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Payment a Day Chapter 17
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Hi all :j
Popping in with a PAD - £20.00.. please Jet - tkyou!!New start JAN15 - NOT BUYING IT 2015 :eek:. Long haul DFW #145 : 2011 DEBTBUSTING : £5500 OD GONE, £2000 OD - GONE £93,610.30 cc & loan debt - GONE 27.6.14 FINALLY DEBT & MORTGAGE FREE :happyhear0 -
Morning everyone

A first August PAD for me of £1.20 to credit card please
LMD xxLife gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£60000 -
OK so I thought we should start Monday with some good news : yesterday's total was £86.28 which, added to everything else for the month, gives a total for July 2016 as - fanfare please -
£24,284.13
I'm not good with all the fancy smilies etc but you should all give yourselves a massive pat on the back for that. Please keep up the good work for Dizzy counting up in August.Every penny's a prisoner
PADding is addictive
MFW August 2023 - unless I get my butt into gear
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And a PAD for me today of my regular monthly £30 to the EF please DizzyEvery penny's a prisoner
PADding is addictive
MFW August 2023 - unless I get my butt into gear
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:hello: Morning everyone - sorry for my absence towards the end of the month, but RL has been super busy, plus I temporarily lost my Kindle yesterday (found it under my bed!?! - I blame Tiny, who turned two on Thursday)...
Well bears, what an absolutely fantabulous total for July :j Well done indeed! Thanks to Jet for doing a great job counting up for us all :T
My first PAD for August is a nice round £100 to the CC. This month I'm trying to lose some lbs as well as £s, so I'll be interested to see how I do on both counts. Pretty sure the Piri-piri chips late last night after SS's suggestion won't have helped...
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Wakey wakey folks. Tis August and Chrimbo will soon be here LOL
(and I'm too speedy :P...pants!
Anyone with kids thinking 'how long till results' - post on here and I'll pray for you folk (though no cake:()
And cos I'm nutty this morning I'm going to sing
Keep on padding.....padding from thy haaarrrttttttt ...one fine day you're going to get debt free - cos I know you will, oh yeah, I know you will
Suffering (still) from making instant mash in a bowl that didn't have all the bicarb cleaned out of it prior - nuff said! Not recommended!!!
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I believe in the power of PAD
Come and join us on the Payment a Day thread
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Hi all,
I had a spendy weekend due to hen do
which wiped out PADs, but I'm back this morning with a £30 PAD for today....I fear there are very few PADs left until next payday though as another hen do in two weeks, along with 2 baby showers :eek:
Money seems to have run away with me this month with OHs parents visiting from NZ, I think I have let the food budget slip in order to please them (silly really, they'd be happy with anything, it's my own insecurities causing the problem.)
No CC use, so a plus there but very little money apart from min payments for now - time to get ebaying again!!
Fabulous total too PADdingtons - will add it to the first post so it's easy to count up at the end of the year
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 -
Happy August Everyone lol,
I am blown away and inspired by our total for July 2016 :j:j:j Thanks again Jet9cat for counting July's amounts. :T:T:T
August is going to be a lean month for me as I no longer have an income. But my first pad for the month is a bank account round down of £2.77 to MBNA cc please Dizzy.
Thanks,
Keedie xxDebt Free Diary:- The Mental Debt Struggle
(Original Debt on 15/07/2016 was £33,056.76) 🙈 but Debt Free on 09/02/2025 🎉
2025 SAVINGS: Emergency Fund (£604.30/£5,000) 12.09% saved
2025 CHALLENGES: #16 Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 18 || #9 50 Envelope Challenge 22/500 -
Great total everyone, let's keep up the good work for August (my birthday month)
Little PAD from me of £2.94PAD Maker0 -
Seems it will be a low PAD month from me. No unbudgetted money unfortunately but will still be PADding by hopefully spending less than the budgets.
Will start my month off with a small 74p please DizzyTotal Debt:
Dec 2015: £20,090.87
Dec 2016: £16,320.850
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