Saturday Savers Club Finale: We Did It! | Saver of the Year Award | HP Challenge Winner | 2021 Round-Up

Hello Everyone,

Happy New Year 2022! This year is going to be great!

Today we have a round-up of the year, with the winner of Guess Hive account@susie-saver's HP on 31 December and the final challenge for 2021 - your nominations for Saver of the Year 2021!

Hasn't it been good in 2021? Did you make your savings targets? And we had a lot of fun along the way. I've put together links to all the posts from 2021 below, so you can go back and check all the savings tips shared by members and remember the high spots. Mine has to be Jeff Bezos in Space, which happened the same week that El Salvador adopted Bitcoin as its national currency.

But we also had some fun with the no-buy month in September (I reckon some of the biggest savings were made then), not to mention Bitcoin Pizza Day in May and October Side-Gig month where members shared lots of knowledge and expertise.

I've just been watching crypto predictions for 2022 and it looks like we're in for a rollercoaster ride this year. It's a great time to be here and building your stake, it may be a little hair-raising at times, but hey, we're building a crypto buffer through the Saturday Saver Club, so we'll have some resilience for the inevitable turbulence!

So how did we do this year? Well, Hive account@susie-saver, the savings account for Saturday Savers Club, put away a tad over £670 ($890) in Hive and ended the year with 1215 HP, worth approximately $1,896 or £1,422 at 31 December 2021. The account also had 65 EDS and 5 EDSMS, worth about $175 or £130. Not a bad year's work! 🤑

Guess Hive account@susie-saver's HP on 31 December: Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

This was a close run thing with six Saturday Savers coming in very close range to the final result: Hive account@riandeuk at 1204, Hive account@ericburgoyne at 1206, Hive account@tokutaro22 at 1208 and Hive account@jfang003 at 1210 and just past the winning amount was Hive account@justclickindiva at 2020 - excellent predictions!

The winner was Hive account@lammbock with 1213.4 - how close is that???!!!
Congratulations Hive account@lammbock - check you wallet for some SPI goodness and thank you to everyone who took part!

Saver of the Year Award

Our last challenge for 2021 - for the chance to win EDS tokens, nominate your choice for Saver of the Year Award in the comments. We have some great candidates, with Hive account@justclickindiva joining us from the very beginning of the year, Hive account@bearmol joining us at Week 3 and Hive account@jfang003 and Hive account@ericburgoyne around week 7. We've also had regulars Hive account@riandeuk, Hive account@bashadow, Hive account@phoenixwren and Hive account@missaj, newcomers Hive account@tokutaro22 and Hive account@yeckingo1, and many, many visitors including Hive account@metzli, Hive account@chrisparis, Hive account@alexvan and Hive account@no-advice, Hive account@hetty-rowan, Hive account@erikah and Hive account@gillianpearce.

Here's the roll-call for the year:
Hive account@comandoyeya, Hive account@metzli, Hive account@justclickindiva, Hive account@crosheille, Hive account@dmilliz, Hive account@taskmaster4450, Hive account@hivebuzz, Hive account@cmplxty, Hive account@erikah, Hive account@chrisparis, Hive account@bearmol, Hive account@gillianpearce, Hive account@amr008, Hive account@deflacion, Hive account@bitandi, Hive account@zoe24, Hive account@stever82, Hive account@thegoliath, Hive account@skylinebuds-leo, Hive account@ericburgoyne, Hive account@jfang003, Hive account@monsterbuster, Hive account@kaseldz, Hive account@solymi, Hive account@alexvan, Hive account@eirik, Hive account@khan.dayyanz, Hive account@ayhamyou, Hive account@oldmans, Hive account@no-advice, Hive account@missaj, Hive account@knowhow92, Hive account@fruityfruitz, Hive account@dkid14, Hive account@preparedwombat, Hive account@riandeuk, Hive account@phoenixwren, Hive account@dagger212, Hive account@bashadow, Hive account@eythorphoto, Hive account@cwow2, Hive account@failingforwards, Hive account@clicmaster, Hive account@carmenm20, Hive account@hetty-rowan, Hive account@blezyn, Hive account@fabianar25, Hive account@lammbock, Hive account@dksart, Hive account@benthomaswwd, Hive account@tokutaro22, Hive account@yeckingo1, Hive account@mba2020, Hive account@williamtboy, Hive account@curatorcat.leo and Hive account@darmst5339.
Thank you for joining us in Saturday Savers Club in 2021 and look forward to seeing you this year. There will be a new post about the 2022 Saturday Savers Club in the next few days.

Big thanks to Hive account@ocd for support for the Saturday Savers Club

The first two Saturday Savers Club posts, way back in January 2021, benefited from big votes from Hive account@ocd and some other large accounts. We were able to use the HBD from those two posts to buy 104 EDS income tokens to give two away for comments every week throughout the year. Each week, everyone who commented went into the Wheel of Names, and every week, we had two lovely winners, bringing extra fun and engagement for everyone.

