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NEW - pay off £20,000 (ish) by Christmas 2009
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Welcome to new challengers! I will add names in over the weekend!
Good luck, and remember that every little helps!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)0 -
Hi folks £19 off the tesco credit card for me today.0
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Another £70 to a CC this morning, i am so excited, almost paid off my first 1k. that will be next week when my loan payment is due. almost £100 in my savings too so thats going to a card when i reach it.
Keep going everyone!£10 a day challenge for nov £0/£300
£10 a day challenge for jan £282.11/£310, feb £483/£290, mar £650/£310, apr £332/£300, may £440/310, jun £470/£300 jul £795/£310 aug £3660/£310, sept £510/300 oct £710/£310
£2012 in 2012 £8182.88/£2012 :beer::T0 -
Just to check in that I have done nothing about the debt so far. Just not sure where to start Any extra money I get at the moment is keeping me in food and drink (not the alcoholic variety either)Lucylema x :j0
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Hi everyone,
Just paid off £512 of cards and smaller debts.
I am so grateful for all the posts as it keeps me motivated and to stay on the wagon.
My plan is to get rid of A & L card (have cut this up to tiny bits) by the end of the month as they have just jacked up my rate from 14.9% to 29.9%.
CheersOriginal debt at LBM July 2008, £47, 654.34. Debt at January 2016, £21,443. Barclaycard [STRIKE]£9,000[/STRIKE]£8,756, Tesco cc [STRIKE]£3000[/STRIKE]£1,136. Debenhams storecard [STRIKE]£350[/STRIKE]£263, OD [STRIKE]£3,500[/STRIKE] £3,000, Corp Tax £3,036, Study loan £1,750, Smaller debts £2,000.
Since my LBM I have not been fully committed so now I have had a 2nd LBM.
Aiming to be debt free by December 2016:D0 -
My monthly £150 came out today!!Just keep swimming0
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Hi all!
Wow ~ you're all doing amazingly well :T £34.25 off of my Next Directory today
Have a great MSE weekend :money:Total debt as at 22/01/09 ~ £3076.26Paid so far ~ £416.96 / 3076.26
Debt Free in 2009 NO. 72. £1305.00/£5000 by Xmas 2009 NO. 29 :rudolf:Sealed Pot Challenge 2009 NO. 310£2 Saver NO. 12 ~ £62 :heartsmil Boots Advantage Points ~ 2606 Garden Fund 10.00
PAD 1st day 19/11/08 [strike]£6.44[/strike] 389.58 :hello: Lose 50 in '09 ~ start 2/03/09. 2/50lb.
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An additional £60 to tesco credit card for me today. Money I had saved up in my Payment a day account. :j0
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I haven't managed to pay anything extra
. Just my normal amounts. Have saved £100 for hols though and £150 for dd's school trip. Also spent a load of money on clothes for her so should hopefully be able to be better in future xx
5 Year plan. April 2020 to June 2025- CC and mortgage free by time I'm 60
Currently CC £23,674.36 /£14,895.41/£14315.42
Mortgage £28,214.65/ £26,254.71/ £25,746.43
By end 2020 I want CC at £ 19,000.00.
By end 2021 I want CC at £10,000.000 -
I keep a savings pot that counts the money I put in and has an LCD display, I normally put all my loose change in their from my wallet and its currently around £48, when it gets to £50 I will cash it in and put it towards my debts, I have also been waiting a week or 2 for some money to clear from Quidco, how long have others waited for it to get to your bank?DEBT FREE - FEB 2010 :beer: (LBM £24,000)
House Deposit 2010 - £2500 / £10,000 Saved
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