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  • No. 75 checking in.

    I've made another few payments over the past few days. Up to £6,925.72/£10,000. Now £3,074.28 to my target. Getting close to the 70% mark! :)
  • No. 75 here. Has no one else made any payments since I did?

    Another payment today, so I've now broken the 70% barrier! Have paid £7,114.05/£10,000. Now got £2,885.95 to go.
  • Think we are all waiting for pay day:T
    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
  • archery
    archery Posts: 238 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Think we are all waiting for pay day:T

    best day of the month and it arrived yesterday and only 4 weeks till next pay day :j
    Practising Scrooge and stingy old miser.
  • archery
    archery Posts: 238 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Been verybusy with Scouts recently so not been able to update, but still been makingpayments.

    £15 HalifaxReward, £90 (3 more weeks no major foodshops) upto 20th September, £19.48 shopitize, £5.39 santander 123interest, £48.04 topcashback & qmee. Extra £177.91 towards debt reduction. Also got paid yesterday so have paid thismonths bills on my computer another debt reduction of £929.25

    Mortgage 3years 5 months left, but who’s counting

    archery number 86
    £10098.12/£12500(80.78% of target)
    74.24% of year gone...so on target
    Practising Scrooge and stingy old miser.
  • scrapped together another £20 off the Halifax so thats £813.75/£2125 and all next months minimum payments taken care of:)
    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
  • :jPay day but where is everybody! £105 paid off so that's
    £918.75/£2125.
    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
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    That's £140 sent to my other halfs friend for his car only two more payments woo hoo

    Brings my total to £2443.24 / £2500

    Nearly to target xx
    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
  • £80 paid today. New balance

    £5,474.56 / £8,989.67
    Smile loan - £2821.98 / £0:)
    Lloyds CC - £3102.54 / £3071.51
    B'Card - £7615.65 / £7444.30
    Bank of mom - £6000 / £6000
    28/02/17 £ 19,540.17 / £16515.81 05/04/17
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    Another £25 towards the debt sent yesterday brings my total to £2468.24/£2500
    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
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