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  • kirtsypoos
    kirtsypoos Posts: 3,826 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Morning all,

    #006 checking in with £2018.22/£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 😭
  • elleJay42
    elleJay42 Posts: 165 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    Hello, I was sad I didn't have anything to report today so I've managed to find £15.07 so I can round up my total paid to £700

    #118 £700 / £4861 (14.4%)
    Total debt at LBM = £4861.03

    DFBXmas2018 #91 - £3342 / £3500 (95.4%)

    HTB ISA - £0 withdrawn for house purchase! :D
    Wedding Fund £2550 / £5000
  • Chappie77
    Chappie77 Posts: 191 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 100 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Morning all!

    I've managed to scrape together £130 this time so #67 £1106.18/£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
  • #136 Money Rollercoaster £646.47/£2,896.47 (22.3%)

    Another chunk off the balance, leaving £2,250 remaining. Still hoping that by saving a bit aside every month I'll be able to clear that a few months early.
    174 BPM >> CC Balance (0%) -£3,565.99 - Target DFD Dec 2017 >> Loan (Car) (3.1%) -£19,803.74 - Target DFD Nov 2020
  • Caeraugirl
    Caeraugirl Posts: 603 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Well done Ellieseleven on becoming debt free - amazing achievement!!:T

    I've now managed to sort a month's worth of weekly pay in a regular savings account alongside my FD current account - earning a pittance in interest but it's more about paying myself monthly from it than anything else, so I should now be able to live on what I earn rather than living from weekly pay to weekly pay...

    So this month, my regular loan payment has come out and I've put another £581.43 towards it, making a total payment of £984.98 this month so far, but hope to pay more at the end of the month if there's anything left!

    #44 checking in with £1940.38/£16000 please Muppets
    #21 Save £12k in 2025 £25577.35/£20000


  • Glittery_2
    Glittery_2 Posts: 139 Forumite
    #85 £12,675/£4838 61% Paid!

    Thanks to a £3k rebate from the tax man and some early inheritance from the bank of mum and dad (£2k) we have managed to pay a whopping £6726 off our debts in February!!!

    We are going for a loan free date of end of April and CC free date of beginning of June.

    I'm starting to see the light at the end of the very dark and long 5+ year tunnel now.

    Keep it up everyone! We can do this!

    Crunchy xx

    Wow thats a nice chunk of change to pay off !
    Well done, and can your parents adopt me please :P
    2017 [STRIKE]48000[/STRIKE]
    2018 [STRIKE]25900 [/STRIKE]
    2019[STRIKE]11950 [/STRIKE]to pay off
    £[STRIKE]4400[/STRIKE] to pay off !
    DEBT FREE :)
  • Glittery_2
    Glittery_2 Posts: 139 Forumite
    Morning all,


    A very giddy Ellie here_party_


    Yesterday I paid the last payment towards my debt:j:j


    #18 £1978/£1978 100% for 2017


    In total I have paid back £46,215.90 and I'm over the moon:j


    Thanks Muppets


    Ellie x

    WOWWWW.
    That is incredible, what a HUGE sum you have paid down!
    Well done and congratulations
    2017 [STRIKE]48000[/STRIKE]
    2018 [STRIKE]25900 [/STRIKE]
    2019[STRIKE]11950 [/STRIKE]to pay off
    £[STRIKE]4400[/STRIKE] to pay off !
    DEBT FREE :)
  • Well done Ellieseleven !!! What a fantastic achievement.
  • XSpender
    XSpender Posts: 3,811 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I didn't manage to hit my mini target of £2000 paid off by end of Feb but have done it know with the 2 loan payments coming out.

    #99 £2231.35/£20,000

    Pleased I can now colour in another box in my bullet journal tracker :)
    Save £10,500 - £2673.77 - 25.5%
    Pay off £7000 - £1743 - 19.4%
    Make £2021 extra income - £99.75
  • I've just paid another £47 off my cc thanks Muppets. It seems such a long slog and I'm never ever out of overdraft but hey ho.
    Total debt £18,000 at the start of DFW Journey. 2018 14TH JULY 2021 DEBT FREE / 2026 trying to stay debt free
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