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  • B17c
    B17c Posts: 333 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    I realise I'm a little bit late with this but may I join please? I think the whole debt is not feasible in 6 months so I'll do the 2 cards with the highest minimum payment, Aqua and Marbles, so £5600 please, and start the new thread in December for 2019! :beer:
    Credit Card Debt:[STRIKE]£12991[/STRIKE] £12526
    14/12/18 27/12/18
    Pay ALL your debt off by Xmas 2019
    #126 £1900/£12526
  • elleJay42
    elleJay42 Posts: 165 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    Hello! I seem to have missed a week of updates so it's been nice catching up with all your progress

    #91 £2222.14 / £3500 (63.5%)

    Saving £450 a month for the wedding next year is holding up my debt free date but I'm really pleased that it's still going in the right direction :)
    Total debt at LBM = £4861.03

    DFBXmas2018 #91 - £3342 / £3500 (95.4%)

    HTB ISA - £0 withdrawn for house purchase! :D
    Wedding Fund £2550 / £5000
  • sunshine81
    sunshine81 Posts: 1,485 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    #145 £9856.03 / £19261 (51.17%)
  • AdventureWanted
    AdventureWanted Posts: 1,474 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    #29 checking in with £8,016.60 / £12,500
    LBM Aug 2017.
    Debt at LBM - £30,055
    Debt at highest - £43,148.59
    Current debt - £18,880.00
    EF - £1,000.00

    Challenges
    PAYDBX 2021 - #29 Pd £2,355 / £8,000 PAYDBX 2020 - Pd £6,459.00 | PAYDBX 2019 - Pd £16,945.60 | PAYDBX 2018 - Pd £15,010.60.
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    £9.43 towards the Halifax card

    Brings my total to £4422.29 / £6000
    NEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12
    POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78
    POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14
    POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.05
  • Well done everyone :)
    Just trying to make up for past mistakes and work towards the future I want :hello:
  • sunshine81
    sunshine81 Posts: 1,485 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    #145 £9870.03 / £19261 (51.24%)
  • No 75. Paid £538 bringing total to 5083/10,000
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    £7.85 sent towards the Halifax brings my total to £4430.14 / £6000
    NEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12
    POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78
    POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14
    POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.05
  • sunshine81
    sunshine81 Posts: 1,485 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    #145 £9935.03 / £19261 (51.58%)
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