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How Much Have WE Paid Off Our Debts In 2006?
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We have paid £7200
Running total £328832.50
Great Thread!
PP
xxTo repeat what others have said, requires education, to challenge it,requires brains!FEB GC/DIESEL £200/4 WEEKS0 -
We've paid off £5300 - so running total is:
£334,132.50!!"I wasn't wrong, I just wasn't right enough.":smileyhea97800072589250 -
I've paid off £1500ish so that now £335,632.50!!Just trying to be me.....0
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lyric_grace wrote:I've paid off £1500ish so that now £335,632.50!!
Come on peeps - nearly £1000 a day :T :T :T :T :T :T :T !!!!!!!!A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
Mortgage Balance = £0
"Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"0 -
I've paid off £4993.05 this year - will do much better next year though!
Running total -> £340,625.55. :j :T :beer:
Great Idea folks
Debts @ lightbulb moment (13/06/2006) - £59,842.23 :eek: All commercial debts now clear!!! :T Debts April - £20,000 to family (incl extra £10k borrowed for house deposit). DFD - Aug 2014
Proud to be dealing with my debts
Goal of the month - £500 on groceries for family of 5 - Apr 2011 - £620!
May - £454.85 so far. 0 -
Hello might aswell add my total to the list

£4160 in total yay!
still a bit to go in 2007
Running total is £344785.50
regards M
"when you are going through hell" - "keep going"
Sir Winston churchill0 -
Add another £5430 to that makes £350215.50One day I might be more organised...........

GC: £200
Slinkies target 2018 - another 70lb off (half way to what the NHS says) so far 25lb0 -
I paid off the remaining £4094.92 from my debt this year and am now debt free
:j
That makes the grand total so far:
£354,310.420 -
Hi all,
I have managed to pay off my £4000 loan 7 months early (got the confirmation letter today!!).
Am now working on the £20,000 loan and have overpaid this month by £150.
Also managed to change my mortgage and am overpaying by £27 each month and have managed to knock 11 years off the term (mortgage remaining £53000). Here's to a great debtbusting 2007!!!
RUNNING TOTAL = £358,310.420 -
Should be debt free by March 1st.....:T
edit - £20K this year
So that make £378,310.42.0
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