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#39 £20 paid off. New balance =£13,305
Thank you!If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
Emergency fund 350/1000
Buffer fund 100/100
Debt Free (again) 25/07/20250 -
Another 15 pounds off for me today
#16 1262/4300
Stay warm folks pretty cold out there today:p
LBM 13039 1.1.13 Now £0 Finally Debt FreeMortgage free Oct 2019:)EFund/savings £25000 10/11/220 -
Morning all,
#006 checking in with £1312.00/£10000 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 -
Received some topcashback in my account so rounded it up a bit to pay off the credit card and get it under the next £50 barrier.
Total is now #99 £1907.98/£20,000
If I ever get the 2 mobile phones I am selling sent off I might just hit £2000 before the end of feb Save £10,500 - £2673.77 - 25.5%
Pay off £7000 - £1743 - 19.4%
Make £2021 extra income - £99.750 -
Morning all,
#006 checking in with £1317.00/£10000 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 -
Hello, my minimum payment came out of my 0% credit card and I also have another £70 to add too so another £108.69 off my cards this morning
#118 £533.31 / £4861 (10.97%)
So pleased to be over the 10% mark despite having 2 flats to pay for at the moment. I've got less money than I had this time last year but paying more off my cards, shows my motivation is much better!Total debt at LBM = £4861.03
DFBXmas2018 #91 - £3342 / £3500 (95.4%)
HTB ISA - £0 withdrawn for house purchase!
Wedding Fund £2550 / £50000 -
Money Rollercoaster (no no. yet) £350/£2,896.47
Monthly DD has come out. Going to see if I can manage a bit more next month. Really pushing to see if I can be clear during Sept as I am desperate to sort out some sort of pension provision before I hit my mid life crisis at 45.174 BPM >> CC Balance (0%) -£3,565.99 - Target DFD Dec 2017 >> Loan (Car) (3.1%) -£19,803.74 - Target DFD Nov 20200 -
#78 with a payment of £150, bringing total paid so far £7,800 from target of £10,000
Just £2,200 to go.
Then mortgage.....I'm coming to get ya!!!!mortgage 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 -
Hi All!
First loan payment of £551.77 has come out, making my total £577.69/£8302.47
I also have £200 in bonds, and £100 in emergency savings. Every time I reach £200 in emergency savings, I am putting another £100 in bonds, until I get enough to clear the outstanding amount on my loan. I'm now just waiting on my £1million bonds winnings to come around! Pay ALL your debt off by Xmas 2017: Number 115 - Total now £2448.88/£8302.47 29.49%0 -
£190//£22000
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