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I hope that was a deliberate use of the word predators January?!LBM: Dec 2012 - Debt £38,180/ Now £0.
DFD - 17/04/2016
Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing from something.
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Total debt below £8k, and two thirds of my total paid off. It's happening!
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Car loan now just under 6k, never to early for a vodka and coke :O)LBM 11 Nov 14 Total Debt £25,013.98 DFD 5 Sep 17 Total Debt £0
Emergency Fund £800.00
Mortgage £73,000 BTL Mortgage £38,0000 -
I've hit 40% paid on my MBNA card
and 10% of that has been done in less than a month 
Very pleased with that! Let’s just pretend I have not been alternately drowning in debt or only eating toast to try and pay it off for the last 20 years 😭0 -
I hope that was a deliberate use of the word predators January?!
Very definitely deliberate
I love them all really:rotfl:
Another mini milestone for us this week - we have managed to make a F&F offer to one of our smaller debts. They may not accept but it's nice to be in a position to offer anyway.DFW Nerd No. 1484 LBM 07/01/15 Debt was £95k :eek: Now debt free and happy :j0 -
A few milestones from me this month:
- Our total debt is below 8k
- 8 of our debts are now below 1k
- 2 of our debts are below 2k
- 2 of our debts are below £500
Ellie xDebt Free 1st March 2017
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Today I paid my penultimate full DMP payment! Got one full one left on April Fools Day (haha) and then a bit left in May that hardly counts. Soooooo excited, and a bit scared!0
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2 more milestones for me, credit card under 7k and total debt now under 13k. Might have a bloody mary for breakfast :O)LBM 11 Nov 14 Total Debt £25,013.98 DFD 5 Sep 17 Total Debt £0
Emergency Fund £800.00
Mortgage £73,000 BTL Mortgage £38,0000 -
Paid off my last loan today.... All I have left is one CC which is under £3K
I could finally be debt free this yearIf we can put a man on the moon...how come we cant put them all there?
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I have just realised that I have passed the 50% milestone, how did I miss that?! Might just have a beer :0)LBM 11 Nov 14 Total Debt £25,013.98 DFD 5 Sep 17 Total Debt £0
Emergency Fund £800.00
Mortgage £73,000 BTL Mortgage £38,0000
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