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Mrs PG's Hopes & Dreams for a debt free future !

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  • PinotGrigio41
    PinotGrigio41 Posts: 4,213 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    :T:T Yey, with this morning payment we have just crept over the £43K paid off mark !! Whoopee !!! (That includes the hopeful UE's, but for now just to keep me happy , and as all three of them have been extremely quiet for some months now, I will relish in the £43K figure) !!! :j:j xx
    LBM July 2011 - Finally took control Nov 2011 DFD Sometime in the distant future ! :eek:
    Total debts Nov 2011 [STRIKE]£96796.75[/STRIKE]:eek:
    Total Debts JUL 2020 £00.00
    Cleared Jul 2020 £96796.75
    :T
    Emergency Fund / Rainy Day - £5500 . DMP Mutual Support Thread 428
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,368 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    :j:j:j Yay to 43K gone!!! :j:j:j
    :T:T:T:T:T:T
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • lucielle
    lucielle Posts: 11,645 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Great news PG.
    L
    Total Debt Dec 07 £59875.83 Overdrafts £2900,New Debt Figure ZERO !!!!!!:j 08/06/2013
    Lucielle's Daring Debt Free Journey
    DFD Before we Die!!!! Long Haul Supporter #124
  • brizzledfw
    brizzledfw Posts: 7,302 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Seconded. Well done to Mrs PG and all the little PGs:D:T
    MFiT-T4 Member No. 96 - 2022 is my MF goal :D
    Winter 17/18 Savings Rate Goal: 25% [October 30%] :T
    Declutter 60 items before 31.03.18 9/60 ** LSDs Target 10 for March 03/10 **AFDs 10/15 ** Sales/TCB Target 2018 £25/£500 NSDs Target 10 for March 02/10 Trying to be a Frugalista:rotfl::T
  • Piquant_2
    Piquant_2 Posts: 5,769 Forumite
    PPI Party Pooper Mortgage-free Glee! Debt-free and Proud!
    Thirded.

    Mrs PG my endowment claim has just paid out a considerable amount of compensation for bad advice. It took one letter and three weeks.......
    Total debt at October 2008: £67,213.30
    Total debt today: £0
    - debt and mortgage free 29th November 2013 :T
    Sealed Pot Challenge member 14
    Save £12K in 2014 - £6,521.90/£6K member 138



  • Magsnoodle
    Magsnoodle Posts: 263 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Woo hoo... What brilliant news. To quote Tosco'a every little helps..x
    E.F. #38 240.55/1000 SPC8 #375
    DFBXmas 2015 #162 18554 /18554 100%
  • lisabell
    lisabell Posts: 147 Forumite
    Hi

    I've not posted on here in a very long time but just wanted to say wow what an amazing job you've done at clearing your debts !!!
    You've given me hope that I might be able to clear mine :)

    Lisa x
    DMP No-- 164
    Our wonderful baby 'pip' miscarried at 6 weeks:(
  • amber03
    amber03 Posts: 1,434 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Well done PG on paying so much off, you are inspirational, keep up the good work.xx
    :j Debtfree and and staying that way.:j3-6 month emergency fund, No.61 £140.00
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,368 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    How's dd1 doing with the controlled assessment fiasco? Is there an end in sight?
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
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