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I love this thread! Amazing successes and well worth a toast!
Today I dropped below £7k left of debt, that's nearly £17,000 paid off now - I'm so freaking happy!!
Prosecco please!£1000/£1000 Emergency Fund
Credit Card 1: £5,671 / £9,500 [STRIKE]Credit Card 2: [/STRIKE][STRIKE]0/£9,000 [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Credit Card 3: £0 / £2,500 [/STRIKE] [STRIKE]OD: £0/ £3,000[/STRIKE]
£18,360 gone! :j0 -
£45k barrier broken
Started with £52,549, went up to €59k recently
Now repaid £45,052
Nearly there.0 -
Good morning everyone, I have been paid so Credit Card is now below £4k which brings my total debt to under £7k. Feeling good this morning, don't need the coffee yet so I will just have an orange juice.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 -
Morning all,
I've just hit 75% of debt repaid
I never imagined at my LBM I would even get to this point, the wonder of this forum continues! 
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 -
Well done Kirsty. Keep it up .... and be enthusiastic to finish the job. Get it done. 0
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Under 10k now. By new year will be under 9k!!! Things are finally moving.xLBM 2008 [STRIKE]£45,091.23[/STRIKE] eek: now £7889:T Debt free date 18/07/20180
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This month our debt drops under 2K - this is a huge milestone for us. It means that we have paid back a massive £44,222 and have £1,978 left:j
It's been a long time coming but I am so looking forward to being debt-free:D
Large glass of Prosecco for me please:)
Ellie xDebt Free 1st March 2017
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Good morning everyone, my car loan is now under 3k, strong coffee needed this morning.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 -
Hello everyone my Argos card is now finally paid off, such a great feeling to see that balance at £0.00, I should also be able to pay off my Next Directory account this week �� then its full steam ahead in tackling the big beast that is my Barclaycard.Worrying won't stop bad stuff from happening, it just stops you from enjoying the good.0
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Morning all! My loan is now under £10k!!
Gunning for 2017 to be my last year in debt!
Keep on keeping on people!
Crunchy x19/8/19 vs now Current Total debt £14,188 Savings £2757
Overdraft £1600 vs £1050
HSBC1 £1900 vs £3868
HSBC2 £4100 vs £3730
Virgin 1 £3050 vs £2800
House stuff and improvements £4460 Virgin 2 £27400
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