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Pay ALL your debt off by Xmas 2014!
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Late with final update for the year, due to changing main bank account (free £150 on its way to me)
Total debt reduction for month of December is £1275.14. down on normal amount
number 125(archery)
£15671.27/£13000 (20% over target, one happy bunny)
Total Debt as of 29/12/14 £81128.46
Practising Scrooge and stingy old miser.0 -
A big thanks to this thread - all debt completely cleared :j:T
next one will be my first home purchase mortgage for 2015
Happy new year in advance to all :beer:
Congrats foxy - that will be my goal for next year too, if I can!This whole thread has been amazing. It gives you hope when you truly think there is none.
For me, I seemed to do so well until reality struck and I realised I hadn't budgeted at all.for Xmas. With 5 children that's a disaster.
Back to the drawing board, let's hammer the debts off in 2015.
huge thank you to everyone who ran this thread..
You've still done really well this year! But I don't envy you with 5 kids at Christmas, the food bill alone :eek:Wow it's crazy to think that between us we had that much debt, :eek: but we've also managed to clear half a million of it!! :T :beer:
Thank you minicooper for looking after us and thanks everyone for keeping me motivated. I've certainly paid off much more than I would have done without you all!! :smileyhea
To be fair, it's not all that much when you divide it by 218 people
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Roll of Honour 2014!
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:j #007 foxy78 Paid £5,500 :j
:j:j:j:j 28th December 2014 :j:j:j:j
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Hello all! Sorry for the absence the best part of this year- it's been a heck of a year!
Hope you have all had a great Christmas and that you all have a Superb New Year!
Very late last check in for #28 £5805/ £7000 (82%)
Best luck to all of you rocking on over to the 2015 thread! And Minicooper thank you for running this thread all year! x:coffee:
*Do More of What Makes You Happy*0 -
£4424/£8847 (50%)
Definitely going to clear it next year!
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Well I have somehow managed to end the year with more debt than I started it with. We have consolidated our debts though so we are starting 2015 owing money to the bank only and not 3 x catalogues, loan, 2 x credit cards and parents. Hoping to join for 2015 and I PLEDGE TO END THE YEAR WITH LESS DEBT THAN THE START!!16 projects in 2016 - 5/16
Debt free Xmas 2016 #90 - 7.2%0 -
Sorry have not kept up to date with this thread but I have slowly been plough away. Not cleared as much as I would have liked but anything is better than nothing.
no. 199 with a total of 1843.57 cleared which leaves 1800.00 remaining.
Thanks for this thread as it helps focus the mind and pay more off.
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Well I have somehow managed to end the year with more debt than I started it with. We have consolidated our debts though so we are starting 2015 owing money to the bank only and not 3 x catalogues, loan, 2 x credit cards and parents. Hoping to join for 2015 and I PLEDGE TO END THE YEAR WITH LESS DEBT THAN THE START!!
You and me both. Though it may have looked better if I had included all my debt at the beginning of 2014 instead of just the loans/overdrafts/cc kind of debts. This year I will add in all the bills so I know exactly where I stand!.0 -
Hey minicooper - just declaring my 2014 results:
#207 £2000/£5000
Fantastic figures everyone! See you on the 2015 thread.:rudolf: DF by Xmas 2018: #83 £8,250/£15,000 55% :rudolf:
SPC 7: #135 :staradmin | MFW 9.72% | Groceries: £6.49/£80 | Exercise 0/20 | NSDs 0/150 -
#124 declaring my total for 2014.
Thankfully, after 5 months out of work, I started a new job ten days before Christmas, so that has eased a lot of my financial worries.
My redundancy money has gone a long way towards clearing my debt. I have spent a little on my credit cards this month in order to buy Christmas presents, but I'll pay it off in full before I incur any interest.
Overall I paid off £15085.56 in 2014.Debt free since December 2015. It can be done0
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