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Olympic Countdown aka clear those debts by July 2012!

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  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    Little_Vics wrote: »
    I'm going to wait for the 100% if that's ok - just waiting for the PPI cheque to come through and it'll whack it all off in one hit!

    xLV

    No problem - just waiting with bated breath here :D
    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
  • TooMany4Legs
    TooMany4Legs Posts: 104 Forumite
    Hi Dragon,

    Could I please report a payment of £1298.10

    This means I've made my last payment!! I now owe nothing (other than the mortgage but I'm ok with that).

    Good luck to you all - keep going!

    TooMany xxxxx
    :D:D:D:D:D Debt Free as of 26/3/2012 :D:D:D:D:D:D
  • sunday_girl
    sunday_girl Posts: 186 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    TooMany4Legs wrote: »
    Hi Dragon,

    Could I please report a payment of £1298.10

    This means I've made my last payment!! I now owe nothing (other than the mortgage but I'm ok with that).

    Good luck to you all - keep going!

    TooMany xxxxx

    Well done! :T
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    TooMany4Legs wrote: »
    Hi Dragon,

    Could I please report a payment of £1298.10

    This means I've made my last payment!! I now owe nothing (other than the mortgage but I'm ok with that).

    Good luck to you all - keep going!

    TooMany xxxxx

    Brilliant news! Well done you :j:beer::j:beer::j
    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
  • Swinstie73
    Swinstie73 Posts: 2,897 Forumite
    Brilliant news TooMany4Legs, woo hoo!

    Well will do updates on here til the Commonwealth thread is ready, we're down to £12566 so £531 paid off (I think), it was more but I (ahem) treated us to a nice picture for the livingroom at the weekend so it went up slightly. Planning on getting on £10K by the Olympics. Well done everyone else!
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    Commonwealth Games thread is here
    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
  • Little_Vics
    Little_Vics Posts: 1,516 Forumite
    Hello!!

    So, some number crunching from me.

    When I declared in Dec 2009 we owed £7,935.66. This shot up to £13591.13 by July 2010.

    Today we owe £1830.60, meaning we have paid off a whopping £11,760.53 - or 86.5%

    SO HAPPY!! Not least so because hubby gets a bonus in May that will clear the rest. Hoorah!!!
  • The_Dragon
    The_Dragon Posts: 9,749 Forumite
    Little_Vics wrote: »
    Hello!!

    So, some number crunching from me.

    When I declared in Dec 2009 we owed £7,935.66. This shot up to £13591.13 by July 2010.

    Today we owe £1830.60, meaning we have paid off a whopping £11,760.53 - or 86.5%

    SO HAPPY!! Not least so because hubby gets a bonus in May that will clear the rest. Hoorah!!!

    Woo Hoo! Looking good there then!
    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
  • MrGreen
    MrGreen Posts: 585 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    #67. MrGreen here for my March 2012 update, The finishing line for me will be after the Olympics but I'm really glad I joined this challenge and had something to aim for and would like to thanks The Dragon for starting the challenge and for everyone else for taking part, it's not the end yet so don't any of you give up there's still a few months to go.

    Always be positive     and keep plugging away, going through this journey of paying off my credit cards I have really come to understand what the saying "Time is money" really means, every week/month you get to pay off your debts earlier you'll be that much better off.

    Good luck and stay focused

    Starting amount - £23,245.73
    Left to pay £5,320.35

    Paid to date - £17,925.38
    % Paid - 77%
    Nearly debt free
  • skaps
    skaps Posts: 2,255 Forumite
    Great post. I agree. I have paid off so much more debt thanks to this challenge than I would have if I hadn't been part of it.

    Thanks Dragon and everyone else for spurring us all on.
    MFW 2016 No 68 £1300/£8500 No new toiletries Cook sth different
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