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  • mr2jay
    mr2jay Posts: 191 Forumite
    #133 reporting in.

    Paid off another £57.18

    Total Paid Off £1008.43/£5000
    Key - Balance/Remaining - Total £15073.21/£8283.11
    Rent Arrears - £4770/£985, Council Tax £1582.26/£1200, Eon Energy £907.10/£600, Anglian £317.06/£105.32, Car Loan £1200/£450, CC £4632.79/£4152.79, Personal Debts £1270/£790, [STRIKE]Wage Advance £400/£0[/STRIKE]
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,825 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Thanks for the updates 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
  • Morning, Vanquis statement came out a couple of days ago, clearing £16.56 over the last month. New total:

    £1989.26/£3000
    Clean credit file:12 mths
    Car loan: FREE! :j
    THE PLAN: 1.Pay off debt £8808.42(£3254.45, £1570.32, £2698.33, £0:dance:, £1000, £285.32) 2.Save monthly for Christmas/insurance etc £150 per month 3.Save for emergencies /£1500 4.Save for our B&B £????depends which one takes our fancy :D
  • archery
    archery Posts: 238 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    yet anotherweek off no shopping week 10:j:j so paid£20 off my mortgage this morning

    new totals below


    have a great weekend everyone


    number89
    archery -£6798.56/£13,500
    Practising Scrooge and stingy old miser.
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    DD for my couch came out on thursday so another £55.83 gone only 5 more payment and the couch is all mine mine mine lol xxx

    really looking forward to 2013 as i should be very very close to being debt free xx

    brings my total to £2900.07 / £5000

    ooooooo nearly hitting the £3k mark which i will hit in less than a week.....how exciting :j

    does that make me sad????
    NEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12
    POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78
    POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14
    POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.05
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    where is everyone????
    NEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12
    POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78
    POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14
    POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.05
  • archery
    archery Posts: 238 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    it has gone very quiet - perhaps everyones on holiday
    Practising Scrooge and stingy old miser.
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    or there all feeling guilty because they've all been to the Next sale :rotfl:
    NEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12
    POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78
    POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14
    POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.05
  • jacci45
    jacci45 Posts: 1,636 Forumite
    No 36 is back again!! PAD the grand sum of 2.00 so now owe 2904/31943!

    Happy Monday all!!
  • snailmail
    snailmail Posts: 131 Forumite
    a small 6.11 overpayment for me making my total £1240.64/£2117
    LBM: January 2012
    Debt Free as of 20th September 2012

    Savings: ISA:£14.74/IF:£3500ish)


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