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October's Bring Your Own Lunch To Work!
Hello! Setting up this challenge again :) Taking lunches to work soon adds up, minimum £3 a day (as well as the other stuff we pick up whilst we are in there!) 5 days a week...approximately 20 times in a week....There's £60 before you know it gone for the month. Taking your own lunch to work takes a bit of organisation but…
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End in sight!!!
So excited! We had 11 credit cards totalling £50,000 debt in 2010 all defaulted except 2 and 8 Months of mortage arrears giving us a total debt of £64k. We are self-employed so we couldn't use StepChange. I handled all the debts myself to let my partner concentrate on work. Got repayment plans with all creditors. Got the…
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Payday loans - Guarantor
Hi, I wife went as a guarantor for her brother with Amigo Loans. At first the default payments would have been £50 per month which I accepted. However without me knowing she has increased the loan several times and now the default amount is £165 per month. He is now no longer working and Amigo have now contacted me about…
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12 days to payday - make it last
£82.73 to get through. I don't want to touch my savings !
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NST Super September Scrimping challenge
A warm and fuzzy autumnal welcome to the NST Super September Scrimping challenge, for newbies and seasoned debt busters alike. (Don’t want the following to sound too harsh but I need it this month) September means for many getting back into the swing of new school and work routines. Also, the colder months are looming and…
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The Super September NSD Thread!
Sign up people!
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~Make upto £10 a day in September 2017 ~ - everybody most welcome
Hello and welcome everybody :hello: Happy anniversary Batgirl, your original forum thread is now 10 years old :) Same age as my DS this year. This is the 121st month of this challenge, which was first started by Batgirl, in September 2007. A link here to the original thread as I am sure some of you are interested to read…
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September Bring Your Own Lunch to Work Challenge!
Hello everyone :) Setting up this challenge again for this month, thanks fatvond for doing this last month! Buying lunch at work adds up over the year, a £3 meal deal - taking in to account 6 weeks of holiday, a meal deal at work every day costs £690 a year, but then I always want crisps AND chocolate :rotfl: So taking our…
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Old £1 coins. Are yours of any value? Check here?
For any of you who are saving £1 coins, and still have some old £1 coins, remember they go out of circulation on the 15th of October. Before you rush out to spend them. check if you have a rare old £1 coin that may be worth something. This article is taken from this weeks Martins MSE newsletter;…
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If you'd £10,000, what business would you start? Online business?
Hello everyone If you'd £10,000 what business would you start? Online business is appealing as there's no rent, rates etc! At the early stages so loads of research to be done! sunni
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£95 for 10 days
I am setting myself another small challenge to help me stay on track until the next pay day. I have 10 days to go and I have £95 in my purse. I want this to get me through, I don't want to dip into my savings or put anything on my credit card. I have plenty of food in the fridge and the cupboards to feed hubby and me. All…
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1 challenge versus 100 days chapter 26
Hello everyone! Regular challengers and newcomers! 1 Debt vs 100 days chapter 26. There's one , simple rule: choose one debt and do whatever you can, to pay it off within 100 days. This challenge starts at 05.06.17 and finishes at 13.09.17 1. Swimminginaseaofdebt £255.07/450 2. Pippy1971 £775 3. Calling14 £660/1400 4.…
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Make upto £10 a day in August 2017 - everybody most welcome
Hello and welcome everybody :hello: This is the 120th month of this challenge, which was first started by Batgirl, in September 2007. A link here to the original thread as I am sure some of you are interested to read where it all began. Thanks to Batgirl for starting it, lynnejk and ALL posters, for helping us to keep the…
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August Bring Your Lunch To Work Challenge
I've not seen this challenge around for a while so I'm going to resurrect it! I'm fairly disciplined about bringing in lunch but haven't always been, three pounds per day spent on a meal deal used to be the order of the day (with a side order of St@rbucks hot chocolate and pastry for breakfast in the morning!) and I still…
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Help can't get over £600 back from npower
Keep telling me they are looking into it been nearly 6 week
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NST - Stupendous Sextilis
Welcome to August’s NST challenge – August was originally the 6th month of the year and was called Sextilis, in 27BC it was renamed August in tribute to the first Roman emperor – Augustus Ceasar. The flowers which represent August are the Poppy and Gladioli – I love these flowers and just the other day saw a purple poppy.…
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The Amazing August NSD Thread!
Sign up people for August!
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£10 for the week challenge!
Hello :) I am fairly new to the MSE forums and need to curb my spending which has quite frankly got out of control. So I need a kick in the teeth!!! I am going to do a challenge where I can only spend £10 this week (baring in mind I have done a food shop and won't be taking petrol in to account as I don't work will accept…
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Can I make £70 last 10 days?
This is my challenge for the next week and a bit. My bills are all paid for the next 10 days, I have paid for my travel to work. The only social thing in the diary is a friend coming round for the night in the week. Then I have the weekend to get through. There is some food in the cupboards, but prob will need some fresh…
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Make upto £10 a day in July 2017 - everybody most welcome
Hello and welcome everybody :hello: This is the 119th month of this challenge, which was first started by Batgirl, in September 2007. A link here to the original thread as I am sure some of you are interested to read where it all began. Thanks to Batgirl for starting it, lynnejk and ALL posters, for helping us to keep the…