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  • Afternoon Everyone....Apologies for being absent on this Thread over the last Week...I have been INSANELY busy trying to earn extra money to pay back this Debt that I have....


    I know it will take Years for me to pay this all back....but from little acorns make big trees....Hmmm, I'm sure that's not the right expression but I know what I mean!! LoL :D


    So I have been making Payments and I'm now at....


    £245.26/£48,106.15

    Hiya! Nice to see someone else at a similar level to me :)
    Long haul supporter #290
    POAYDBX2014 #043
    LBM Dec 2011 Debt £51K Debt Nov 2014 £42K
  • DreamerHelen
    DreamerHelen Posts: 2,629 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Hi Recurrent-Ostrich (love the name by the way!!)....


    Thank you....It's nice to see someone at my level too....I know it will take a VERY long time for me to pay this Debt off....but I WILL get there sooner or later....
  • mossy
    mossy Posts: 1,263 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Hi, i've paid £83.84 off the card.

    New balance:

    £2844.51/£6414.51 44.35%
    Saving for Disney again, oops why book one Disney holiday when you can book two!
    :starmod: Emergency Fund Savings - #148 - £10/£1000 1% :starmod:
    :xmastree:#083 SPC6 £63 - SPC7 £90 - SPC8 £63 - SPC9 £54 - SPC10 £26 - SPC12 £70 :xmastree:
  • Frizzle_2
    Frizzle_2 Posts: 1,104 Forumite
    Afternoon Everyone....Apologies for being absent on this Thread over the last Week...I have been INSANELY busy trying to earn extra money to pay back this Debt that I have....


    I know it will take Years for me to pay this all back....but from little acorns make big trees....Hmmm, I'm sure that's not the right expression but I know what I mean!! LoL :D


    So I have been making Payments and I'm now at....


    £245.26/£48,106.15
    I think the key is trying to not make the debt worse and just chip away it a little at a time! Good luck! Just remember at least you are heading in the right direction!
    Grocery challenge-
    J- 52.40/£200 M- 187.56 A- 212.93 M-193.44 F-201.31 J- 240.62 D- £149.27 N- £210.69 O- 196.80
    S- 213.68 A- £213.03 J- 249.66 J-206.29, M- 252.91, A-£250, M- £250

    debt free as of feb 2015. Now saving for deposit for new house! Moving in June 2015!!!
  • amr547
    amr547 Posts: 1,665 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Another £50 payment! This debt is nearly done, there's about £200 left on it.
  • WIN79
    WIN79 Posts: 37 Forumite
    #210 £830/1200

    I got paid today and thought just do it, put £200 off the cc before i spend it and really reign in this month trying not to spend much, so it now leaves me with a balance of £370 which i am desperate to shift with Novembers pay. Not sure how i will manage that but i will also try and add a few £5 here and there this month if i can manage it to chip away at whats left. :j
    So close to being DF i can smell it.
    Debt Free Jan 2015 :T
  • Aaah, why can't I just stop spending money? Okay, I've stopped myself on this occasion, but I've been eyeing up camera gear again. It's not often the little stuff that ruins my finances - I don't have Sky because I think it's extortionate, and our weekly food bill is frugal to say the least - it's the big four figure sums like cameras, cars etc that I think I can afford but obviously can't. What tactics do people have to nip these thoughts in the bud? :(
  • Mat_Lock
    Mat_Lock Posts: 2,386 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Forgot about the car tax this month. £139 down the potholes.
  • GunWharf
    GunWharf Posts: 308 Forumite
    100 Posts Uniform Washer
    #174 reporting for duty and I would like to declare Credit Card 3 CLEARED!


    So we are now at £14,782 /£27,890


    :T
    (Debt Jan 2014 LBM £34,000) Current 2016 "Problems" as follows:

    C Cards 1,2,3,4 WAS £18,333 NOW£0 :j...Overdraft WAS £2700 NOW£0 :j
    Secured Loan
    WAS £4113 NOW£0:j.......Loan WAS £8864 NOW £6,000

    DEBT TODAY = £6,000
    (£28,000 PAID OFF SO FAR!)
  • Mat_Lock
    Mat_Lock Posts: 2,386 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Nice one GunWharf !
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