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Old 29-12-2012, 3:34 PM
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Thinking of joining a new challenge this year? - for a bit of inspiration check out the thread to see how much fellow DFWs paid off in 2012 - and why not add your figures to the total as well. How much did we pay off in 2012?


Hello All

This list was originally complied by Marru as a handy reference for finding challenges and if you are looking for inspiration.

Links to earlier threads List of Challenges 2012
and List of Challenges 2011
And a link to the original thread List of challenges 2010

CHALLENGES

This is a list of the current challenges. Please feel free to join in with any you think will help you on your debt free journey, all are open challenges so you don't need to wait to be invited!!

Spending less
2013 Frugal Living Challenge
The Completely Crazy 2013 Clothes Challenge
May the NSD Force Be With You - May NSD Challenge
May 2013 Grocery Challenge
No More Buying Books Until I've Read the Ones I've Already Bought
No More Buying DVDs Until I Have Watched the Ones I Already Own
No Buying Unneccecary Toiletries in May 2013
Storecupboard challenge
MAYke Your Own - 2013 - Take your lunch to work thread
Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 28th April 2013
May The Force Be With YOU!


Saving
"Sealed Pot Challenge ~ No 6" (for 2013)
Virtual Sealed Pot Challenge 2013
£2 Savers Club 2013
The 50p Savers Thread for 2013
20p Savers Club 2013
1p savers club 2013
£365 in 365 days ......... back for 2013
How much can you save
The 'Save 12k in 2013' Thread!
Baby Fund Challenge

Paying off debt
Pay ALL your debt off by Xmas 2013
Pay one debt ~ 2013
Pay off as much as you can in 2013 challenge
A Payment A Day - The Lucky 13th Chapter!
1 debt v 100 days challenge part 11 (Jan13-Apr13)
The Mortgage Free in Three - Take 3 challenge (MFiT-T3)
2013 mfw (mortgage free wannabe)
Debt Free in 2015 - Who's with me?!?!?!?
The 'extra payment every week' challenge 2013
Starting again, 1% at a time. 100 ways to make £80!
The 1% Challenge - 100 ways to make your 1%

Earning more
*** May 2013 Make £10 a Day challenge *** everybody welcome to join in
Sign up here - £2013 in 2013
Make your dream amount for 2012 or reach for the sky and make 12,000 in 2012
A Bag A Day *Star *EBAY **Challenge 2012**
EagerLearner's Guide to Free Daily Cashback - Part Trois! (daily clicks challenge)
Swagging in 2013 - Part 1
The Swagbucks Challenge - Part 2
NEW Money Making Challenge

Money neutral
Thrify Gifty Santas Challenge 2013,

Lose weight
Murphys No More Pies Club
Lose Weight 35
Weight Loss the Old Style Way! Part 8.

Other
Dry-athlon Challenge!! (no alcohol in Jan13)
My Quitting Smoking Diary - yours too!
Stoptober club - Are you in? Mutual support
The Giving Up/ Cutting Down alcohol support thread - number 11
The 101 in 1001 Project - What would you like to achieve?
Frugal Frump to Fab-u-lous Spring Equinox to Summer SolsticeDecluttering 2013, the saga continues ...
Positive Steps Challenge 2013

I will try to update the list monthly but as before if you could post any links to new challenges that will be useful.
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Brilliant Tixy thanks ... I've been looking for the 1 debt / 100 days challenge & couldn't find it!
2013: the year of needs - not wants .... and getting my health back
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Coins 20p#12 £9.80 50p#5 £23.00 £2#18 £44 Bus £54/£54
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haha that'll teach me to read before posting....
£10 a day in Jun-Jan target £2377.50 made so far £3'414.39
£10 a day in Feb target £280 so far £55.16
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New installment of frugal frump to fab has started if you want to add the link to your list

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/....php?t=4354715
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Old 31-12-2012, 12:31 PM
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Hi Tixy
Here is the link for the 'Pay one debt - 2013' challenge

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...559&highlight=

Thanks

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Pay one debt 2013 ~ £21.24/£160.31
DMP Amount outstanding £22,331.11/£37,408.11 ~ Paid 40% of debt (25/5/2013).......Getting there 62 months left
Debts settled ~ 4/14
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This is brilliant. Thank you. Is there a no spend one for January?
Make £10 a day in January £0/£310
Crazy Clothes Challenge 2013 £0/£100
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Bitsy Beans and Emily, thanks for the links, both are now added.

Ihatethemoneypit - there is the No Spend Day challenge 3rd in the list, "Shiny New Year......"
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hi, could you change the link to the extra payment every week to the new one here please http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/....php?t=4366241

many thanks
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Hi Tixy

The new Make £10 a day challenge for January is here

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...3#post58285633

thanks

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Make £10 a day challenge May 2013 £105.69
Pinecone vouchers earnt 2013 £9
Paypal earnt 2013 £43.96
Roadkill 2013 £1.15
Money earnt in 2013 £465.97
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Please add these two to the list

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/....php?t=4325443

2013 mfw challenge

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/....php?t=4152769

The Mortgage Free in Three -take three challenge

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Exercise 3X a wk - 0/26 Cook sth different 1/26 No new toiletries 100 days challenge £1007.26/£1300 od cc
MFiT -T3 # 32

MFW 2013
# 68 £1949.61/£5000
Total debt
1/10
£12486.07 1/03
£1512.60
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£1077.36/£2590 Glasgow#16 paid £1985.86
Sealed Pot Challenge #1384 £0.81Virtual Sealed Pot Challenge
#40 £10.17
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All added now, thanks guys.
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Sorry if I have missed it but is there a challenge about paying off 1% of each debt? Sure someone referred to this on another thread but I can't seem to find it.
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KT - I've now added this in to the list at the top, it wasn't on before as I thought it was one person's personal challenge rather than an open challenge.
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In 2012 we held a debt free challenge for this new year and till now, I am following that to eliminate my debt.
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want to take this challenge
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Body feels not good, then go to the hospital for examination, the doctor asked X-rayed, X-ray, MD wrote diagnosis, and then I took the diagnosis and film to the doctor. Surprisingly, the doctors took X-ray diagnosis began shaking his head, his mouth Gee, I was immediately pumped wow cool, want to ask the doctor left how long results that doctors say is: "Oh, now young doctors, the handwriting is really bad. "
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March challenges added now, let me know if you know of anymore.

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I've just created a money making challenge.
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...5#post59915185
£605.88/£1000
SPC #1435 - £11.82
May NSD 8/10
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Thanks for the list of challenges. I have already found a couple

Happy Easter
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