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  • sunshine81
    sunshine81 Posts: 1,485 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    #145 £10,055.10 / £19,261 (52.20%)
  • spudsmum
    spudsmum Posts: 584 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    spudsmum wrote: »
    Another £30 paid to MBNA

    #22 now at £1045/£5000

    Another £13 to MBNA

    #22 now at £1058/£5000
    Total debts £21050! :eek: now £10941. 76. Total extra income made in Jan22 £109. 27 Feb 22 £45.25 Total extra income made in 2022 £154.52 Aiming for debt free at 45 - 41 months to go!
  • Rosie75
    Rosie75 Posts: 609 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    Checking in with a £750 payment.

    #088 is £5190 / £7440
    3-6 Month Emergency Fund #14: £9000 / £10,000
  • Mummy_bear
    Mummy_bear Posts: 604 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    #159 Checking in for my end of month update.


    £ 3,007.74 / £ 7.500,00 40.1%
    My LBM May 2017, DH LBM July 2017- Total Debt (not Including Mortgage) £46444.23 :eek:
    £40773.61 /£46444.23 87.8% paid
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    £140 sent towards the loan

    Brings my total to £4670.14 / £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
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    On a roll :j

    £112 sent towards the barclaycard

    Brings my total to £4782.14 / £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 £10,092.10 / £19,261 (52.40%)
  • elleJay42
    elleJay42 Posts: 165 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    Hello, pay day for me today :)

    I've added another £450 to the wedding fund today but also managed £125 to debts. I'm so tempted to clear the debts first but they are all 0% and I should be done by October hopefully

    #91 £2347.14 / £3500 (67%)
    Total debt at LBM = £4861.03

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

    HTB ISA - £0 withdrawn for house purchase! :D
    Wedding Fund £2550 / £5000
  • £7 sent to CC so #079 now at £2640.36 / £7180.59

    First of this months payments made, £50 so now at £2690.36/£7180.59 for #079 (more to follow)
    Just trying to make up for past mistakes and work towards the future I want :hello:
  • AdventureWanted
    AdventureWanted Posts: 1,474 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Payday for me today, so I've paid £325 off CC2. This payment has taken the balance of CC2 to £0! :j Now to start on CC3..

    #29 Pd £8,625.60 / £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.
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