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  • Morning all

    Popping in with £51.80 please

    LMD xx
    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
  • kirtsypoos
    kirtsypoos Posts: 3,826 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Our WONDERFUL April total is a massive

    £18,117.88
    Let’s just pretend I have not been alternately drowning in debt or only eating toast to try and pay it off for the last 20 years 😭
  • kirtsypoos
    kirtsypoos Posts: 3,826 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    A cheeky little £70 to OH BC for me today :D
    Let’s just pretend I have not been alternately drowning in debt or only eating toast to try and pay it off for the last 20 years 😭
  • bma14
    bma14 Posts: 87 Forumite
    PAD for me today is £92.69 :j :j
    Total Debt January 2017: £2,000 Total Debt October 2019: £300 (85% repaid)
    Savings Goals: House Deposit: £15,000/£15,000; Christmas 2019 Savings: £450/£600


    Soon to be on my journey of renovating a house on a budget :)
  • mandz1
    mandz1 Posts: 2,548 Forumite
    Kirstypoos did no one volunteer for this months counterupper?
    Are you happy to carry on or would you like me to do it?
    I don't mind if you want to take a break
    PAD Maker
  • kirtsypoos
    kirtsypoos Posts: 3,826 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    If you wouldn't mind Mandz, that would be wonderful - I've got a lot on with work this month and may not be able to get on everyday :)
    Let’s just pretend I have not been alternately drowning in debt or only eating toast to try and pay it off for the last 20 years 😭
  • Lau0707
    Lau0707 Posts: 74 Forumite
    Expensive day today, usual monthly bills have come out, but our debt payment today is-

    £154 to Halifax Loan


    One payment at a time :)
    xx
  • ahall3519
    ahall3519 Posts: 580 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    Good evening everyone! Please put me down for £25tonight towards debt two! Thanks
    Number 17-Pay off all your debt by Xmas 2024 Tesco CC £50/£127.95 Debt=39% paid.
  • sashybo
    sashybo Posts: 4,606 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hi all, usual £1 to loan no1 today.

    Well done everyone on the massive April PAD total!!:j:j:j:beer::T:T

    Big thank you to Kirsty for being our counter-upper too. :T:T:T

    And thank you to mandz1 for volunteering to count again for us in May. :T:T I would have taken my turn but baby is due this month so I'll be MIA at some point. :eek::D
    Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Car loan 1 £9,707 Car loan CC 0% BT £4500. Debt Free Diary to try & keep spending in check.
  • erin_transport
    erin_transport Posts: 964 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    Evening
    £5 to cc1
    £5 to cc2
    Total £10. Thanks
    On a mission!

    2018 & 2019 MFW #138

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