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  • pozza_73 wrote: »
    Put my £1.10 away after working the horrendous 10 - 8 shift today. Oh well, going to put the money away to pay for my holiday xxx

    Bet you're glad that's over :beer:

    My quid's in for yesterday and today :)
    :staradmin: June NSD's 2/19:staradmin: Sealed Pot #460 :staradmin: £/day £185 saved :staradmin: W.S.C 2015 #45 :staradmin: F.P. 2/24 months :staradmin:
  • scotmumof3
    scotmumof3 Posts: 1,951 Forumite
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    pozza_73 wrote: »
    Put my £1.10 away after working the horrendous 10 - 8 shift today. Oh well, going to put the money away to pay for my holiday xxx
    That's a shame you had to work that shift. Hope today is better for you :)
    Transferred my £2 today one for yesterday one for today. Hope everyone had a good xmas :)
    Debt free as of 29.10.2020 🎉😁
    SPC #73 Feb NSD 0/20
  • £1 in for today.

    I hope that everyone had a fantastic day yesterday!

    Just having a leisurely Boxing Day morning after the madness x
  • My £1.10 is in for today. Going to reach my target of £50 by the end of the year with ease :)
    Saving for Christmas 2017 £120/£400 :beer:
  • My total amount for December (that was carried over from 2014) is £103. This is over the £60 monthly target but I'm gonna have to go some to achieve that much each month so it's nice to start a little bit ahead.
    Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £31,997
    Saving for 🎄 🎁 2025 £770/£730 105%
    6 mth 🆘 fund £6k
    Mortgage offset fund £24.7k/£36.5k 67.7%
    It turns out the answer to my problems wasn’t at the bottom of this tub of ice-cream, 🍨 but the important thing is that I tried...
  • Been putting £2 a day aside since 1st December. Now have £52! Pleased to be planning ahead for Chrimbo 2015. In other news, I am proud to say that this is the first Christmas since I was a child that I have not used a single bit of credit to buy presents/fund Christmas! An amazing feeling...:)
    DMP since August 2011
    DFD January 2018 hopefully sooner :j
    Debt at start: £98769:eek:
    Debt now: £24993:o
    Paid back: £73776 :j
    Taking it one day at a time:T
  • My quid's in :)

    Well done Phoenixx, keep at it, you're doing well. :beer:
    :staradmin: June NSD's 2/19:staradmin: Sealed Pot #460 :staradmin: £/day £185 saved :staradmin: W.S.C 2015 #45 :staradmin: F.P. 2/24 months :staradmin:
  • Samiszel
    Samiszel Posts: 610 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Up to £31. Going away until the 1st Jan, so have added in all days til my return :)
    Letting Go NST #17
    NSD 1/15; LTW 0/9; budget £0/£250; food £5.20/£120; steps 0/31
    Make £10 per day in Oct: £30/£310

    Mortgage: £214,702.15
  • I have been adding £2 for the month of December instead of £1 to see if I can maintain the extra and this has worked so from now on I'm going to pot £2 a day.

    I will update the spreadsheet later:)
  • scotmumof3
    scotmumof3 Posts: 1,951 Forumite
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    Samiszel wrote: »
    Up to £31. Going away until the 1st Jan, so have added in all days til my return :)
    Hope you have a really nice time :)
    £1 transferred for me today :)
    Debt free as of 29.10.2020 🎉😁
    SPC #73 Feb NSD 0/20
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