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Debt free - we did it!

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  • Deep_In_Debt
    Deep_In_Debt Posts: 8,579 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Mortgage-free Glee!
    Congratulations. Keep up the good work.
    Debt 30k in 2008.:eek::o Cleared all my debt in 2013 and loving being debt free :)
    Mortgage free since 2014 :)
  • MrsGSR
    MrsGSR Posts: 1,041 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Wow! Thats amazing! Our debt is much smaller but even so it's so inspiring to read things like this, that pure, jolly hard work well and truely pays off.
    I take my hat off to you Newgirl and wish you all the very best for the future.
    Squirrelling away in September No 33
    It's not about the money, it's about financial freedom, being in control of it and living in the natural world and not a material world
  • snookey
    snookey Posts: 1,128 Forumite
    That is amazing well done.
  • Shovel_Lad
    Shovel_Lad Posts: 1,123 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary Photogenic
    Congrats and very well done :beer:
  • *Foolish*
    *Foolish* Posts: 165 Forumite
    Well done. It's reassuring to see that it can be done with higher amounts of debt!
    First DMP payment 10/06/13
    Debt Free approx Jan 2018
    Starting debt: £50,013 :eek::eek:
    Current debt £39,128.41

    :eek:
  • Puzzcat
    Puzzcat Posts: 4,200 Forumite
    What a fantastic post, thank you so much for sharing. Congratulatons and well done to you both. I'm only just beginning my journey but I now see there is light at the end of the tunnel...

    For You..

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    Love Puzz. x
    Christmas 2020 £109
    I love my dmp started in Nov 13 with SC. Self Managed 2016 57% done
    £60062/25384.84 - 13222.60k UE

    MY DIARY     http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=4768685
  • Eyes_wide_open
    Eyes_wide_open Posts: 420 Forumite
    Wow fantastic xx
    Save £12k in 2014 #080 £0/£8,000.
    £2 savers club #53
    £365 in 365 days # 101 £1/£365


    Sugar free days 0/365
  • tootallulah
    tootallulah Posts: 2,197 Forumite
    Many, many congratulations.
  • NinjaSavingKat
    NinjaSavingKat Posts: 3,384 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Superb efforts! A clear indication that you can do whatever you put your mind too! Well done!!!
    “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent".
  • lindatrole
    lindatrole Posts: 39 Forumite
    Good work with excellent Efforts.
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