Keep up the good work! I say its the perfect pace! In a month
or 2 you will have a nice chunk of change.
Perhaps too fixated....keepin' a runnin' total like that makes you tempted to "skim" some. I keep a 1-gallon thermos and toss loose change in it. About every 3-4 months I take it to the bank and count out $3-500 an' toss it in the safe for the next "gotta have" gun. Obviously, the scale is different because we're more settled - but you got the idea. Ignore how much is there until there's a bunch - THEN count it out. That's what's worked for me, anyways.
When you got the cash, the deals will come to you. I generally don't save for something in particular, just for the good deals that happen along.
Thanks! Hopefully AK prices dont go up too much by then.