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  • A few more pounderoonies to add:
    #3 £107/£600
    Happy weekend everyone :)
    Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £31,997
    Saving for 🎄 🎁 2025 £770/£730 105%
    6 mth 🆘 fund £6k
    Mortgage offset fund £24.7k/£36.5k 67.7%
    It turns out the answer to my problems wasn’t at the bottom of this tub of ice-cream, 🍨 but the important thing is that I tried...
  • No.29 now at £90/£365
    February Grocery Budget: £190.75/£350.00
    NST no. NSD 4/15
  • System
    System Posts: 178,390 Community Admin
    10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Tiny steps again....up to £15
    This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com
  • System
    System Posts: 178,390 Community Admin
    10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Tiny steps.....up to £15...
    This is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com
  • Chappie77
    Chappie77 Posts: 191 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 100 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Afternoon!

    #36 - £3 paid in = £87/£500

    Chappie x
    PAD - Barclayloan - £3078.32/£3758.32

    January 2022 Grocery Challenge - £600

    Saving for Christmas 2022 - #33 - £1 a day Challenge - £10/£365

    Virtual Sealed Pot Challenge 2022 - £8.55/£500
  • Chappie77
    Chappie77 Posts: 191 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 100 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Total for week...

    #36 - £15 in = £102/£500

    Chappie x
    PAD - Barclayloan - £3078.32/£3758.32

    January 2022 Grocery Challenge - £600

    Saving for Christmas 2022 - #33 - £1 a day Challenge - £10/£365

    Virtual Sealed Pot Challenge 2022 - £8.55/£500
  • I'm sneaking up slowly but surely:
    #3 £114/£600
    Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £31,997
    Saving for 🎄 🎁 2025 £770/£730 105%
    6 mth 🆘 fund £6k
    Mortgage offset fund £24.7k/£36.5k 67.7%
    It turns out the answer to my problems wasn’t at the bottom of this tub of ice-cream, 🍨 but the important thing is that I tried...
  • MrsShazbat
    MrsShazbat Posts: 840 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Payday last Friday so another £31 transferred over so that's #8 £124 / £365
    SPCNo.19 #20 (18 £1752.64; 17 £562.86; 16 £678; 15 £1120.92; 14 £416.53; 13 £191.52; 12 £260.48; 11 £480.95; 10 £682.31; 9 £442.64)
    1p Challenge 2025 #63
  • quarterly spend done at Bts with double points and I've decided to keep Morrison's vouchers until Christmas which boosts my total to:
    #3 £129/£600
    Over the 20% hurdle and hopefully racing towards 25% :)
    Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £31,997
    Saving for 🎄 🎁 2025 £770/£730 105%
    6 mth 🆘 fund £6k
    Mortgage offset fund £24.7k/£36.5k 67.7%
    It turns out the answer to my problems wasn’t at the bottom of this tub of ice-cream, 🍨 but the important thing is that I tried...
  • #15 reporting £31 for March


    So excited never saved for xmas before and am chuffed being so organised
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