Most yearly savings plans have you save $1 on Week 1 and work your way up to $52 on Week 52. This is definitely an option, but I find that I am pinching pennies even more than usual around Christmas.

Each week, you save an amount corresponding to the week number, starting with $1 in week one and ending with $52 in week 52, totaling $1,378 saved by year-end. How can you save $10,000 in six months?