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NEW - pay off £20,000 (ish) by Christmas 2009

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  • Thanks Hypno06

    I have £81.50 coming from Paddy Power this week so that will go towards CC1 as soon as it clears (and not towards shopping).

    :xmassmile

    Will start writting all this down - its the only way i will see that i'm paying things off
  • Phew - I am off the starting blocks now that my payments have cleared. I should be able to do another £900 tomorrow and then dribs and drabs for the rest of the month.

    Well done to everyone for progress so far, keep it up.
    £34,547 (Dec 07); Current debt: £zilch (Debt free December 2010)
    Sealed Pot #389 (2010=£133)
  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    Well done to everyone so far.Really jealous as I can't get off the blocks yet.
    All my loans come out 20-27th month and only small bits and pieces before then also the worst part of our year for the next 3 months...but will try and catch you all up.
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Taxi, I am sure you will soon catch up and indeed, will pass most of us at breakneck speed in due course........

    As for what people are counting - yes it does include your ordinary monthly payments as well as any extras.

    so if you start the year owing £20000 and at the end of the year you are debt free - you have completed your challenge! How you do that is up to you!!

    I will go through and add all new challengers in a little while.........welcome aboard!

    I have just paid off another £112.......made up of two cheques I received for a refund of race fees for the children's race season, that I had given up all hope of ever receiving! So off to the egg loan they have gone :T
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    OK, everyone added........
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
  • dizzybee
    dizzybee Posts: 1,424 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    received a cheque today for £150 that i won in a comp so £150 towards my target need 50p on one poll to claim the £40.all monthly payments have been made today off to add it all up.and had a sig

    SPC no:076
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Taxi, I'm the same - my payments come out at the end of the month, and the extra overpayment has to be £500, so it takes a while to save up for. I'm sitting here at £0, and will be till the 18th!
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • fairbel
    fairbel Posts: 29 Forumite
    Just a quick update - £110 put into an instant saver account (£55 yesterday and today). I'm thinking of this as my 'set aside' money to pay stuff off.
    £10/day October : £0/£310
  • Quick update from me! Another £120 from quidco...

    Going to have to up my game on SLP and other cashback thingys!
    :beer: Debt Free since July 2011 and it feels good! :beer:

    Now it's all about finding a deposit for a house!

    How do you amass £70k in a year?! :eek:
  • Hi

    I would really love to join this challenge! I am aiming to squash £10,000 of my debt between now and Christmas 2009..... please add me to the list x
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