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  • Morning all - pay day for me and as the dog has me up early I've sorted the budget.  £1030.76 to various places please @jadewest94
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
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  • BlueJ94
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    £404.24 for me today 😀 
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    Debt owed;

    *update pending as I've no idea* 

    DFW Challenges! 

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  • BlueJ94
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    24th total was £43.75 :smile:
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    Debt owed;

    *update pending as I've no idea* 

    DFW Challenges! 

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    Pay off all your debts by Christmas 2026! #14

  • BlueJ94
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    £20 to safety net 
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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

  • BlueJ94
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    Morning all - pay day for me and as the dog has me up early I've sorted the budget.  £1030.76 to various places please @jadewest94
    LMD x
    Yay well done! 
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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

  • BlueJ94
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    £20 Vanquis aswell
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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

  • Doily94
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    Afternoon all. Payday today and thanks to some overtime and a long shift on 1st Jan I am finally able to pay off my Virgin CC - £804.66. 

    Switching to my loan from Monzo now to get that paid off. 

    PAYDBC24 #8 ~ £10188.21
  • Doily94 said:
    Afternoon all. Payday today and thanks to some overtime and a long shift on 1st Jan I am finally able to pay off my Virgin CC - £804.66. 

    Switching to my loan from Monzo now to get that paid off. 

    Well done! 👏 
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2025 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£6000
  • dg1019
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    It's great to see you all make big progress today - congratulations.   :)

    £2 paid 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)
  • Doily94
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    Doily94 said:
    Afternoon all. Payday today and thanks to some overtime and a long shift on 1st Jan I am finally able to pay off my Virgin CC - £804.66. 

    Switching to my loan from Monzo now to get that paid off. 

    Well done! 👏 
    Thank you :)
    PAYDBC24 #8 ~ £10188.21
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