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Olympic Countdown aka clear those debts by July 2012!

The_Dragon
The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
edited 27 July 2012 at 6:37PM in Debt free diaries
The 2012 Olympics kick off at the end of July 2012 - I hope to be debt free by then (a bit of a marathon journey!) If anyone would like to join me we can have our own Olympic (Debt free!) party at the end :D

Olympic Debt Free Wannabe's

1. The Dragon - £2,700, paid £2,700 (100%)
:j:T
2. Pollydaydream - £43,830.46, paid £5708.99 (13.03%)
3. oreo7504 - £12,000, paid £5,660 (47.17%)
4. gardis - £23,585.48, paid £0
5. Pete*G - £11,900, paid £2,150 (18.07%)
6. NoDebtDiva - £12,966, paid £3,377 (26.05%)
7. Purpleroses - £2,666.39, paid £2,666.39 (100%) :j:T
8. Little Vics - £13,591.13 paid £11,760.53 (86.53%)
9. learn2cope - £10,000, paid £1,915.13 (19.15%)
10. clodagh trubble - £13,995, paid £13,995 (100%) :j:T
11. stacy - £20,185.92, paid £3,274.75 (16.22%)
12. onlypaddy - £3,302.25, paid £3,302.25 (100%) :j:T
13. runmichellerun - £8,686.54, paid £8,686.54 (100%) :j:T
14. Wickesy - £10,000 paid £0
15. DanielleNic87 - £12,500, paid £3,750 (30.00%)
16. Dex - £5,738, paid £1,040.50 (18.13%)
17. MrsPorridge - £22,000 paid £0
18. natsing - £15,225, paid £15,225 (100%):j:T
19. Gemmzie - £22,118.19, paid £3,936 (17.80%)
20. ehallett - £33,251, paid £1,374 (8.27%)
21. andymc29 - £23,019 paid £0
22. Hope78 - £28,569.96, paid £5,468.58 (19.14%)
23. BrightonSun - £10,991 paid £0
24. Jay20043 - £11,439, paid £299 (2.61%)
25. clefairy_5 - £9,950, paid £3,497.09 (35.15%)
26. spethmeister - £11,000, paid £633.66 (5.76%)
27. ulm2005 - £19,161.04, paid £5,067.38 (26.45%)
28. mssloan - £25,621.77, paid £25,621.77 (100%) :j:T
29. Paulgonnabedebtfree - £60,000, paid £22,811.60 (38.02%)
30. jacci45 - £33,000 paid £16,439 (49.82%)
31. savvysue123 - £7,500 paid £0
32. sunday_girl - £16,320 paid £7,078 (43.37%)
33. purple_angel - £4,272.85, paid £675.24 (15.80%)
34. candyblue - £28,000, paid £1,650.00 (5.89%)
35. Hollypolly - £14,773, paid £610.26 (4.13%)
36. ships-cat - £38,850, paid £280 (0.72%)
37. Swinstie73 - £8,448.46, paid £8,448.46 (100%) :j:T
38. babyhead - £31,480.49 paid £2,362.49 (7.47%)
39. New Leaf - £29,538.91 paid £0
40. katenut - £15,975.23, paid £8,766.83 (54.88%)
41. aytch - £12,679, paid £1,209 (9.54%)
42. lisalongsox - £10,000, paid £234.99 (2.35%)
43. shanks77 - £6,000, paid £2,749.75 (45.83%)
44. freedomahead - £16,585.75, paid £5,698.03 (34.35%)
45. Lewby - £61,380 paid £0
46. me-shelly - £18,939, paid £6,739 (35.58%)
47. Jboy - £24,984.81, paid £2,147.34 (8.59%)
48. gemma1984 - £2,500, paid £8 (0.32%)
49. paul2funky - £12,571.82, paid £712.01 (5.66%)
50. ymgirl - £10,000 paid £0
51. babs - £10,450.85 paid £0
52. phoenix_dragon - £12,643.27, paid £12,643.27 (100%) :j:T
53. jamjam3 - £10,000 paid £0
54. millionaire in training - £15,456.23, paid £165.22 (1.07%)
55. wigannwuk - £19,989 paid £0
56. lysasparkles - £8,351.47 paid £0
57. salnew - £15,905, paid £3,805 (23.92%)
58. jayniep - £25,000 paid £0
59. rustybucket - £48,150, paid £25,100 (52.13%)
60. kittiej - £8,850, paid £578.15 (6.53%)
61. misswissy - £17,670, paid £8,464 (47.90%)
62. bloodofareptile - £22,713.49, paid £13,089.00 (57.63%)
63. purple115sister - £7,000, paid £150 (2.14%)
64. jem_angelic - £0 paid £0
65. alamaya - £37,003.63, paid £10,453.41 (28.25%)
66. Claireloulin - £20,601.18, paid £6,653.15 (32.29%)
67. MrGreen - £23,245.73, paid £19,388.76 (83.41%)
68. madmich666 - £29,065.75, paid £754.53 (2.60%)
69. Kiwisaver - £26,160, paid £26,160.00 (100%) :j:T
70. Hawkofeagles - £4,344, paid £229 (5.27%)
71. 1stdayofmylife - £10,853.40 paid £0
72. **UpsyDaisy** - £28,000, paid £5,081 (18.15%)
73. mijmOt77 - £8,820, paid £5,634 (63.88%)
