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The £1,000 emergency fund challenge.
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1st payment from HMRC has cleared and has now been transferred to my main account.
Car tax paid.Never Knowingly Understood.
Member #1 of £1,000 challenge - £13.74/ £1000 (that's 1.374%)
3-6 month EF £0/£3600 (that's 0 days worth)0 -
May I join please?:jProud to have dealt with my debt, DFD 6th May 2015 :j
Part of the SPC challenge - #168 joee - My lovely gold stars from Sue-UU :staradmin x6 - BANKED £9.07
2015: Sell £1000 #65 - target £500 - Sold £108.690 -
Finally got around to checking the interest that's been added to the £300 I have sitting in my 'emergency isa' .... £7.73 - better than nothing!
Not a lot else to report - house repair part slowly increasing ... hope I can manage to get to the full amount without having to raid the 'budgeting pots'!Grocery Challenge £211/£455 (01/01-31/03)
2016 Sell: £125/£250
£1,000 Emergency Fund Challenge #78 £3.96 / £1,000Vet Fund: £410.93 / £1,000
Debt free & determined to stay that way!0 -
Finally managed to add £58 to our emergency fund - slowly rebuilding it. Boy this is hard work
DFW Nerd No. 1484 LBM 07/01/15 Debt was £95k :eek: Now debt free and happy :j0 -
Please can I join? I'll still be paying off debt for a couple of years but even if I manage to put £10 away each month it's better than nothing.TOTAL DEBT £12,212.46/£2000 paid offDebt Free Goal September 2017#106 Emergency Fund £482.53/£10000
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£10 added today, so now up to £60 Starting a new debt free journeyStarting Debt: £5,250Current Debt: £4,995.50Amount Paid: £254.50 Percentage Paid: 4.84%Emergency Fund: £3500
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Please can I join? I'll still be paying off debt for a couple of years but even if I manage to put £10 away each month it's better than nothing.
Welcome aboard Mrs Toast - Patman will be along shortly to give you a number
This thread is not a race, it's a motivation and focus to put a little aside for those emergencies that crop up when we least want/expect them.
All the best with the debt-busting and EF.
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Welcome to our 2 newest members. We are now up to 102.Never Knowingly Understood.
Member #1 of £1,000 challenge - £13.74/ £1000 (that's 1.374%)
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Hope it's not to late but I'd love to join! 0
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It's never to late to join. Welcome to member #103, RaspberryJuice.Never Knowingly Understood.
Member #1 of £1,000 challenge - £13.74/ £1000 (that's 1.374%)
3-6 month EF £0/£3600 (that's 0 days worth)0
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