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Payment A Day Chapter 18
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Morning. Sorry for my absence yesterday, dealing with my washer blowing up:(
my PAD today is £2.90 to CC6
LMD xLife gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4220/£60000 -
£1 to my marbles card today. Will finalise the totals for July when I've got my son to bed
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 240 -
Totals
29th July- £40.92
30th July - £8.48
31st July - £2.00
Total for the month of July is £ £2,985.90.......well done everyone and keep going 😃😃
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 240 -
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)1
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Morning all
The total for Sunday 1st August was £4.90Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4220/£60000 -
Back with my own PAD of £5.84 to CC6
LMD xLife gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4220/£60000 -
Morning all
£27.37 to Marbles this morning.
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 241 -
£79.26 paid to card 5 today. That takes the debt below 9k☺.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)2
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Debt owed;Admiral - £0/£8000
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Savings goal £91.50/£10001 -
Morning all
The total for Monday 2nd of August was £162.47
Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4220/£60001
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