74. planning_ahead - £47,728, paid £6,735.00 (14.11%)
75. skaps - £12,486.07, paid £8,769.07 (70.23%)
76. Shoperholicnot - £15,000, paid £937 (6.25%)
77. russabbott - £17,589.73, paid £640.99 (3.64%)
78. dentonemma - £20,000, paid £20,000 (100%) :j:T
79. emsikins - £10,900.68, paid £1,610.37 (14.77%)
80. welshkaz - £4,372.05, paid £806.34 (18.44%)
81. Clearing_out_my_pockets - £10,000, paid £9,600.16 (96.00%)
82. mendedmyways - £17,114, paid £1,172 (6.85%)
83. saxysarah - £19,000, paid £533.40 (2.81%)
84. vinzpipa - £0, paid £0
85. Deni debt-free dreamer - £6,000, paid £660 (11%)
86. CherryPie - £14,278.24, paid £3,620.55 (25.36%)
87. thrifty fifty - £12,961, paid £12,961 (100%) :j:T
88. missmental - £20,000, paid £8337 (41.6%)
89. baileydog99 - £4,600, paid £800 (17.39%)
90. Basingguy - £40,000, paid £54 (0.14%)
91. scoobylicious - £22,000, paid £6,220.28 (28.27%)
92. lel3636 - £4,339.56, paid £1,025.63 (23.31%)
93. pleasemakemedebtfree - £6,811.80 paid £2,183.83 (32.06%)
94. Penguin8410 - £12,391.19, paid £8,1147.85 (65.51%)
95. missylaney - £10,677, paid [FONT=&quot]£2,134[/FONT] (19.99%)
96. Lilac-Pixie - £0, paid £0
97. cococoladebt - £23,000, paid £2,242.14 (9.75%)
98. rachealamy
99. frugalqueen
100. Snowdonlily - £22,704.72, paid £1,424.72 (6.27%)
101. victoria_ice - £35,000 paid £0 (0%)
102. moremoneythansense -
103. **sde** - £5,858 paid £1,698.07 (28.99%)
104. Sar - £12,990 paid £326 (2.51%)
105. garfield44 - £25,373 paid £1,289 (5.08%)
106. reinterpretations1 - £10,000 paid £0 (0%)
107. Mainyasha - £5,227.06 paid £262.72 (5.03%)
108. Smiler13 - £25,000 paid £0 (0%)
109. MoneySavingMacca
110. Dee_cb - £7,298.53 paid £1,148.93 (15.06%)
111. Shopgirl6035 - £30,000 paid £2,500 (8.33%)
112. ILoveTwins - £87,495 paid £7,389 (8.45%)
113. claremylove - £9,457 paid £100 (1.06%)
114. svb53 - £24,555 paid £7,746 (31.55%)
115. wolveslass - £29717.06 paid £2,154.14 (7.2%)
116. amethyst69£2899.54
117. crystyt - £13225.29 -
118. chrisfreelander54 - £29,596.71 paid £720 (2.43%)
119. applecider - £9019 paid £758 (8.40%)
120. Marru
121. calling 14 - £11310.70
122. plymouth janner boy - £16,516.42 paid £575.99 (3.49%)
123. keelni - £12,984 paid £2,965.64 (22.84%)
124. prunesquallor - £31,800 paid £31,800 (100%) :j:T
125. Georgiegirl2012 - £2000
126. hostie - £46.460 paid £460 (0.99%)
127. Double Trouble - £32,000 paid £32,000 (100%) :j:T
128. Rachelww1 - £41,046.34 paid £13,927.26 (33.93%)
129. thefemaleterrytibbs - £18,734 paid £0 (0%)
130. SniperMonkey - £4,702 paid £0 (0%)
131. viv. - £25,000 paid £841 (3.36%)
132. Lozza001 - £15,400 paid £7,135 (46.33%)
133. New747 - £9,030 paid £300 (3.32%)
134. suze72 - £7,905 paid £6,915 (87.48%)
135. martafdz - £5,220 paid £2,907 (55.69%)
136. DebtFree2012 - £18,785.93 paid £79.76 (0.42%)
137. David1983_uk - £14,154.77 paid £0 (0%)
138. grassgirl - £7,000 paid £0 (0%)
139. Sarsasparilla - £9,797 paid £0 (0%)
140. TooMany4Legs - £14,557.19 paid £14,557.19 (100%) :j:T
141. Fotojenics -
142. jdwmfc - £31,168.64 paid £20,375.77 (65.37%)
143. MAY1950 - £10,400 paid £1,899 (18.26%)
144. vj80sgirl - £3,730.48 paid £41.77 (1.12%)
145. mrsspendalot - £12,000 paid £3,863.29 (32.19%)
146. emileeeee - £2,034.73 paid £0 (0%)
147. hotspur_pam - £5,000 paid £190 (3.80%)
148. happydaddy01 - £5,000 paid £0 (0%)
149. suzitiger - £5,100 paid £0 (0%)
150. allym464 - £5,000 paid £0 (0%)
151. dfw123 - £6,203.17 paid £0 (0%)
152. MissBadCrumble - £54,318 paid £0 (0%)
153. Tinkerbelle1971 - £5,413.33 paid £370 (6.83%)
154. joolski - £9,507.80 paid £0 (0%)
155. TLDM82 - £4,000 paid £0 (0%)
156. susie-sue - £3,000 paid £468.83 (15.63%)
157. rachie_2011 - £5,386.88 paid £0 (0%)
158. Grainneok - £8,888 paid £919 (10.34%)
159. Save Dosh - £1,027.58 paid £523.29 (50.92%)
160. littleskintdragon - £5,221 paid £186 (3.56%)

