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  • Lonire
    Lonire Posts: 64 Forumite
    Wow 25 days to go! roll on. Well done!!
  • Ellieseleven
    Ellieseleven Posts: 2,118 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    January2015 wrote: »
    Ellie - what a fabulous post to wake up to today. You've made my day :beer: I am sooooooooooooooooooooo pleased for you.

    I think you said you will be debt free in 25 days time......or did I misunderstand ;)

    Shout it from the rooftops girl:j:j:j:j:j 1st March cannot come quick enough for you :T

    Thank you January, I have to keep pinching myself that I'm so close now:)

    BTW...it's only 24 days now;)

    Ellie x
    Debt Free 1st March 2017

    My diary: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2599257&page=36
  • crunch_time
    crunch_time Posts: 1,353 Forumite
    Evening all!

    Tax man paid £3k of tax owed into the husbands account this morning bringing our total debt down to £7882. That's first time we have been sub £10k like.....ever.

    Mines a large glass of red for now but we have earmarked a magnum of champagne in the loft (a gift) for celebrating when we are officially debt free hopefully this summer now thanks to this windfall!

    I can almost taste the financial freedom!!!

    Crunchy xx
    19/8/19 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 £2740
  • submarine76
    submarine76 Posts: 142 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Car loan paid, puts me below 5k, I can almost see the end of this now. Not sure whether I need a beer of a coffee, better play safe....
    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 £38,000
  • lazer-zxr
    lazer-zxr Posts: 453 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 100 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Now less than £8k to go. Wooo Hoooo!!!!

    £7940 left on 0% credit cards.
  • zenshi
    zenshi Posts: 1,142 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    Well done everybody!

    I so want to join in.......
    LBM.....sometime in 2013 £27,056. 10 creditors
    June 20.....£7,587.....3 creditors left 72% paid

    £26,200 on interest only part of mortgage (July 16)...will chip away £17,103
    £49,200 repayment mortgage ( July 16) £37,764
  • Ellieseleven
    Ellieseleven Posts: 2,118 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    zenshi wrote: »
    Well done everybody!

    I so want to join in.......

    What's stopping you? I see plenty of milestones (and achievements) in your signature;)

    Ellie x
    Debt Free 1st March 2017

    My diary: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2599257&page=36
  • Ellieseleven
    Ellieseleven Posts: 2,118 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Quick update from me...

    My final milestone (for now) is in sight i.e. Debt 100% paid - just 2 weeks to go now:j I am so excited:j:j:j

    Just a coffee for me this morning as I'm on my way to work:p

    Ellie x
    Debt Free 1st March 2017

    My diary: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2599257&page=36
  • sarahb7538
    sarahb7538 Posts: 135 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Little late too the party but i have had two milestones recently.

    1. My DMP debt is now below £1000 (was over £21K eeep!!)
    2. October 2017 is my debt free year! In 2009 when i started my journey it was 2023 and i couldn't even contemplate ever being nearly debt free.

    Feeling really positive at the moment !
    March 2017 - Debt Free- cleared £21,750

    On a mission to repair my credit rating & own my own home
  • Biollante21
    Biollante21 Posts: 85 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 10 Posts Photogenic
    Can i join in please
    These are all brilliant and inspirational posts
    I hit a milestone i had set last month to pay off my Argos card by Xmas 2016 but missed it by 1 month but it has now gone :D - pint of Doom Bar please :p
    The next debt i have in my rifle scope is my CC debt which currently stands at £7900 and im going to set milestones for each £2500 i pay off
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