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  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,832 Forumite
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    Thanks for the updates everyone :)

    Payday for me today as well, hurrah :j :T

    I'll have to do the totalising on Monday I'm afraid, I don't think I'll get a chance to on Sunday. Sorry chaps!

    Have a good weekend everyone :)
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • debtfreewannabe321
    debtfreewannabe321 Posts: 10,141 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    :eek: I have a confession I forgot to update last month (i think??, i'm sure??)

    So since the last update i am now at
    2878/6000 :)
    Emergency Fund goal - £717.77/1500
    Weight loss goal 1 - 0/7 lb 
    Mortgage OP goal 2026 - £4500 

    New Diary- https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6647063/investing-in-us-holidays-health-and-the-road-to-150k#latest
  • seasideDreamer
    seasideDreamer Posts: 1,363 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    £184.24 paid off today off various CC so that's £2483.35/£5684.54
    Debt free and busy treating myself:)

    No more toiletries/make up until I've used what I've got stashed since Jan 2011, graduated October 2012. Restocked Dec 13..damn those sales
  • millionaire_in_training
    millionaire_in_training Posts: 5,818 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    £80 today so that's £3,816.53/£10,000. Not much to go to be at £4k :D
    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
  • cutestkids
    cutestkids Posts: 1,670 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Just updating my total which now stands at £3877.84 / £5000
    1 Sealed Pot Challenge # 1480
    2 Stopped Smoking 28/08/2011
    3 Joined Payment A Day Challenge 3/12/2011
    4 One debt vs 100 days part 15 £579.62/ £579.62New challenge £155.73/£500
    5 Pay off as much as you can in 2013 challenge!£6609.20 / £7500
  • lynnsey30
    lynnsey30 Posts: 466 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    #98 rounding off the month with £10
    vanquis £630/£3019 Robinson way £1207.41/1682.41
    hsbc £11749
    Declutter 2021 6/52
    Pad 2021 £1318.00
  • Moneysaverme
    Moneysaverme Posts: 284 Forumite
    Just paid off £550.

    I'm getting there!

    £1050 / £6000
    Weight loss 2017/2018 - 49 lbs
  • archery
    archery Posts: 238 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hope everyone has a great weekend :beer:

    another week of living out of the cupboards and freezers (week 8) and found 1p :j so much good food still in the cupboard and freezer, but did go out for a meal in the week to celebrate my friends birthday.

    so made a top up payment on my mortgage today of £20.01

    so close to the 50% of target, but hope to make the annual target set by myself.


    new totals below


    number 89
    archery -£6722.46/£13,500
    Practising Scrooge and stingy old miser.
  • DedicatedDFW
    DedicatedDFW Posts: 4,234 Forumite
    Well Done! On all the payments everyone :T:T:T - I rtealy want a good month in july but as i've got to pay for some urgent house maintenance, have an important birthday for a very close family member and am going on holiday and need my spends for this its going to be tough! I am really going to try though.

    Anyways declaring at total so far as i won't be making any more payments today - unless of course i win the lottery ;)

    £11908.35/17,000

    Once again thanks so much to jwil for running this thread and to everyone posting - it really is motivational :)
    CC1:T £[STRIKE]2531[/STRIKE] £1460
    MORTGAGE OVERPAYMENTS: £10575.20 Target £12,100
    MF Date: [STRIKE]August 2042[/STRIKE] May 2035
    Declutter 1000 things by Xmas 2015! 53/1000
  • OrangeFairy
    OrangeFairy Posts: 2,630 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hello all!

    Right for June

    C/C £30
    Loan payment - £162
    Overpayment on the loan £200 :j

    Total in june £392

    So £1880/£5000 - getting there nicely!
    Orange Fairy
    House Purchased April 19 :) CC1=? CC2=? DH CC= Mortgage Overpay = £0 Savings = £0 Xmas savings = £0 Weightloss = 0 lb


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