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Olympic Countdown aka clear those debts by July 2012!

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  • Hello!

    I have now paid a total of £1,792 towards my debts!! I'm really thrilled.

    Keep up the good work everyone
  • welshkaz
    welshkaz Posts: 288 Forumite
    edited 13 February 2010 at 3:31PM
    ANOTHER £122 paid off for me today please x getting there with one of these blinking debts at least hope everyone has a lovely weekend with low spendings lol x
    may groc challenge £167/£280...
  • Hi everyone.

    No new payments for me, but £71.99 interest added on :mad:.

    Dragon, is there a way you can amend my % paid? Next month I'll wait until the interest has been added before I update my total paid.

    Oh for the simple life - go to work, wages come in, bills go out, spend rest of money :D

    Polly
  • Another 153 off today.

    New total 4,471/22,713.
    Goal 1 - CCs & Loans Credit card free as of 20 Feb 2010!!! Loan Free as of 15 Sep 2011!!!
    Goal 2 - Private Student Loans Citi - [strike]$7,500[/strike] $1,200 | Echo [strike]$1,500[/strike] 0 | Sallie Mae [strike]$7,500[/strike] 0 (updated: 3 Nov 2010)
    [STRIKE]10 in 10 #109 : 18,380/10,000 GBP[/STRIKE] | Olympic Challenge 21,000/22,713 GBP

  • stacy
    stacy Posts: 660 Forumite
    edited 13 February 2010 at 3:53PM
    Hi guys i have some amazing news!!!
    I rang my car finance to see what i have left to pay off my car, i knew i was slightly out but didnt expect it to be £955.24 of miss placed payments on my spreadsheet lol

    So £955.24 off of my debt please dragon, thats sooooo cool!!!!!!!!
    Yay happy, happy, happy!!!!!!

    Off to update! :D:D:D:j:j:j
    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
  • lol @ stacy. That's great and very exciting for you.:T
    I have just done a new snowball and could just cry. I balance transferred £1k today to l.o.b of 6.9% so have saved some money.:D Have paid loads this month but because of interest and I had to use 1 of my cards as was mega skint and it's the law to feed my children ;), I have only paid off £5.55 in total. I am going to update at the end of each month so I know the interest situation etc and get a proper total. Love to you all xx

    Balance now £15290.73 Dragon £177.27 after interest paid off.
    5 Year plan. April 2020 to June 2025- CC and mortgage free by time I'm 60
    Currently CC £23,674.36 /£14,895.41/£14315.42
    Mortgage £28,214.65/ £26,254.71/ £25,746.43
    By end 2020 I want CC at £ 19,000.00.
    By end 2021 I want CC at £10,000.00
  • Have paid off £741.71. Woooohooo. I am now offically hooked to this challenge :-)

    February GC £26.68/£250

  • shanks77
    shanks77 Posts: 1,182 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic
    Hi gone a bit mad and paid £250:eek: to my cc with paying off one loan early and no council tax i thought i would be good and put to my debts instead of leaving it in my account to do nothing but now scared and wondering if i should have done that (i know i should but have been down to my last £1 in the world and always worried now that i might not have enough) but how else will i pay off my debts if i dont put money to them? :)
  • skaps
    skaps Posts: 2,255 Forumite
    edited 13 February 2010 at 10:40PM
    I did that last month too - I saved too much and then was really stressed about payments going out later on in the month. Have been more careful this month and am going to put away the 'extra' after all the dds have gone out and im nearer to pay day.

    I am not going to be able to make many payments apart from dds till after i've saved my target of £5500 for my wedding. So i wont be helping the overall percentage much - sorry everyone.
    MFW 2016 No 68 £1300/£8500 No new toiletries Cook sth different
  • alamaya
    alamaya Posts: 419 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Made some more payments today.

    New balance is 36987.28
    Baby Girl Born May 2011
    Baby Boy Born Nov 2012

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