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By now we are half way through April and this is probably the least-timely monthly review I’ve ever written and published here. It feels strange to still be dwelling on March when it’s nearly time to think about the April review. The main reason this review has taken its time is that I wanted to re-publish my net worth progress bar on the front page which got a little messed up after I updated the site’s theme. I still haven’t sat down to look at the code again, so I’ve decided that the review should really not wait any longer… The progress bar will come up soon though - I promise

I was a little worried about the outcome of this month’s review as I had set myself a fairly ambitious goal last month by proclaiming that I wanted to increase my net worth to 40% of my overall net worth goal. This 1.5% increase over last month translates into a fairly substantial increase of assets (~ 4%) I would have had to achieve in order to meet my target.

The good news is - I did it I saved aggressively last month and also had a decent amount of extra income (blog, Easter presents) which means that I can proudly announce an asset increase of nearly 9%! Overall, I’ve achieved 42% of my net worth goal! To be honest, I was a little surprised how well last month shaped out, so I made sure to double-check all the numbers, but it appears to be true. I’m - understandably - very proud of myself.

Unfortunately, April’s numbers are very unlikely to be anywhere near as good. The reason? Well, mostly the shopping therapy I’ve engaged in since the last time I recorded my net worth figures. But that coat was just so gorgeous and earned me a lot of compliments already… somehow I think that makes the price tag more acceptable. While this is obviously delusional, I’ve always adored Karen Millen outfits and I’ll probably always will. I guess the lesson learnt from that splurge was: “Stay away from Selfridges”.

But don’t you agree it’s gorgeous? Yes, it’s not as important as buying a house and it’s certainly not helpful when trying to save for the deposit of such, but it’s just … sigh.

As usual, I have updated the Progress and Best Of pages - but then you knew that.

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