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  • chocoholicqueen
    chocoholicqueen Posts: 565 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Just made my first lot of payments, still got a few more bills to pay before next payday.

    #30 £305/£6000
    Emergency Fund £0/£500
    £365 in 365 Days #18 £520/£520
    £2.00 Savers Club 2017 #11 £300/£300
  • louby40
    louby40 Posts: 1,627 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    edited 7 January 2017 at 1:19PM
    :You are so good to keep up with all of this Muppets

    Another £5.19 off my debt! And then a further £28 meaning I've paid £515 so far this month!

    AND my Barclaycard is £0 now :j:j:j:j:j:j:j
  • TrushTush
    TrushTush Posts: 218 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 100 Posts Photogenic Energy Saving Champion
    #111 checking in with my first payments.

    £74 off very account
    £85 off Barclaycard (will be more coming off this later in the month)
    £153 off Post Office credit Card
    £446 off mortgage


    So total off debt so far is £758 / £55,289 ( 1.37 % )
    No Spend Days 2020 Jul 24 / 28 Jun 20/25 May 22/25 Apr 20/25 Mar 16/25 Feb 20/20 Jan 20/15
    Clear all Debt in 2020 #97 WE DID IT!! DFD June2020
  • rosiest
    rosiest Posts: 105 Forumite
    I had an unplanned expense of £200 this month but thread helping me keep motivated. Rather than just be down £200 I'm trying to sell things to make the money back . Upto £60 cash now . Also cancelled glossy box saving £156 a year, read elec meters and now getting refund of £30 and got magazine for 5 for £5 saving £20 over next 5 months. Really happy with savings made. New motto is if I want to buy something I have to make the money first in addition to normal earnings!
    #28 pay all your debts by Xmas 2019 £2682/7000:)
    #66 2019 MFW £90/£7500
    also trying to get 6k savings this year :wink: have this by April . yay :)
  • FeelingPeachy
    FeelingPeachy Posts: 18 Forumite
    Been trying to think of ways to save some more money! Have decided that whatever I don't spend of my daily allocated work food budget, I will put straight aside in to my emergency fund. I have already saved £8.10 in 3 days (plus £5 as I was off sick one day!) :j

    Would love to hear if anyone has any other tips?!
    Pay ALL your debt off by Xmas 2017: Number 115 - Total now £2448.88/£8302.47 29.49%
  • Pips_Mum
    Pips_Mum Posts: 2,893 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hi all!

    Number 75 here paying off another £5.00 £5.00/£2280.00

    Just some small amounts until payday but I feel like I need to keep the ball rolling even if only a little at a time.
    Debt at LBM [strike]£17,544[/strike] :eek: £5700
    :TOver £14,000 PAID OFF :T

    2020 the year of less - Less debt, less waste, less spending, less stuff, less stress!
  • buddiebabe
    buddiebabe Posts: 1,408 Forumite
    Managed another payment today of £9.81 loving some of the totals that people are managing to pay... just hope that one day I will be able to pay off a larger amount

    PAYDBX 2017 - #86 Pd £109.00 / £6,297.00
    DEBT OUTSTANDING 23.04.17 £16802.97
  • hummingbird
    hummingbird Posts: 1,522 Forumite
    First totals paid off - #58 paid off £200/£5000
    £10 a day extra in May '18[B]£35/310[
    Virtual Sealed Pot 2018 £500/£2500 = 20%
    You can find my diary here:http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=5189836:beer:
  • Blackberrycurved
    Blackberrycurved Posts: 416 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Lots being paid off but tips on how to save would be good. Or tips on making money I'm out of ideas
    Total debt £18,000 at the start of DFW Journey. 2018 14TH JULY 2021 DEBT FREE / 2026 trying to stay debt free
  • Glittery_2
    Glittery_2 Posts: 139 Forumite
    I would love to join and get a number !
    My goal is to pay off £12800 and have today made a payment of £410.

    Good luck to everyone, we can beat the snot out of debt in 2017 :D
    2017 [STRIKE]48000[/STRIKE]
    2018 [STRIKE]25900 [/STRIKE]
    2019[STRIKE]11950 [/STRIKE]to pay off
    £[STRIKE]4400[/STRIKE] to pay off !
    DEBT FREE :)
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