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Pay ALL your debt off by Xmas 2015!

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  • Sandypan
    Sandypan Posts: 252 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Been online again and can't seem to work out the differences in my balance and theirs, will have to go in and speak to them I think!! But while I was on there I checked out some past balances and thought I would share them with you for motivation purposes.


    January 13 - £59,979.78 balance / interest paid £1,215.75
    January 15 - £22,243.07 balance / interest paid £3.05
    Overpayments made to date £31,963.01
    Initial final payment date NOV 21, Predicted date now Dec 15


    It has been tough, although I earn a good salary until I had my LB moment we were wasting a lot of it. Since I have discovered ML and this site and forum I have had a massive weight lifted off my shoulders and can finally see a light at the end of the tunnel.
    DF by Christmas 2014 #78 £18,964.15/£15,000
    DF by Christmas 2015 #07 £16,500/£21,992.92
    DF by Christmas 2016 #42 £4570/£4,500
    CC and loan debt at it's worst April 07 - £54,489 plus
    27/01/14 Officially Debt Free - except mortgage which I'm working on!
    26/02/16 mortgage free
  • DD265
    DD265 Posts: 2,236 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Homepage Hero Name Dropper
    I still don't seem to have a number so I'm going to pick one if that's OK and go for 265 :)

    #265 - £249.89/£5483.57

    So that's with one (smaller min payment) direct debit and then an over payment of £100 from items I've sold thus far. My second direct debit (over payment of £150 to the card with the smaller balance) should go out on Monday.

    Looks like I might get one of the cards paid off by the end of January which would be brilliant!
  • GunWharf
    GunWharf Posts: 308 Forumite
    100 Posts Uniform Washer
    #174

    Just a little £58 off the secured loan as the DD gone out

    £1068 / 19,376

    kkkkkkk
    (Debt Jan 2014 LBM £34,000) Current 2016 "Problems" as follows:

    C Cards 1,2,3,4 WAS £18,333 NOW£0 :j...Overdraft WAS £2700 NOW£0 :j
    Secured Loan
    WAS £4113 NOW£0:j.......Loan WAS £8864 NOW £6,000

    DEBT TODAY = £6,000
    (£28,000 PAID OFF SO FAR!)
  • amr547
    amr547 Posts: 1,665 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    So much for closing those unused bank accounts this week! I could not be bothered:mad: they don't exactly make it easy
  • Ruthy1604
    Ruthy1604 Posts: 543 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    Hi PabloSammy


    My target is £2352.84 to Debt Freedom - I hope to be paid off by June :D


    I'm currently at:


    Number 54 £221.85/2352.84 9.4%


    Thanks
    10lb to lose & keep off in 20204.5lb/10lb:rotfl:
  • StressedSteph
    StressedSteph Posts: 2,834 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Oooooh sign me up please.

    This should be my last debt busting year with a hefty £10,600 left to pay off. I managed 9.5k in 2014 and I know ALOT more now than i did in January 2014, so hope I can squeeze out that extra 1k to get it all gone this year.

    So please sign me up for 10.6k.

    Thanks loads
  • Another £80 paid off today :j

    #55 £366.94/£10,000
    Emergency Fund £0/£500
    £365 in 365 Days #18 £520/£520
    £2.00 Savers Club 2017 #11 £300/£300
  • Hey all x Ive just made another payment - only £35 this time.

    Total paid off for January 2015 so far is £710

    I am hoping my ebay selling continues going well over the next week, made £84 so far. That will be added as an overpayment on our bank loan :D:D

    Signature updated :D

    Ive had 4x NSD too - mainly because i haven't been anywhere - enjoying my last few days doing sod all before going back to work next week.
    Finally dealing with debt: 01.01.2015 -£10,562.:(
    01.02.15-£8820 01.03.15-£8066 01.04.15 £7036 01.05.2015- 6128 01.06.15 £4957

    Pay ALL your debt off by Xmas 2015! #59- £5605/[STRIKE]£10,562[/STRIKE] 53%
    2015: Sell £1000 #69 £510.97/1000
    Virtual sealed pot challenge #24 £32.19/£300
  • Sorry a newbie here and after some opinions.

    I won't be paying any more of my debts now until I get paid at the end of the month as I paid them last at the end of December when I was paid.

    So would Januarys payments for this challenge be from my wages I get paid at the end of the month or for the money I have for the month that I got paid at the end of December??

    Does that even make sense lol :o
  • Happy New Year
    I am feeling strangely confident that I'm going to d o it this year.
    Debt Free by 2016
    NUMBER 46 £2613/£7324


    CC MBNA 324 PAID :T RBS 3000/470 Loan 4000/816
    Mortgage £11,000 :j
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