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The big challenge - pay off £20k by Christmas 2010
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£113.51 down, mere thousands to go! :rolleyes: :eek:Please call me 'Pickle'
No More Buying Books: ???
No More Buying DVDs: ???
NMB Toiletries ??? and I've gone back for my Masters at the University of Use Ups!
Proud to be dealing with her debts 1198~
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Paid another £100 towards Egg Loan, can't resist these overpayments now I know it can be done
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£281.58 to MBNA again & Santander ( I have been meaning to sign up for online payments with Santander so I can make more regular payments). Money received from mystery shopping and not going to christmas gifts.Mortgage £25,789.17/£24,918.14/£22,921.47
Pay off £20k by Xmas 2010 - £16,360.000 -
Paid MBNA £69.12 this morning so thats 2.01% paidLBM Total: £33356 15/11/09 :eek: £6085.63 paid
Pay off 10% by March 2010 (3336) yes!!!:j
Pay 19k by Dec 2010 19000/5732.39 30.12%
DFW Long haulers #198.
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felt sad that i haven't been able to update this thread so i've scraped together another £50 to put into my 'offset the loan' savings account.
this brings my total to £11710 -
I've also paid off £15.80, including a £12.50 win on online bingo. :jPlease call me 'Pickle'
No More Buying Books: ???
No More Buying DVDs: ???
NMB Toiletries ??? and I've gone back for my Masters at the University of Use Ups!
Proud to be dealing with her debts 1198~
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Pais £50 off my Tesco CC so thats 2.27%LBM Total: £33356 15/11/09 :eek: £6085.63 paid
Pay off 10% by March 2010 (3336) yes!!!:j
Pay 19k by Dec 2010 19000/5732.39 30.12%
DFW Long haulers #198.
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Paying £40 off my Santander card this morning which will bring the bal under £500.Should get a cheque this wk for £69 which will start my savings fund off.Hope everybodys keeping o.k and looking forward 2 christmas.We had a few cms of the whiite stuff yesterday!0
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I love that loads of people are posting % paid off - I think its really motivating and you can see how quickly everyone is paying off their targets! Nothing to report from me unfortunately - I'm waiting for the end of the month and then will make a bumper payment. I'm hoping to do around £1,000 but will see how well OH's month has gone (he gets commission).
Is everyone ready for xmas? I have got and nearly wrapped all presents, but not sorted food yet! eek!!Paying down the mortgage:
At 1 October 2011: £226,000
Currently: £224,499
Aim: 85% LTV (£212,500)
Paid £1,500
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I love that loads of people are posting % paid off - I think its really motivating and you can see how quickly everyone is paying off their targets! Nothing to report from me unfortunately - I'm waiting for the end of the month and then will make a bumper payment. I'm hoping to do around £1,000 but will see how well OH's month has gone (he gets commission).
Do it whichever way works best for you, Mel. Normally I pay off a lump sum at the end of the month when I'm paid, but I'm playing it differently this month cos it's Christmas and I don't want to leave myself too short cos I can practically guarantee that there will be hidden expenses etc. so I'm not making a bulk payment yet, just putting any extra bits that come my way (online bingo wins etc.) off the debt for now. I will try very hard not to go mad on what's in my account and pay off a lump sum at the end. (I also have to consider that the length of time between being paid is longer than usual as I was paid early.) The troubles with finance! :rolleyes:
BTW paid £31.03 off CC last night thanks to another online bingo win. :jPlease call me 'Pickle'
No More Buying Books: ???
No More Buying DVDs: ???
NMB Toiletries ??? and I've gone back for my Masters at the University of Use Ups!
Proud to be dealing with her debts 1198~
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