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NSD 22 for me todayfinal unsecured debt to repay currently £8333Proud to be Dealing With my DebtDFW Nerd 1154 Long Haul 1550
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nsd 8 for me todayCc debt; £4950 Tesco - £3.37 Boots - £3.94 £2 pot - £0.00 Sealed pot NO40 - £7.87 no spend days jan-3/31 £2 savers = £60
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Aaaaand another for the Cauldron of DOOM! taking me to 19
Must use my stash up!0 -
yesterday NSD #16 and today NSD #17
thats 4 in a row
mainly cos I'm feelin all old and tired and don't wanna do anything!!2013 NSD 100. CC2014CC- £31.50/£1352014 NSD 86 so far - May 20/212014 G/C spend £741.55 so far May £107.99/£91Debt Free - 30.05.13 Emergency tin - £1000June 23 - 9NSD0 -
#4 DFBXMAS24 - £2,322.85/£5,000
NSD Challenge - Jan 15/12, Feb 3/12, Mar 10/10 Apr 10/12, May 5/12.
SPC #44
Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration & inspiration ~ Evan Esar0 -
Evening everyone
Hope everyones well. Loving our new home. It'll be sooo much easier for people to find us.
Blubella - absolutely fantastic NSD # 10 :j:j and 3-in-a-row. :j:j AND ANOTHER NSD'er REACHING TARGET. 10/10. :staradmin
jeezypeeps - congratulations on grabbing NSD # 7 & 8 :j:j great stuff
Jaxsmar - wow well done on NSD # 15. :j:j that's a fab achievement.
QueenB - well done for popping in with NSD # 10. :j:j. Chin up, that's a fab figure, and still a week to go.
Cardi80 - brilliant work nabbing NSD # 11 :j:j
Slowly - NSD # 15 being declared, well done. :j:j great numbers from you again his month. Hope you pick up soon. Never nice being poorly, but silver lining and all that.
Parsimonia - absolutely fantastic NSD # 15 :j:j and 5-in-a-row. :j:j Brilliant achievement. And still a week to go.
Kate_fixing_it - congratulations on your NSD # 14 :j:j
Fedup - reporting in with NSD # 21 & 22. :j:j. Brilliant work again this month, well done.
Kerri - well done on your NSD # 13 :j:j. Sorry to hear about the funeral. Hope you're doing ok.
Knit witch - a fantastic NSD # 18 & 19. :j:j keep it up.
Jammy dodger - a fab NSD # 17. :j:j glad the hamper went down well. And what a lovely neighbour. But it sounds like you've been helping her out too.
Saver-upper - well done on your NSD # 9. :j:j and happy birthday to little one for Sunday.
FinanciallyUnsavvy - NSD # 13 for you :j:j well done.
Marmite - well done on your NSD # 11 & 12. :j:j oooo and good luck with only one spend day left in the month.
Emsikins - congratulations on achieving NSD # 6. :j:j
Brokemedic - a fab NSD # 14. :j:j 2 over target, keep going. Still another few to be nabbed yet.
Mooomin - a fantastic NSD # 12 for you :j:j another NSD'er over target.
Pennypinchingpenguin - a great NSD # 8 being declared. :j:j
Lovefullshelves - a fantastic NSD # 16 & 17. :j:j and 4-in-a-row. Well done. Hope you're feeling better and perkier soon.
Great figures being declared people...
keep it up. I know January's always a tight month but everyone's doing so well. SPC 18 Target £200 /0 -
I checked my bank balance today and have just managed to stay in the black this month! I'm sure it's very much down to watching what I spend more and being determined to make target. Here to declare NSD #9 so one more to go to target
*2014 £365/365days - £52/£365* *20p Savers club #17 £12.00/£50*
March 2014 NSD 0/15 take lunch to work march 0/21
sealed Pot Challenge #260
NMB books: 6/94+ NMB DVDs: 13/67
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take but the moments that take your breath away."0 -
I checked my bank balance today and have just managed to stay in the black this month! I'm sure it's very much down to watching what I spend more and being determined to make target. Here to declare NSD #9 so one more to go to target

Thats great news Giggles - NSD convert :rotfl:
Does that mean its payday today - it is for me :jDebt -it's a fight that I'm winning, dealing with debt one day at a time.
Estimated DFD August 2018 - 2031 - now 2027 :T
Guide dog Tess, missing Scotland 2 years
DMP support no438.0 -
Right, food bought yesterday and I have set money aside for toiletries (£10). So hopefully will manage another few NSDs now as no excuse to spend money.
Looking forward to the feb challenge as going to try and beat my 8 in a row.
:T:TThank you very much to those who update the amounts and keep me motivated as well. I am not sure I would have managed as many NSDs as I did without it.:T:TOne debt in 100 days £384/1264(£865 left)Pay all your debt off by xmas 2014 £276/18864NSD 4 and 4 in a row0 -
#NSD 9
claiming for yesterday.
I really hope I get paid today!FebNSD:1/14 (TotalNSDs:12NSDs|SPC#054 £0.52(£6.00 banked)|RR#90Jan£0.07(Total:£0.07)|ES:£1.00/£50.00|£6.00/£359.00SavingsRepayment0
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