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  • reddick
    reddick Posts: 17 Forumite
    iv got so far as to work out how much i would have to pay each month to be debt free in 8 mth 7 mths 6 mts etc:rotfl:
    may £9800:eek: july £7700!!!! jan £4500
    dfd nov 2010:D
  • lol....this thread is very reassuring..........I thought I was losing the plot with all my spreadsheets and lists! I wish I'd known what I was missing out on before I started moneysaving :D I'm itching to update my signature !
    Total debt at LBM £26k+
    Total debt now £16,494.40
    Tesco CC 11/2/11 Total - £1,387.20 - Now £0
  • niksyg
    niksyg Posts: 678 Forumite
    I get quite stressy if I can't update my sig when I make a payment or need to update on a challenge! I love all this DFW business!
    Clearing debt to save for a simple wedding.
    Starting 2016 With debt of £7700
  • I definitely have OCD - obsessive compulsive debtfreewannabe:rotfl:
    NR [STRIKE]£5542[/STRIKE]£2771 BC [STRIKE]£7987[/STRIKE]£7700 BC [STRIKE]£3000[/STRIKE]£5100 Cat1 Pd Cat2 Pd Ulstr [STRIKE]£3400[/STRIKE]£3070 TSB [STRIKE]£4851[/STRIKE]£4400 MBNA [STRIKE]£7700[/STRIKE]£3887 NWst [STRIKE]£950[/STRIKE] £700 Hfx [STRIKE]£10097[/STRIKE]£10050 Asda [STRIKE]£398[/STRIKE] £315 HFX1 Pd Hfx2 [STRIKE]£3133[/STRIKE] £3000
    LBM 15/1/10 £47,728 now £40,993 14.11% pd
    Snowball at LBM [STRIKE]1050[/STRIKE] 871 days left (745 days to Olympics 2012)
    £365/365 - £388 (that's for DH & me!)
  • nanna58
    nanna58 Posts: 971 Forumite
    :jYep yep yep yep

    welcome to the obsession club!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    form filler extrordinaire
  • well at least if I'm going mad, I aint alone

    UD
    Total debt at 01/01/2010 £34,262 (Excludes mega mortgage) Daily interest £12.42
    02/10 Now £3.12 due to repayments, BT and :money:
    Olympic challenge £5081/£28,000 (18.15%)
    Aim to lose 35 lbs from 01/01/2010 to 30/06/10 9.5/35
    1 debt in 100 days £2886/£3839
  • BabyBetty
    BabyBetty Posts: 196 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Yes I know what you all mean - I am totally obsessed - you all reminded me to make a payment on my store to clear it (£25) - thanks.

    I keep on wishing the year away thinking of how I am going to feel with my last payment about to go out. Pay days can not come soon enough for me:D

    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
  • It continues too - I have no debt but am an obsessive saver now!!
  • banwa
    banwa Posts: 952 Forumite
    Me too, me too :rotfl:

    Being really tight about EVERYTHING, so I can knock a bit more off the debt, love updating the signature, have spent far too many ours devising and updating spreadsheets, and dread to think how much of my life I have spent on MSE since the new year :money::j
    Debt £26k 18/10/14
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