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The Debt Free Birthday Club Challenge!

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  • Sorry to go on but I think you are both brilliant to knuckle down and take control of you life so positively !!!
    Anyhoo the date for me is December 2019 however I'm aiming for a much earlier date wth you lot behind me- thanks
    May you fill up the great clutterbucket of life and may all of your leaks be in cheese sauce:D
    Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without:cool:
  • My debt free date is December 2019 on my %% (62!) birfenday and the amount is £ 26854 for your records
    gulp! gasp! I need jellybabies! I need choccy! mmmmchomp flying-fresian many many thanks
    Hi to Busterollie
    Fiona x

    May you fill up the great clutterbucket of life and may all of your leaks be in cheese sauce:D
    Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without:cool:
  • panambi
    panambi Posts: 249 Forumite
    Hi f_f, I think I will join your challenge, and what a challenge it will be! Me and OH will be 35 in November 2010, so - can we be debt free by then??? Hmmm - not sure about that but will have a little play with numbers and work out our exact amount of debt as it stands today and we shall see - would be nice though! Will defo come back later!!!
    LBM 31/01/2009: £19,422
    Chrimbo crackers: £207.17/£510
  • bigbum_2
    bigbum_2 Posts: 866 Forumite
    edited 10 April 2009 at 11:39AM
    Bl00dy hell Flying_Fresian, as if i need another reason to be on this website. :rotfl:

    I'll work out what's owed and share it with you all. Then i'll down a few ales to work up the courage to post my age. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Thanks for this new thread. :T
  • BabyBetty
    BabyBetty Posts: 196 Forumite
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    edited 10 April 2009 at 11:46AM
    Flying_Fresian,

    I think your challenge is great. I have been thinking for some time about aiming to be debt free by July 2010. I currently have £26,425.48 in debt. I have never been serious about the debt but seeing my money go to paying off debt instead of savings or having a good time drives me crazy.

    Ever heard the saying "the borrower is slave to the lender" - that is how I feel.

    I am also doing the pay off £20,000ish by dec 2009. I am checking the boards every so often just to stay motivated.

    Thanks everyone for the great posts.

    Sorry forgot to mention I'm 44 (I'm not bothered about the age when I get debt free, just want it to be soon) - so before my 46 birthday should be debt free.

    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
  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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    Welcome to purpleclutterbuck, panambi and BabyBetty :j

    You're all on the list of challengers now, so there's no escape. Mwaahahahahaaaa!
  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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    BabyBetty - in case anyone missed your signature, I have copied and pasted the following:

    Debt at November 2008, £40,737.84 at April 09, £26,425.48

    Wow, just wow. You have done amazingly well already
    signgoodjob.gifHSpuschel-schmal.gif

    Well done again!
  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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    This is my little debt ticker - the total I have repaid since November is over 20% of my original total debt :j


    debt.png

    If you click on the ticker it should let you go in and make your own!

  • Hi there!

    I was wondering if I could join in...I was a MFW, but due to 'stuff' I am now back to paying of sizeable debts...boo! I will be 35 in Dec 2010, so would love to be debt free by then...Any chance you could take in another?!?!

    I'll do some maths and let you all know the sad number later!
    MBNA - [STRIKE]£7068.60 [/STRIKE] £7060.00 Egg - 1422.35 A&L - [STRIKE]£249.32[/STRIKE] £215.00
    Loan - £13279.50 :rolleyes:
  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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    Any chance you could take in another?!?!
    You're on the list!
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