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The 'extra payment every week' challenge 2013

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  • purplegrape
    purplegrape Posts: 207 Forumite
    edited 18 April 2013 at 4:08PM
    Goodness, what horrible times for you both, Sun Addict and Jaxsmar. Big hugs.

    Well, I'm back from Greece, which was lovely and warm. I still feeling a bit too lucky that I was asked to work there, but I did appreciate the extra days to recover! We had 15+ hour days and I'm usually very lazy.

    I had a budget of £400 for the week including accommodation, travel across Greece, good food and presents for the office and friends. I've just totted up what I have left....

    Brace yourselves...

    ...7p.

    At least I underspent, eh?! :rotfl:
  • purplegrape
    purplegrape Posts: 207 Forumite
    Ooh, scrap that! I forgot I brought back 25 euros. :) They'll be this weeks payment once I get down to the post office!
  • Lol don't spend that 7p all at once purple! Glad you had a good time though Xx
    Debts @ LBM £23,729.31. Debts @ 08/04/2016 £0 :j
    Best win so far - holiday to Florida
  • jaxsmar
    jaxsmar Posts: 518 Forumite
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    So glad you had a nice escape sounds wonderful :D
    Penny wise pound foolish. 366 days 1p challenge 2020/21/22/23 completed.
    No.13 1p a day challenge 2024
    No. 24 52 week savings challenge completed August 24
    No.16 1p a day savings challenge.
  • Just cottoned onto this thread, altho not in my signature (i really should get one up and running so i can see the progress) I over pay £14 a week toward any given debt and when i clear a debt i up that amount by a £1 a day to hit the next debt.

    So far its working well as i have set up a standing order to pay it off automatically and i dont have to think about it!!
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 24,026 Forumite
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    I've scraped together £10 for my extra payment this week. This brings the total of the card I'm trying to pay off to a nice neat £1600. Thanks for all your well wishes re my OH. He's out of intensive care now and on high dependency ward - doing ok considering and may be starting chemo in the next week or so.
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • kem10
    kem10 Posts: 70 Forumite
    £10 this week.

    Mainly by accident. Standing order I set up for a fiver per week I'd forgotten about so.. yay! :)
    [STRIKE]Credit Card 17.9% = £460 paid off 2013[/STRIKE]!
    £1000 overdraft 0% = 0/£1000
    Owe parents for car = £410/£2950
    Owe SAAS £240/£548
    BF Lend £0/£200

    And I'm still pretending my student loan doesn't exist until I earn enough that they ask for it! :p
  • ToniLiz
    ToniLiz Posts: 107 Forumite
    Hey guys,
    Friday bank skim of £3.99 sent tonight.
    Very jealous of Purple's trip. Think I'm gonna ask my boss to send me somewhere nice and hot - wonder if she would agree....?????
    Sealed Pot Challenge - No: 223 :)

    2015 - £179.55
    2014 - £363.98
    2013 - £258.13
  • jaxsmar
    jaxsmar Posts: 518 Forumite
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    £10.00extra payment made today;)
    Penny wise pound foolish. 366 days 1p challenge 2020/21/22/23 completed.
    No.13 1p a day challenge 2024
    No. 24 52 week savings challenge completed August 24
    No.16 1p a day savings challenge.
  • Thanks guys, I'm still in holiday mode which is very unproductive for careful spending.

    I'm not sure work are going to let it happen again any time soon, sigh! Next week they're hoping to hire someone dedicated to working overseas. Amazing whilst it lasted though :-)

    Great work in the over pays guys, and welcome Shredder!
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