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Debt-free wannabe challenges

Forumites help each other push down their debt by setting challenges and encouraging each other to achieve their goals.

Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 13th April 2014
Hello everyone. Welcome to the Weekly Spend Challenge. This challenge is open to anybody, no matter what financial place they are in. Everyone is welcome here. On this thread please post an amount of money you wish to stay below within the week (Sunday to end of working day on Friday). This can be pennies or thousands it…
Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 6th April 2014
Hello everyone. Welcome to the Weekly Spend Challenge. This challenge is open to anybody, no matter what financial place they are in. Everyone is welcome here. On this thread please post an amount of money you wish to stay below within the week (Sunday to end of working day on Friday). This can be pennies or thousands it…
Hello Im New and need help :)
Hi I have been overspending since moving house and am desperate to become debt free, start saving and stop living pay check to pay check. I have about £12,000 of debt (which I've managed to consolidate some of recently) but need help to get me kick started x I would appreciate ANY help! I think a diary would help me too :)
Can anybody advise me...it's complicated :-(
Hi everyone, Im unsure if this is the right place to ask for help..but I'll try. I will tell you all my story - & hopefully you can pick out where I need help. I used to be a successful Office Manager back in 2002 for a large well known national firm. I then got married also in 2002 (it was an arranged marriage) to a man…
The Marvellous March NSD challenge!!
Welcome to the March No Spend Day (NSD) challenge!! We are a happy (and some might say mildly insane) bunch doing battle with those retailers - and there’s plenty of temptation out there at the moment. We are seriously committed to saving money, but nobody said it can't be done with a smile on your face - so we organise…
Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 30th March 2014
Hello everyone. Welcome to the Weekly Spend Challenge. This challenge is open to anybody, no matter what financial place they are in. Everyone is welcome here. On this thread please post an amount of money you wish to stay below within the week (Sunday to end of working day on Friday). This can be pennies or thousands it…
March 2014 - Make £10 a day challenge - everybody welcome
:hello: and welcome to all newbies and regulars. This is the 79th month of this challenge, which was first started by Batgirl, in September 2007 Thanks to Batgirl for starting it, Nat21luv, Monkeynut, Sweetpeas, Purpleroses, JesaRose and MizMir for keeping the thread going. I know this first post is long, but please read…
NSK;The Tortoise and The Mad MARCH Hare!!!
:T:T:T NSK; The Tortoise and The Mad March Hare. :T:T:T Slow and Steady Wins This Race. Once upon a time there was a hare who, boasting how he could run faster than anyone else, was forever teasing tortoise for its slowness. Then one day, the irate tortoise answered back: “Who do you think you are? There’s no denying…
A Payment A Day - Chapter 14
*The principles of PADding* Emily Hallett started a fantastic thread called 'a payment a day' which you can find here: [URL="http://https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1079175[/URL] The thread was a huge success and was continued in 'A Payment a Day Parts 2-12'. Those threads can be found here:…
March 2014 Take-Your-Lunch-To-Work Thread.
Save your £'s bytaking your Lunch To Work (LTW)! A new thread for March 2014!! Although the title is 'Take Your Lunch to WORK', ANYONE can join in :)You can be a stay-at-home-parent, unemployed, work part time or work full time. The point is, buying lunch (or breakfast, or both if you were silly like me!!) from the works…
Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 23rd March 2014
Hello everyone. Welcome to the Weekly Spend Challenge. This challenge is open to anybody, no matter what financial place they are in. Everyone is welcome here. On this thread please post an amount of money you wish to stay below within the week (Sunday to end of working day on Friday). This can be pennies or thousands it…
1 debt vs 100 days part 14
Welcome in the 1 debt vs 100 days challenge part 14. One simple rule: take on one debt and pay it off within 100 days. This challenge starts 1st of December 2013 and finishes 10th of March 2014. If you want to take a part, write your name here, please. 1. Bearacus Argos £199/199 Well done!!!, Halifax £399/700 2.…
Roadkill Rebels February 2014
Here we are in the 4th month of roadkill rebels and it is turning into quite the coin awareness experiment! It is amazing to watch rebels getting better at finding coins as time passes and also very interesting to see that some months are tighter than others across the board. In the process, there have been some crazy…
Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 16th March 2014
Hello everyone. Welcome to the Weekly Spend Challenge. This challenge is open to anybody, no matter what financial place they are in. Everyone is welcome here. On this thread please post an amount of money you wish to stay below within the week (Sunday to end of working day on Friday). This can be pennies or thousands it…
Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 9th March 2014
Hello everyone. Welcome to the Weekly Spend Challenge. This challenge is open to anybody, no matter what financial place they are in. Everyone is welcome here. On this thread please post an amount of money you wish to stay below within the week (Sunday to end of working day on Friday). This can be pennies or thousands it…
not long now
I've had 2 credit cards for more years than I care to remember, usually paying the minimum monthly payment. I feel sick, just thinking about the thousands I've paid over the years in high interest charges. Now my hubby is fast approaching retirement. 6 months ago I decided it was time to get my credit in check and I have…
February 2014- 'Take Your Lunch To Work' Thread
Save your £'s by taking your Lunch To Work (LTW)! A new thread for February2014!! The point of this thread is simple- buying lunch (or breakfast, or both if you were silly like me!!) and snacks/drinks from the works canteen/the newsagents/the coffee shop etc, is EXPENSIVE! Save that money to put towards your debt/to…
The Fab-u-lous February NSD challenge!!
Welcome to the February No Spend Day (NSD) challenge!! We are a happy (and some might say mildly insane) bunch doing battle with those retailers - and there’s plenty of temptation out there at the moment. We are seriously committed to saving money, but nobody said it can't be done with a smile on your face - so we organise…
Weekly Spend Challenge W/C 2nd March 2014
Hello everyone. Welcome to the Weekly Spend Challenge. This challenge is open to anybody, no matter what financial place they are in. Everyone is welcome here. On this thread please post an amount of money you wish to stay below within the week (Sunday to end of working day on Friday). This can be pennies or thousands it…
February 2014 - Make £10 a day challenge - everybody welcome :)
:hello: and welcome to all newbies and regulars. This is the 78th month of this challenge, which was first started by Batgirl, in September 2007 Thanks to Batgirl for starting it, Nat21luv, Monkeynut, Sweetpeas, Purpleroses, JesaRose and MizMir for keeping the thread going. I know this first post is long, but please read…

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