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  • lindez
    lindez Posts: 643 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 500 Posts
    Hi all, happy Christmas, Christmas eve.
    £5.00 to cc today please Sunshine. I will not be debt free in 2019 but I will plan on making a big dent in it,
    MFWB#2
    MFTT5 #28
    Save 12k 2020 #111
  • £1 payment towards my loan

    Mortgage Amount Outstanding £116,682.20
    2025 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #49 £1401.29/£1,250 (104.74%/100.00%)
  • Hi
    £30 to online savings
    £30.02 to mortgage over payment
    £100 to cc
    £160.02. Thanks
    On a mission!

    2018 & 2019 MFW #138

    On babystep2 (#DR)
  • £41 sent to CC3 today.

    :xmastree::rudolf::xmassmile Wishing you all a very happy Christmas! :xmastree::rudolf::xmassmile
    LBM Aug 2017.
    Debt at LBM - £30,055
    Debt at highest - £43,148.59
    Current debt - £18,880.00
    EF - £1,000.00

    Challenges
    PAYDBX 2021 - #29 Pd £2,355 / £8,000 PAYDBX 2020 - Pd £6,459.00 | PAYDBX 2019 - Pd £16,945.60 | PAYDBX 2018 - Pd £15,010.60.
  • taskey
    taskey Posts: 253 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    £70 to cc please. Thank you.

    Merry Christmas everyone. See you on the other side x
  • Merry Christmas everyone
    £100 to cc again for me today
    Going to bust this cc in 2019!
    Thanks
    On a mission!

    2018 & 2019 MFW #138

    On babystep2 (#DR)
  • Aaleigha
    Aaleigha Posts: 615 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    I think I will wait until the new year to join this and use it as a saving for heating oil account rather use a cc to buy the oil
    Emergency fund £10,000
    Several categories with savings in
    Cars, house maintenance, birthdays
    Etc I have about 10 categories

    Really happy to be debt free after being a compulsive spender
  • lindez
    lindez Posts: 643 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 500 Posts
    Morning all,
    Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas.
    £5.00 today please Sunshine to cc
    Thank you
    MFWB#2
    MFTT5 #28
    Save 12k 2020 #111
  • jet9cat
    jet9cat Posts: 1,657 Forumite
    £25 to the cc paid today to counteract some of the Christmas spending.

    Hope everyone had a good day yesterday and it sounds like quite a few of us are getting geared up to make major inroads to our debt in 2019. We can do it together, much better than plodding on your own.
    Every penny's a prisoner
    PADding is addictive
    MFW August 2023 - unless I get my butt into gear :D
  • Could I join this please? Determined to get this hsbc loan down
    vanquis £630/£3019 Robinson way £1207.41/1682.41
    hsbc £11749
    Declutter 2021 6/52
    Pad 2021 £1318.00
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