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The Debt Free Birthday Club Challenge!

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  • *Jellie*
    *Jellie* Posts: 3,018 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    well I used the last of my isa to pay off some more debt so now down to £11940

    :j Great to see your progress as ever!
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  • ruby1968_2
    ruby1968_2 Posts: 498 Forumite
    :hello: Hi F_F could I please join your challenge I will be 50 July 23rd 2018 and I dream a Dream that I (we) would be debt free by then.:)

    ruby1968xx
    :oDH CC £969.00, bank loans *2 £27634.00,Overdraft=£696.00 Total Debts to Tackle = £29299:o sealed pot member 923=£26.99, £2 club member 75 = £0.00 2011 challenge member 36
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,130 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    welcome aboard Ruby - the more the merrier
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.3K Equity 36.55%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £30.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 35.5/£127.5K target 27.8% 14/11/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 62K or 48.6%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £5.1K updated 14/11/25
  • ruby1968_2
    ruby1968_2 Posts: 498 Forumite
    Thnk you savingholmes, look forward to tagging along. I found this quote today I think i add it to my signiture

    "Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there." Either that or stick on bedroom ceiling so when I wake up it's there to remind me.
    :oDH CC £969.00, bank loans *2 £27634.00,Overdraft=£696.00 Total Debts to Tackle = £29299:o sealed pot member 923=£26.99, £2 club member 75 = £0.00 2011 challenge member 36
  • Woowoo
    Woowoo Posts: 4,603 Forumite
    Please can I join, I want to be debt free by my 35th Birthday in July 2015? £16,480 to clear (give or take a few pence!).

    I always said I would be debt free by 30th Birthday - shame my LBM didn't come a little earlier as that's one goal I don't have a chance of achieving as it's this July!!!
    LBM Aug 09: £18,650.47 - Current: £12,854.93 (£5946.79)

    Barclays: £2,928.34 Lloyds: £2,499.60
    MBNA: £3,788.99 Overdraft: £1,900.00 Mum: £1,738.00

    Surveys: £6.60/£40.00
  • *Jellie*
    *Jellie* Posts: 3,018 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Hi Woowoo and Ruby- welcome to the challenge and good luck in meeting those DFDs
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  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Welcome to Woowoo and Ruby, and well done for joining the challenge :T
  • ruby1968_2
    ruby1968_2 Posts: 498 Forumite
    :hello:hi guys thanks for welcoming me aboard am looking towards a debt free birthday.And debt free future.:wave:
    :oDH CC £969.00, bank loans *2 £27634.00,Overdraft=£696.00 Total Debts to Tackle = £29299:o sealed pot member 923=£26.99, £2 club member 75 = £0.00 2011 challenge member 36
  • Woowoo
    Woowoo Posts: 4,603 Forumite
    Thanks for the warm welcome - good luck to everyone in achieving their debt free birthday goals x
    LBM Aug 09: £18,650.47 - Current: £12,854.93 (£5946.79)

    Barclays: £2,928.34 Lloyds: £2,499.60
    MBNA: £3,788.99 Overdraft: £1,900.00 Mum: £1,738.00

    Surveys: £6.60/£40.00
  • Woowoo
    Woowoo Posts: 4,603 Forumite
    £32.54 closer to my goal!
    LBM Aug 09: £18,650.47 - Current: £12,854.93 (£5946.79)

    Barclays: £2,928.34 Lloyds: £2,499.60
    MBNA: £3,788.99 Overdraft: £1,900.00 Mum: £1,738.00

    Surveys: £6.60/£40.00
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