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Pay ALL your debt off by Xmas 2015!

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  • BritAbroad wrote: »
    108 here.

    More payments today. Have now paid £1493.38/£9139.48.

    I've set up automatic payments so a little bit gets paid every day. Very satisfying to see it get whittled down!

    Well done! Make sure you don't over-commit with the automatic payments. It is satisfying though! I like drawing graphs in Excel showing debt reducing over time, but I'm particularly sad... :D
  • 2 of my monthly payments gone so far, £260 off the car and £118 off the loan. Have money put aside to pay another chunk off the loan but won't do it until further in the month just in case.

    Found that if I overpay by £150 a month so a total of £268 a month off the loan, it will reduce the term by 3 months per 1 month period! Eeee!
    £1k emergency fund (#33) £140/£1000 10.4%
    DFBXmas 2015 (#033) £3,328.76/£49,404 6.7% :)
    Sealed Pot Challenger #474 £16.27/£100 target
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,474 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Another payment made :)

    #048 £151.00/£9,348.00

    Well done everyone
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • sarahc4536
    sarahc4536 Posts: 29 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 7 January 2015 at 5:35PM
    Is there room for another one? :) Although my debt stretches much further than this, but I'd love to clear £2500 by Christmas!!
  • amr547
    amr547 Posts: 1,665 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I'm tired, frustrated nd angry at work, and broke til the 27th. Bah. At least I've got plenty of chocolate left over from christmas to get me through this nightmare:rotfl:
  • number #115 checking in... Progress so far = £250.97/£4229.00
  • dktreesea
    dktreesea Posts: 5,736 Forumite
    Hi, can I join again, please? Miscalculated the debt last time around, so not making the same mistake this time. We have (yikes!)


    £30,113


    to pay off.
  • Philae_2
    Philae_2 Posts: 38 Forumite
    Well I've decided to pay off the lowest balanced credit card first. I'll be paying off the 2nd one by the end of February (determined to!) so it's not going to make that much difference with interest rates.

    If I manage to get rid of some of the junk (I mean priceless treasures that multiple people will want to enter a bidding war for :rotfl:) then there's a strong possibility I'll be able to clear one card before payday on 30th meaning I'd be able to throw everything at the 2nd card and then focus on the other stuff!

    Anyway, rambling aside....

    #68: 172.66/3587.86 4.81%
    Debt Free By Xmas 2015 #68: 265.49/3587.86 7.40%
    Wedding Savings - 0/£5,000
    Goals:
    Make £5 a day Jan - 25.44/155 Jan NSD 10/20
    Sell £1,500: 41.14/1500 2.74% Roadkill Rebel #9:
  • BritAbroad
    BritAbroad Posts: 484 Forumite
    edited 8 January 2015 at 4:22AM
    Pablosammy wrote: »
    Well done! Make sure you don't over-commit with the automatic payments. It is satisfying though! I like drawing graphs in Excel showing debt reducing over time, but I'm particularly sad... :D

    Ha ha, that's a good idea, I love an Excel graph, I do!

    I'm not too concerned about overcommitting; I fire money into my savings account every day too, so if I do get a bit over-enthusiastic I can move money from there. Plus I can pause or reschedule any transfers at any time.

    My automatic payment today has taken my total to £1527.59/£9139.48.
  • Updated my sig as car payment and normal loan payment have gone out. Hoping to see that number start shooting down as the months roll on!

    RTB
    xx
    £1k emergency fund (#33) £140/£1000 10.4%
    DFBXmas 2015 (#033) £3,328.76/£49,404 6.7% :)
    Sealed Pot Challenger #474 £16.27/£100 target
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