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#45 reporting in £768/£1,968 = 39.02%2018 AFD 23/240
2018 CCC #11 £38.40/£250
Mortgage-free since 2013
Debt-free since Nov 20170 -
Hi, my CC minimum payment has come out for the month and I've got another £70 to put towards it so I've managed to hit 50% yay!
#118 £2431.65 / £4861 (50%)
We're off on a wee holiday next week so saving a little bit of money for that, hopefully I'll have a little more to pay off this month but really pleased with how I'm getting on so farTotal debt at LBM = £4861.03
DFBXmas2018 #91 - £3342 / £3500 (95.4%)
HTB ISA - £0 withdrawn for house purchase!
Wedding Fund £2550 / £50000 -
A weeny payment of £5.07 to the Mr L credit card means my debt is now at:
#53 £1832.97/£3000Debt Free Stage 1 - Completed 27/08/2020
Debt Free Stage 2 - Completed 50/181 Payments0 -
Morning all!
#006 checking in with £14461.61/14,539.71 please muppets
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'm going to increase my aim again muppets - sorry to be a pain!! I've been making lots of mortgage ops that I hadn't accounted for in the original total

I'll do some sums and come back with my new total soon
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 -
Another £150 paid
073 1096.88/2500PAYDBX 2017 #073 2571/£2500
EF #220 460/£1000
MFW dec 12 [STRIKE]£97000[/STRIKE] jan 18 £869730 -
# 9 checking in with a £800 payment, new total paid £7100 out of £14000. A little past the halfway line.0
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Number 104 checking in
New total 1300/4500
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Hello
No 78 with a £15 payment
Owed £10,000 Paid £9,325 back Outstanding £675
Thanks Muppetsmortgage free wannabe outstanding Now £26,000 2019 £40,000 2018 £46,900 2012 £109,000 Survey 2017 £355 2018 £438 2019 £412.91 2020 £260.43 2021 £308.89. 2022 £383.700 -
Afternoon all,
#006 checking in with £14481.61/14,539.71
Thanks muppets
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
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