beach for the first time in their lives.
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
5 Jun 12
i was just talking about this with my daughter this morning. I have been with my now husband for 8 years and we have never taking a family vacation. So i would love to be able to take a vacation with all 4 kids and my husband!
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
1 Jun 12
I really don't like to own an expensive bag because i am lazy to bring bags whenever i go out. I do save money for my traveling only. I love traveling and try to visit one new place in a year. I hope this year i still can do save enough money for my trip...
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
5 Jun 12
whatever you want to save for is on you. traveling is a great thing to save for and look forward too
@ryanong (9665)
• Vietnam
7 Jun 12
ya, i do love travel....and all my money saving just for it only...
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• India
1 Jun 12
Well.I save money to buy good books that i like.All the money that i am going to earn from here is going to be used to buy books.Which means free books.And also i have lots of savings with me so that at any situation i can buy or use it.We should save money.
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@34momma (13882)
• United States
5 Jun 12
if you introduce other's to mylot by using your life you can make even more money! so i wish you all the very best!
• Malaysia
22 Jun 12
For the past 7 months i have been saving a small portion of my salary for something that intended to do in the future. I set my target of 1 year 6 months so i guess there's another 11 months to go before i do it. What i wanted to do is i want to go to Australia and meet up with a guy name Lachlan Elsworth of Traders International.This organization or company teaches people on how to trade gold, oil, currencies all over the world legally. This guy is an expert trader and he provides trading courses for normal people like me. His trading expertise is recognize by people such as Robert Kiyosaki and Donald Trump. Due to the course being legit and recognize by many people because Lachlan and some of his team of of experts has helpeed a lot of people to understand the real way of trading. So what i wanted to do with the money i've been saving is to go to Australie, learn from Lachlan the art of trading and possibly work with him to set up a branch in South East Asia.
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• Philippines
19 Jun 12
Yes I am trying to save money for something really special. This will be my surprise present for my significant other. It's too sad I have to struggle for it since I earn a little from my present job.
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@marguicha (215828)
• Chile
6 Jun 12
I have two piggy banks where I save money for my vacations. I first got a small one when I went to Aruba and I had to change the coins into bills after a while because it was too little. So now I bought a "mother" piggy bank and it can hold a lot of coins
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• Indonesia
7 Jun 12
Hi 34momma, yes im saving my money because I want to take fashion and art courses without asking money from my parents. I want to have my own boutique and art gallery, Im now spending money to buy craft supplies from online stores where I find its cheaper in the online stores (plus free shipping), its 3times cheaper than what it sold on the store in my city, I just ordered 2 sets and would like to resell it here. I always wanted to make my own dress and bags but I know I need to take a class to be a professional dress maker, this is why i want to save my money for my future.
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