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Debt Free in 2009 support thread

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  • utopiah
    utopiah Posts: 316 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Broken hearted - I too will find things tight for the next couple of months. I,m glad I have cleared the egg and the virgin card. My last credit card is at 0% until feb 2010 so at least if I only make min payments for a couple of months no more debt will be added. as soon as school holidays are over will be focusing all my efforts on that card.
    Mortgage free 25/9/2019 8years and 7 months early 😁😁😁
  • dizzybee
    dizzybee Posts: 1,424 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    just paid £300 off the loan,£50 loan2 cant waite till the second loan is paid in a few months received a cheque from survey site so will bank in morning,ebays going well at the moment must get some more stuff listed.

    SPC no:076
  • stacy
    stacy Posts: 660 Forumite
    £22.64 off of cc today oh and £4.09 token payment to another cc the other day.
    Total = £26.73
    Due to budget cuts the light at the end of the tunnel will be switched off.
    Debt free Olympic challenger No.11
    Paid off so far: £3274.75
  • stacy
    stacy Posts: 660 Forumite
    Another token payment to cc today.....i will get rid of it, i will!! so another £10 off. :D
    Due to budget cuts the light at the end of the tunnel will be switched off.
    Debt free Olympic challenger No.11
    Paid off so far: £3274.75
  • dizzybee
    dizzybee Posts: 1,424 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    £50 off loan today.

    SPC no:076
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    Well I am starting over again today! £2.5k to pay on the CC and £50 chucked at it this morning!
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,610 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I paid the final £1234 off today so now I am debt free and it's still 2009. This must be the first challenge I've completed!

    Will stay and cheerlead for everyone else though.:D:beer:
    Mortgage OP 2025 £7700/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £33,821

    Boiler fund £925/3000

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • Broken_hearted
    Broken_hearted Posts: 9,553 Forumite
    Well done gives us all a bit more hope.
    Barclaycard 3800

    Nothing to do but hibernate till spring
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    skint_spice wrote: »
    I paid the final £1234 off today so now I am debt free and it's still 2009. This must be the first challenge I've completed!

    Will stay and cheerlead for everyone else though.:D:beer:

    :j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j

    Yay! Go your Spiceness!
    Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for thou art crunchy and good with catsup :D
    NSD 15/20, OS WL 21-6 (4) :(C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z #44 Twisted Firestarter, VSP #57 - £39.43
    :p Every Penny's a Prisoner :p
  • BabyBetty
    BabyBetty Posts: 196 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    skint_spice wrote: »
    I paid the final £1234 off today so now I am debt free and it's still 2009. This must be the first challenge I've completed!

    Will stay and cheerlead for everyone else though.:D:beer:


    Well done Skint_spice. I have been reading your diary with interest.

    I can't wait to get to where you are.

    BB
    Original 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:D
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