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£4.05 last week bringing total to £14.12. Pleased with so far.:T0
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My total so far is £8.31, it's going up. It will be great if I get the £75 for Christmas!!Credit Card 1 - £2900, credit card 2 - £6020 (0%).
Mortgage £84000 - 17 years left without overpayments.
Got to get organised, first credit card 1 £0/£29000 -
39p to add for me today!Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
Personal Finance Blogger + YouTuber / In pursuit of FIRE
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Went scouring the house and cars yesterday and found some change. No idea how much, was hoiping to not count it all the time, but we'll see.
I try not to buy much, so I'm not sure how I'm going to do.....!0 -
£1.61 from OH this morning... silly amn came home with 8 x 20ps.... and a £2 - he knows the rules!
Sarah x'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde0 -
Glad to see I'm not too late to join in-will start today & see what coins I can scrounge around the house-need to find an empty jam jar as well as I've just been to the bottle bank!0
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I keep forgetting to do this, I shall tot it all up this evening and try harder to save my change!DFW Nerd no. 496 - Proud to be dealing with my debts!!0
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Hi i'd like to join too! I think i'll stick to the Jam jar-75!
Just been through my purse and got 2.91 not a bad start.0 -
£10.15 for me far - but still at zero on the front page ...Debt at LBM: £18,001
Nationwide cc £8,562 now £4,965 M&S cc £1,884 now £2,695 HoF £694 now £0
NW loan £3,861 now £0 OD £3,000 now £0
Debt at 19 February 2010 £7,6600 -
my total today is £12.61. i returned from holidays with english change and threw it all in the jar!!
Yippee!!!!DFW nerd 144
£2 savers club started (1st June 2006)
Aim: To save £1000 by 1st June 2007! Achieved £842!
New Aim - to save £1k by 1st June 2008 - So far banked £654
Change Challene - Aim £150 from 9th July 2007 - £184.66
Bronze Olympic Challenge target £1007. Current total £3340.78:T
Olympic Challenge Part Deux - Aim £3k and saved £1449.43 (£1550.57k to go!!!)0
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