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Payment A Day Chapter 18

kirtsypoos · 2017-01-22 15:05:28

*The principles of PADding* Emily Hallett started a fantastic thread called 'a payment a day' which you can find via going to this webpage (sorry it won't work for me right now) The thread is extremely supportive and friendly, with lots of madness and smileys to boot! It is ever increasing, which is why having hit 200…

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BlueJ94 Posts: 3,040 Ambassador

22 June 2021 at 11:56AM

£5 to Fluid for me!

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Debt owed;
*update pending as I've no idea*
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Doily94 Posts: 585 Forumite

22 June 2021 at 5:37PM

£1.32 courtesy of TCB to FD today

PAYDBC24 #8 ~ £10188.21
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BlueJ94 Posts: 3,040 Ambassador

23 June 2021 at 6:21AM

June 22nd was £60.33

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Debt owed;
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LittleMissDetermined Posts: 10,117 Forumite

23 June 2021 at 6:23AM

£2.90 bank round down to CC1 today please
LMD x

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Doily94 Posts: 585 Forumite

23 June 2021 at 9:17AM

£10 for me today to FD please

PAYDBC24 #8 ~ £10188.21
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dg1019 Posts: 967 Forumite

23 June 2021 at 9:42AM

£1 to card 5 today.

Tesco 4163.90 (-86.00 since 01/01/23)
First Direct 2437.49 (-153.09 since 01/01/23)

Halifax 2391.37 (-55.70 since 01/01/23)

MBNA 1577.00 (-78.00 since 01/01/23)

Virgin 786.66 (-25.00 since 01/01/23)

Overdraft 500.00 (-0 since 01/01/23)

Spending CC 4538.34 (+521.24 since 10/01/23)

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Jensfrugalyear Posts: 255 Forumite

23 June 2021 at 12:22PM

£20 to Marbles today

On the long journey to debt freedom...here we go....

Credit cards:
Natwest card - now closed was £500 balance
Tesco credit card £1878.89/3300
Husband Bcard £4100/9400 - 0%
Sainsburys cc £4839/6000 -0%
My bcard £5215/8000
Halifax CC £6588/8000 -0%
MBNA CC £9150/12000 -0%

Loans:
Natwest Loan £14167 - ends sept 26
Old car loan £1897 - ends May 24
Consolidation loan - £6020 ends oct 26

Tax bill -57 ends next month
Student loan about 5k ends Mar 24

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BlueJ94 Posts: 3,040 Ambassador

23 June 2021 at 9:22PM

£10 to Fluid
£4.84 to Aqua!

Night all!

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Debt owed;
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BlueJ94 Posts: 3,040 Ambassador

24 June 2021 at 6:44AM

23rd was £48.74

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Debt owed;
*update pending as I've no idea*
DFW Challenges!

PAD #
365 Day 1p Challenge 2026 #
Pay off all your debts by Christmas 2026! #14

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LittleMissDetermined Posts: 10,117 Forumite

24 June 2021 at 7:03AM

Good morning, it's my pay day tomorrow and the bank accounts are rounded already. Today will be a NSD though so I have sent £10 to CC1 this morning
LMD x

Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
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