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Payment A Day Chapter 18
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Afternoon
My PAD today is another £1 to the emergency fund
5th September total is £51.19
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 -
£50 for me today, split equally between cards 2 and 4.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, another bank round down for me today sends £1.02 to CC6
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 #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£60000 -
£16 to card 2 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)0
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Afternoon all
Another £1 to the emergency fund, its getting boring putting this amount in each day but I'm almost up to £50 which is 5% of the target so far.
6th September total is £64.31
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 -
Every little bit helps and those £1 soon add up xJensfrugalyear said:Afternoon all
Another £1 to the emergency fund, its getting boring putting this amount in each day but I'm almost up to £50 which is 5% of the target so far.
6th September total is £64.31Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2025 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£60001 -
£1.09 to Admiral for me today please.PAYDBC24 #8 ~ £10188.210
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Bank round down to CC6 of £5.86 today
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 #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£60000 -
£1.92 bank round down to Admiral today please.PAYDBC24 #8 ~ £10188.210
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I know I'm just not very patient 😂😂LittleMissDetermined said:
Every little bit helps and those £1 soon add up xJensfrugalyear said:Afternoon all
Another £1 to the emergency fund, its getting boring putting this amount in each day but I'm almost up to £50 which is 5% of the target so far.
6th September total is £64.31
£50 was reached today, not too bad for 2 weeks tryingOn 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
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