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Back with a £7 Prolific cash out to CC7
LMD xLife gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£60002 -
£4 from vinted sales paid to CC1March NSD 14/15
Debt £9607.54/£11296.89
CC2:£2274.64/£2299.36 CC3: £1848/£1924.91 CC4:£25/£978.50 CC5: £1155/£1331.24 CC6: £3754.90/£4191.09 CC7: £550/£607.39
CC1: paid off 14/02/23PAYDBXMAS23 #4 £1432.74/£4000
Saving for Xmas 23 £30/£365
4.94% £570.89/£107
make £2023 in 2023 #24 £71.24/£20234 -
Another £5 to the Boiler service/Insurances pot
Making the debt go down and savings go up
LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £27,644....its going down
Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 18mths ahead of schedule.Challenges
EF #68 £1000/£3000
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Studies/surveys December £75.87
Decluttering items 13982025
Books read 23
Jigsaws done 19
My debt free diary...https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6396218/we-will-get-this-debt-d£own-the-savings-up1 -
Evening all,
The total PAD for 11 December 2022 for £20.87
If you ever feel like your efforts in vain, just remember...
Debt Free Diary:- The Mental Debt Struggle
(Original Debt on 15/07/2016 was £33,056.76) 🙈 but Debt Free on 09/02/2025 🎉
2025 SAVINGS: Emergency Fund (£604.30/£5,000) 12.09% saved
2025 CHALLENGES: #16 Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 18 || #9 50 Envelope Challenge 22/504 -
Back with my PAD of £13.90 to the penny challenge for my Christmas 2023 pot. It's slowly coming along.
Thank you for your kind words @LittleMissDetermined x
Debt Free Diary:- The Mental Debt Struggle
(Original Debt on 15/07/2016 was £33,056.76) 🙈 but Debt Free on 09/02/2025 🎉
2025 SAVINGS: Emergency Fund (£604.30/£5,000) 12.09% saved
2025 CHALLENGES: #16 Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 18 || #9 50 Envelope Challenge 22/503 -
£1 PAD to debt please
27/5/17 Mort 64705 BTs 1904031/12/17 Mort 59815 BT 1673007/04/20 Mort 49208 BT 1572128/07/20 Mort 47387 BT 1263414/11/20 Mort 45905 BT 10134 20/05/21 Mort 42335 BT 686811/08/22 Mort 32050 BT 2915Sealed Pot Challenge 16 Number 53 -
Morning all
£39 for me today please
LMD xLife gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£60002 -
Morning! £8 to Virgin CC today.
Shell xxDebt Free - 04/03/23. Total LBM August 2021 £15410.70
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£10 to Mortgage overpayments today.
Making the debt go down and savings go up
LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £27,644....its going down
Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 18mths ahead of schedule.Challenges
EF #68 £1000/£3000
.
Studies/surveys December £75.87
Decluttering items 13982025
Books read 23
Jigsaws done 19
My debt free diary...https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6396218/we-will-get-this-debt-d£own-the-savings-up3
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