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Pay off as much as you can in 2013 challenge

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  • jacci45
    jacci45 Posts: 1,636 Forumite
    edited 15 February 2013 at 12:56PM
    No 2 reporting 10.00 pad so now owe 467/31943 and paid 691/1158 in 2013.

    Happy Friday all !!
  • mummybearx
    mummybearx Posts: 1,921 Forumite
    Number 11 reporting, just paid another £50 to my credit card :j

    zepsgal #11 - £239.62/£3000

    Getting there slowly but surely :T
    Can't think of anything smart to put here...
  • Managed to pay my Bcard nice and early this month, another £250 off.


    £1357.35 / £9900.00
  • Calling14
    Calling14 Posts: 3,498 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Please can I join the club owe 12670.42 reckon a reasonable target if I paid off 2000 pounds this yr. Cutting down on food shopping bills, clothes spending and concert tickets my weakness. Thank you
    LBM 13039 1.1.13 Now £0 Finally Debt FreeMortgage free Oct 2019:)EFund/savings £25000 10/11/22
  • £67.23 paid today so now £1,265.53/ £6,000

    But the best part is that 1 card now gone :j
    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
  • Another payment today so now at £4,014.52/£10,000. Now £5,985.48 to go!
  • lamarsi
    lamarsi Posts: 805 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Hi sorry nothing to report payed nada of this debt in fact increased it to £12k :( had to buy new car to get to work but set up direct debt to start paying back and got lots of extra shifts lined up to knock extra off.. I will be back! well done everyone!
    get rid of all the pounds by summer !!
    weight loss 3/42 lb
    Debt from 1st March:
    Was -£8900 NOW-£5000 PAID- £3900
    Get rid of the weight, pay the debt, then get myself a campavan! :T
  • elly68
    elly68 Posts: 2,562 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    lamarsi i am the same have been making minimum payments only however i start a new job april and have retained 5 hrs a week this money will go straight to cc and dfs stops may so this also will go to payment ,will have 3 months of family allowance to help with mot and tax for car feeling better not spending but diy in house will be glad when its over .
    So finally debt free and it feels amazing however continuing here to stay debt free.Next declutter house and body and finally swim under that waterfall x
  • LoLo
    LoLo Posts: 545 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
    Oops, seems I have forgotten to report here with what I've paid for a good few weeks. The good news is that I have been paying thins and have paid off 3 small debts. I will look back and total up what I've paid so far and report back here.
  • cutestkids
    cutestkids Posts: 1,670 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    A total of £60.00 to debts this week bringing my total to £1135.34 / £7500
    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
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