To make things a little more interesting... ah forget it, most of you probably are saving for the next big game that will come out this year (and before anyone asks, Yes I am aware that a new Carmen Sandiego game came out earlier this year but I don't own a switch)


I have two columns I'm saving for, one if actually for various things, another is meant for Summer savings (like saving up for next summer because I don't work in the summer,) and usually the money for that comes from what's left over after the annual fall craft market at the horse track, the Prairie Strides Flea Market (one of my favorites!) and the twice a year book market that benefits the Children's hospital

The other column that I use for various things (trust me I have a list) like I said in a previous thread I am saving for a desk but my parents aren't in a hurry to find one at the moment. However I am seriously considering a reloadable Skip the Dishes gift card for myself so I won't have to use my credit card online (yes I have one now more on that in a bit). Though when Forrest Gump does show up on my tv again, I'll probably order a Garlic Epic Stuffed Crust pizza from Papa Johns (I already have Chocolates to go with it) most of the money that goes into this one comes from any money I win at the casino (I only go in when I get a coupon for a draw to put in, however depending on how much I win half would also go into the summer savings area)

anyway yes I do have a credit card now but I have to use it wisely and not spend foolishly. My parents finally relented when dad thought that I should have a credit rating. Getting a credit card was something I wanted to do six months after I got my job, and I knew here this meant that I would be paying bills for the first time. I have been keeping up with the payments of my credit card and when it was activated last fall, I knew what I wanted to use it for first.....Toy Mountain and the Christmas Cheer board, because I figured I should do something beneficial for someone else before I use this on myself, which I did. Also I had agreed to let it hibernate for the Summer until I was back at work. I will shop for the Cheer board and Toy Mountain first once it's safe to use it again though. There are a couple of rules though, and the big one is NO ONLINE SHOPPING (believe me there is alot I want to get online....and it's mostly Sailor Moon related, not to mention cooking supplies)

But enough about what I'm doing what are you saving up for?

classgame: Well me and my wife would love to take a vacation in the fall perhaps around our anniversary. I have been saving for a vacation so we can have a nice getaway. Due to her work schedule we do not get to hardly take any vacations.

I'm not saving for any specific thing, just so I have something in reserve for times of need.

For example, next month I'll be getting a new computer to replace my 9-year old one and I also have to replace some furniture. Such sporadic but necessary spending rely on the savings being made throughout the years, and even though you never know when exactly will you need to do the spending you know it's coming sooner or later.

I see a point in saving to get to a desired option, but I've never truly done that. By simply saving for just in case I can do such spendings when they are actually needed without worrying on anything. I also have a margin to allow some caprices to happen during the month which further disables the need to save for something specific.

I am saving up for a new computer, it'd either be the Surface Pro 12 or 11, the 12 is cheaper so I'll go with that.

I am currently (and perpetually) saving for retirement. My wife and I both have money automatically taken out of our checking account and put into a Roth IRA and invested into an S&P 500 index fund every month. It's so incredibly important to start saving for retirement early because of compound interest. The longer that the money sits, the more that it grows. If you contribute $5,000 every year starting when you are 25, you'll have $2,212,968.78 in your IRA by the time you turn 65 (assuming a 10% rate of return, which is around the average for the S&P 500). If you wait until you're 30 to start investing, you'll only have $1,355,121.84 by the time you turn 65. The person that started contributing at 25 only put in an additional $25,000, yet the extra time allowed them to accumulate $857,846.94 more than the person that didn't start contributing to their IRA until they turned 30.

I'm also trying to build back my emergency savings a little bit, since we took some money out of it recently to have our backyard cleared out and to have sod put down.

Once our emergency savings is back to the level that I'd like it to be at, we're probably going to save for a car. Right now we only have one functioning vehicle because my wife's car has a blown head gasket. It's not worth getting it fixed because the repair would cost about as much as the car itself is worth. It's fine, since I work from home, but it would be nice to have a second vehicle, especially since my car has over 140,000 miles on it and will likely need to be replaced somewhat soon anyway. We'll probably be a pre-owned car for somewhere in the $13,000 to $16,000 price range.

I'm not going to lie I've thought about retirement saving as well. However I've had an RDSP since before I was even employed but god knows how far that will get me in this day and age

I desperately need a modern laptop. My old girl has been with me over 10 years but she is running on pure willpower at this point. The battery is weak, her processor can barely handle more than 2 youtube tabs, and overall her performance speed is not what it used to be.