One of the delights of the Club has been the comments and the shared tips and support between members. The Saturday Savers Club post has consistently been in the top ten most commented posts in Leofinance for many, many weeks. This has value for Hive way beyond the members who are taking part: visitors and newcomers can see a friendly place with lots of interaction, sharing and fun. Thanks everyone.

Here are all the posts and their topics:

Week	Post	Votes	Comments	Payout
1	Saturday 2 January - Launch: start small, start today	194	26	40.74
2	Saturday 9 January - set a goal for your savings	152	13	18.14
3	Saturday 16 January - keep track of your expenses	82	15	1.94
4	Saturday 23 January - have separate accounts for different things	53	9	2.11
5	Saturday 30 January - just keep going	93	6	5.46
6	Saturday 6 February - wait 24 hours before making a big expense	84	2	6.95
7	Saturday 13 February - make your savings work for you	86	33	6.33
8	Saturday 20 February - active and passive incomes	40	32	0.91
9	Saturday 27 February - investing in passive income	64	35	5.77
10	Saturday 6 March - know your attitude to risk	101	51	5.34
11	Saturday 13 March - ask yourself if you need it before you buy it	48	68	6.28
12	Saturday 20 March - never go shopping with an empty tummy	65	46	3.43
13	Saturday 27 March - have a practical budget	65	69	11.76
14	Saturday 3 April - 100 days of savings backwards	77	87	7.80
15	Saturday 10 April - different ways to use the savings tracker	56	53	4.95
16	Saturday 17 April - it's time in the market, not timing the market	69	65	5.86
17	Saturday 24 April - track your spending challenge	86	39	7.48
18	Saturday 1 May - check your bank balance every day	46	50	3.15
19	Saturday 8 May - automate your savings	41	49	4.03
20	Saturday 15 May - check your household bills and shop around	87	68	7.94
21	Saturday 22 May - Bitcoin Pizza Day Challenge and make a list	80	41	6.25
22	Saturday 29 May - building an emergency fund	67	38	4.30
23	Saturday 5 June - tips and tricks for food budgeting and spending	121	58	12.06
24	Saturday 12 June - Jeff Bezos in Space and the 50:30:20 budget	79	67	4.25
25	Saturday 19 June Scouts learn savings and Bitcoin	67	68	3.02
26	Saturday 26 June - save the savings	102	50	4.56
27	Saturday 3 July - what's your relationship to money?	131	36	4.19
28	Saturday 10 July - Make Do or Do Without Week and minnow challenge	128	38	6.43
29	Saturday 17 July - housekeeping savings tips	142	29	4.88
30	Saturday 24 July - extra housekeeping savings tips	81	63	11.26
31	Saturday 31 July - Lost your savings mojo?	137	47	3.91
32	Saturday 7 August - Check your Hive-Engine wallet for hidden gems	96	38	17.18
33	Saturday 14 August - Autumn Challenge - save $100 in 20 weeks	114	39	8.26
34	Saturday 21 August - How about a no-buy month?	88	36	8.50
35	Saturday 28 August - Setting up a no-buy month ftw!	103	80	3.74
36	Saturday 4 September - September no-buy: favourite no-buy recipe	115	56	19.53
37	Saturday 11 September - September no-buy: no-cost leisure activities	62	57	5.58
38	Saturday 18 September - September no-buy: alternatives to shopping	89	51	4.63
39	Saturday 25 September - September no-buy: what worked?	75	45	7.13
40	Saturday 2 October October Side-Gig - selling things	91	34	12.89
41	Saturday 9 October October Side-Gig - selling skills	60	23	6.85
42	Saturday 16 October - October Side-Gig - selling time	186	32	16.71
43	Saturday 23 October - October Side-Gig - teaching and tutoring	99	35	10.39
44	Saturday 30 October - October Side-Gig - final ideas round-up	80	38	11.08
45	Saturday 6 November - remember: just keep on going	86	23	4.95
46	Saturday 13 November - Festive Savings giveaway	90	30	12.21
47	Saturday 20 November - Black Friday giveaway	114	52	27.10
48	Saturday 27 November - Festive savings tips	98	39	23.65
49	Saturday 4 December - Saturday Savers promo	154	45	33.25
50	Saturday 11 December - Saturday Savers promo	176	73	31.25
51	Saturday 18 December - Saturday Savers promo	129	51	33.18
52	Saturday 25 December - Autumn Challenge payout yay!	123	43	22.11

Hive account@eddie-earner content contributed by Hive account@silverstackeruk and Hive account@shanibeer.
Today's post by Hive account@shanibeer writing as Hive account@susie-saver.
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