Total to pay at start - £2,558,297.36 (amount with zero paid removed £2,019,8898.84)
Total paid to date - £627,819.17
Percentage paid = 24.20 % (percentage where zero paid removed 31.08 %)

Winners Rostrum

Purpleroses,
Swinstie73, natsing, onlypaddy, dentonemma, runmichellerun, Kiwisaver, clodagh trubble, mssloan, prunesquallor, thriftyfifty, phoenix_dragon, TooMany4Legs, Double Trouble, The Dragon
Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
:p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
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Comments

  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    I can taste the virtual fizz and the BBQ already :D and yes this is a "get my life in order" challenge for me too :rolleyes: I want my debt gone, my weight down to half of what it is currently :eek: and some savings!

    Not asking for much am I :rotfl: (that list doesn't include all my projects either!)
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
  • I want to join in too, not sure what to put as my target yet, need to have a think about it.
    Total debt £13318 :idea: paid £5660 Left to pay £7658 57%
    10K in 2010 challenge 6806/10,000 68%
    Clothes challenge 12/100 10%
  • gardis
    gardis Posts: 75 Forumite
    oh yes, add me please.

    2012 will see us waving good bye to the majority of our debt - just leaving our 'together mortgage'. A major mile stone.

    I hope it will also see me graduate and be a size 12.
    Sealed pot challenge member #806 9.98/100
    PAD 52.40/500
    I'm working towards February 2012
    Total at 20/12/2009 [STRIKE]£23585.48[/STRIKE] 1/1/10 21645.98
    :rudolf:
  • Pete*G_4
    Pete*G_4 Posts: 552 Forumite
    I'm in. I am already in an IVA which ends in 2012, but hope to have completed an F&F settlement before then :)
    GREENS M'SHIP OFFER NOW CLOSED SO PLEASE DON'T ASK ME!
    Olympic Debt-free Challenge £2150/£11900 = 18.0%
    NOW INVESTIGATING AN ALTERNATIVE TO MY IVA - I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND ONE ANY MORE!
  • Hey count me in! July 2012 is my Debt Free Date!

    My target will be £12,966.

    Off we go..................
  • Purpleroses
    Purpleroses Posts: 4,125 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    I'm in too please. Just about to do a calculation of what I owe so will update in a wee while
  • Little_Vics
    Little_Vics Posts: 1,516 Forumite
    Brill idea - let me just work out what we can do and I'll be back with a total!
  • I'd like to join is aswell please. Unfortunately there's no way that I can be debt-free by this date (just checked my snowball calculation) but it would make quite a dent and help me make a commitment to follow my plans.

    Good luck everyone, here's to the new year and a new start!
    Nerd No. 1245
    2014 Challenges:
    Attempting to snowball to freedom!
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    Good to see you oreo, gardis, Pete, NoDebtDiva, Purpleroses, Little Vics and learn2cope (*phew*!)

    This is all going to kick off on the first of January so those that want to add their amounts have got a little bit of time :D, learn2cope - just put down what debt you want to see gone (could be a credit card for instance) and work on busting that - you may surprise yourself and clear the lot though! :A
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
  • Hi

    Have been lurking around for ages but never posted but this challenge is perfect as 2012 is my target so would love to join.

    Need to pay off: 13, 995:eek::eek::eek::eek:
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