I am very grateful to her for all the service she has provided me over the past 10 years, but I'm looking ahead now.

I'm hoping to start working soon so I'll have some extra funds to go into a good model.

After that I'm hoping to save up for a trip next summer. I'll have to look into all the details but it feels like the right time.

While not really a money thing I am saving myself for a new shake joint that opened today, they do a thing called Freak Shakes like those ones you see in pictures that has cookies on it like crazy, yeah I know that might not be a good idea but they have food items on the menu as well

The reason I'm not going right away is that I have a doctors appointment in less than 2 weeks and I have not been doing a good job at maintaining myself. Luckily for me however the day after I will be in the vicinity of the area but I don't know if I will still be in that mall by opening time

I am tryna save for a new chair for my setup, bro my current chair is falling apart, it is so old (if you call 8 years old for a chair). The one I am looking at has lumbar support, maybe $260 on a good day. My cousin was making fun of me for having such an old chair, but like don't you want them to last a while before spending a ton of money on a new one, he gets a new one every year, bro does not need this.

Zaynix Voltaris : That's understandable the chair I currently use is one I got from IKEA (they had a good price I decided to take advantage)

Dude, getting a chair from IKEA is such a steal. I like when you find gear that actually holds up without breaking. I'm thinking about saving for a new mic too because my current one makes me sound like I'm speaking through a potato.

I just got a new laptop after over 10 years. I'm thinking of saving for a Switch 2 so I'll have enough by the time games come out I want to play. Would you say this is a good idea?

How do you usually save up, do you have some sort of plan or do you just kind of dump everything in an account?

Yeah I too have been thinking about saving for a new laptop because well I don't think this ones days are numbered considering the motherboard isn't well and I didn't upgrade to windows 11 (I didn't want to bother because if the motherboard went and I had upgraded it would have been a waste of my time, almost like the day when I brought home my recently re-imaged windows 7 laptop and they go and announce Windows 8...and considering how that wasn't well received I feel quite vindicated)

and I did figure out a way to save money, especially since regarding my paycheques for one week has to go towards my peggo card (it's a bus pass) and another week one half goes towards rent, however the past few months I qualified for something from the government and I decided to use that for rent and as a result I chose to take out half from one paycheque and divided up into four portions, Rainy Day, Saving for something, saving for summer and what's left goes in my wallet. Also if I win money at a very once every couple of months casino trip whatever I win goes into saving for something.

I am currently going to save for a PC rather than a Surface Pro because the PC I am looking at it more powerful and has been $700 during black Friday.

I'd like to save for a trip to go visit my wife but I haven't really started saving yet I realized today I miscalculated how much I'll likely make a month now that I'm back to work and saving money is going to be more difficult than I thought but I'm not too worried I'm trying to get to where I could handle working another day and then overtime I'll be up for a raise in a few months which will also help.

I finally got a new laptop recently so now I've got my eyes set on a Switch 2 and finally making that jump. Not in the near future, but I imagine sometime in 2027 would be the ideal time for it. New generation of Pokemon, hopefully whatever big titles come out during the holiday season and early 2027 titles, maybe even some surprises.

Right now, I'm saving for some DDR5 RAM, specifically Corsair, for my PC built. I did some shopping last Black Friday/Cybermonday to get a lot of the parts I need, but unfortunately, RAM prices skyrocketed at the end of 2025 and I've been patiently waiting for them to return to something resembling a reasonable price...

I'm not particularly in a rush per se, but I've been wanting to build my own gaming PC for years now and it's always one thing after another interfering. Once I finally have RAM, all that's left is to buy some fans, a power supply, and the case and it'll finally be complete.

Right now currently saving for a vacation I want to take in the summer. Debating to either go to San Diego again this year or maybe hit somewhere new like northern parts of Virginia or New Hampshire. Who knows I want to see how things go and finalize my plans in the end

Right now I am trying to save for a car. Current has been making sounds I don't like the sound of and if it turns out to be the transmission I am replacing the car since the transmission type is not worth replacing in most cases. (Nissan CVT)

For some reason I can understand every time my mother's car makes a sound it's "Time to take it to the Nephew-in-law's" yeah they normally take it to him to fix, they're not looking to replace though.