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vics_1982
vics_1982 Posts: 194 Forumite
in Debt-free wannabe
Hi All,

Just a quick thankyou to you all, with out this forum i would not have gone on a budget and cleared my credit card debts. I am please to say that i made my final payments on my cards today and next week i will close them (saving one for credit reasons but i will not use it)

So thanks to all the posts and help everyone has given me i am now credit card debt free, with around £450 a month to overpay on my loan and "450 saved for xmas presents.

Very excited!!!!!


Vics
xx
:beer: :j
Sainsbury CC - £1597.25 0% 18 mths left £37.57 Per month DD

Savings Goals 6500K / 10000K
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  • Hobsch
    Hobsch Posts: 613 Forumite
    Well Done. Fantastic News.
    Big pat on the back.
    Total Debt now £22,525.07 Start Debt £32,732.36
    £10207.29 OF DEBT PAID OFF:j 31.18%
  • leni
    leni Posts: 942 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    well done and you've done it so quickly! £2006 in less than 3 months !! thats brilliant!

    I'm hoping to clear my credit cards by march 2006 - so I have a little over 4 months to pay mine off!:)

    DEBT FREE for the first time in 10 years and with savings!

    1st Baby due May 2011 :o it's a BOY:j
  • saintly_2
    saintly_2 Posts: 544 Forumite
    wow!!! well done you have done so well!!!
    Married my amazing hubby on 8th September 2012 :j:j
  • duncans-mum_2
    duncans-mum_2 Posts: 532 Forumite
    A Huge well done to you. What better Christmas present could you ask for.
    :beer:
  • pudding06
    pudding06 Posts: 625 Forumite
    brilliant

    pudds
    August 2009 grocery challenge £172.64/,,,,,

    no point in doing grocery challenges, have no money left over to eat :0/
  • gettingitsorted
    gettingitsorted Posts: 2,440 Forumite
    :T :T :T :T :T

    well done vic great achivement .
    Official DFW NERD 189

    I may be a woman but dont hold it against me:D

    Officially declared Br 6/11/06


    Discharged Br 4/5/07 (6 months to the day)

    BCSC MEMBER 21
  • bananakinz
    bananakinz Posts: 302 Forumite
    Fantastic - well done!
    Proud to be dealing with our debts - We WANT to be debt free DEC 09 :rolleyes:
    Grocery challenge: £230 / £230 left
  • jenchin66
    jenchin66 Posts: 648 Forumite
    :T :T

    Congratulations
    Pad, started 28.11.08 running total £3674.91:T
    Sealed pot challenge member 346:T
  • nidje
    nidje Posts: 119 Forumite
    Great achievement and in such a short time - Well done :T

    N x
  • bobble_hat
    bobble_hat Posts: 727 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Well done Vics,

    that's a great achievement! :T
    "Tomorrow is always fresh, with no mistakes in it." (Montgomery, L.M.(1908). Anne of Green Gables.)
    Debt Free Nerd No. 186 Debt was £16,534.03 Now £9,588.50
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