start a savings account

I have never been able to save a penny in my life. As my mother always says ‘money burns a hole in my pocket’. As a result I am in great debt.
I am determind to change this. Lately my partner and I have become engaged. Although the wedding is years and years away (since we are both 19) I would like to know that I atleast have some money to put towards it. We are also looking into getting a flat together after I finish University (2years)

All in all, it’s about time I started saving!

i spend so much money on absolute crap, dvds, clothes, novelty items
i want to save the money i spend on that crap and put it towards better things like travel a house etc

I WANT 480

As much as I hate these things because it’s money that I don’t use on manga…much…I need a savings account so that I’ll keep my dirty mits off my money and let it grow. ^^;

i don’t think at this point i can put aside 10% of my income. i’m thinking i am going to start by saying in 3 months of 2009, i would like to have 400$ in the savings account. enough to start with and leaving us plenty to pay off old bills.

i think i might change this to a piggy bank. literally.

It’s one of my summer goals, and I’ve already accomplished it :)
I love this new bank. The people are so friendly! It didn’t cost me a dime to open, either.

Now I’m motivated to check off a few more summer goals right away! :)

I’m researching all my possibilities in an effort to find the account with the highest APY or APR that also doesn’t have rigid rules and fees/penalties (hidden or not), that’s with a reputable company. So far I’ve found that Charles Schwab Bank offers an interest checking account with an APY of 2.01% which is much higher than the current interest rate that National City offers on it’s savings account – a paltry .03%.

Charles Schwab Interest Checking:
http://a15.g.akamai.net/f/15/5616/5s/schwab.download.akamai.com/5616/m/q307/hyic/?src=nnc

I went down to Wachovia a couple of days ago and opened a savings account, and an extra checking account to boot. I’m gonna save $150 a week for a year to fund a 6 month vagabonding trip around the world. Frick yeah

I went to the bank yesterday and forced myself to open up a savings account with $1,000 and to my amazememt I was signed up for a free checking account, and for some reason I feel happier, I’m really glad that I did that,I know that as long as I have money in the bank I won’t have to feel that I’m broke, like they say,”It’s my money, and I can use it when I want to”. It feels good to say that!