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  • Megano
    Megano Posts: 324 Forumite
    036) Payment of 61.06
    Virgin Money £0/£1445
    TSB £0/£659.53
    BOM £0/£1480
    Tesco £8.36/£4647.26
    Total £8.36/£8231.79 0.101%
  • kirtsypoos
    kirtsypoos Posts: 3,826 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Morning all

    #006 checking in with the final March update of £3078.18/£10000 please muppets :D
    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 😭
  • sunshine81
    sunshine81 Posts: 1,485 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hello I'd love to join please?

    I've been doing the payment a day and make £10 a day threads and since I'm well on my way this thread could provide extra focus!

    I'm currently on £3463.20/£11072.71, so 31.28% paid xx
  • JWPopps
    JWPopps Posts: 341 Forumite
    Oh gosh, this feels so positive... I PAID OFF MY CREDIT CARD TODAY!! Hooray!!! This means I can use the payments I was making towards it for my loan and mortgage: they're similar interest rates and can both only take so much overpayment, so I'm going to split my new-found extra between the two of them.

    SO pleased :):)

    PAYDBX 2017 - #19 : 33% paid 2715/8280

    :beer::j:D:rotfl::T:A
    Mortgage: £83,000
    Credit Card Debt: £1,700
    Loan Debt: £3,000


  • Penniesinmyjar
    Penniesinmyjar Posts: 64 Forumite
    Congratulations JWPopps! Amazing effort!
    £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! :j
  • mummy2threeboys
    mummy2threeboys Posts: 1,011 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    Bumblebear thats awesome well done, i have simular 15 years with about 8 and just couldn't clear it and got silly with money etc. Well done youx

    Muppets another £80 Pay off all your debt Xmas 2017 Member 42 1048/ 4225 (24.8%)...only have £125 left on one cc, so will only have 2 debts soon :D
    Compers challenge 27/70
    £1805/2018
  • Chappie77
    Chappie77 Posts: 191 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 100 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Hi all!

    £100 off for me this week so...#67 £1911.19/£5500

    Chappie x
    PAD - Barclayloan - £3078.32/£3758.32

    January 2022 Grocery Challenge - £600

    Saving for Christmas 2022 - #33 - £1 a day Challenge - £10/£365

    Virtual Sealed Pot Challenge 2022 - £8.55/£500
  • atti
    atti Posts: 224 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Ack, it's taken me a few months to get started but I finally made my first over-payment of the year.

    #55 £300/£4000
    #13 Make 2023 in 2023 - £2085.20/£2023
    #23 Save £8k in 2023 - £6642.66/£8000
  • behenjamin
    behenjamin Posts: 14 Forumite
    Paid off my loan and some overdraft, but had to buy some new tools and tyres for the car on credit card. So actually further in debt!

    #127 £ 167.69 / £ 6.650,00
    Aiming to be debt free by Xmas 2020

    Starting debt Jan 2019 £12446
    Currently £10,306
  • NewMeNewLife
    NewMeNewLife Posts: 187 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 100 Posts
    Hi everyone!

    I've managed to pay off another £750 off my debt! :j

    So my total is £2756.41/£2990.41 (92%)

    Thank you for all the inspiration on this thread!! Xx
    Emergency Fund: £300 / £1,000 (30%).
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