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  • limars19
    limars19 Posts: 20 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    i am number 45 , have not posted for ages because of health issues but am plodding very slowly through, started the year owing £7802 have just made some payments today and now owe £4778 so have paid off £3024 .ITS SLOWER THAN I EVER EXPECTED BUT STILL GOING DOWN . bare with me .
  • limars19 wrote: »
    i am number 45 , have not posted for ages because of health issues but am plodding very slowly through, started the year owing £7802 have just made some payments today and now owe £4778 so have paid off £3024 .ITS SLOWER THAN I EVER EXPECTED BUT STILL GOING DOWN . bare with me .

    Over £3k since the start of the year is amazing, well done x
    Just trying to make up for past mistakes and work towards the future I want :hello:
  • #46 with a payment of £10, please Muppets
  • Calling14
    Calling14 Posts: 3,498 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Still here £66 paid off for me today:j

    #16 2919/5552


    Thanks muppets
    LBM 13039 1.1.13 Now £0 Finally Debt FreeMortgage free Oct 2019:)EFund/savings £25000 10/11/22
  • spudsmum
    spudsmum Posts: 584 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    spudsmum wrote: »
    Another £13 to MBNA

    #22 now at £1058/£5000

    Another £39 to MBNA

    #22 now at £1097/£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!
  • LLM2018
    LLM2018 Posts: 194 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 100 Posts Combo Breaker Uniform Washer
    #78 checking in with an update of £1094 paid off. Making better progress this month due to a tax rebate. Almost halfway there.

    :)
    When life throws you a curveball, learn to catch it and throw it back! Feb Grocery Challenge/£100
  • Pay day today!
    #076 £1340/£3490

    Finally feel like I'm starting to make a dent :j
    Debt Free as of December 2020 👏

    Save 12k in 2025 #6 - £300 / £3000

    MFW - 26 months shaved off the mortgage
  • #81 5500/10000 55% paid

    Late checking in but another £250 paid off.... chipping away.
    19/12/14: Spent 10 years of savings!!
    :heart2: ..... to buy my first home. :heart2:
    11K OP 31.03.19

    Current goal: €151,000 deposit Ireland and counting, to buy Spring 2022 we hope!
  • limars19
    limars19 Posts: 20 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    thank you for the encouriging words
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,924 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 30 June 2018 at 9:23AM
    Further payment made this month of £459.52, so total paid this month now is £5049.92 - meaning YTD total is £18918.90/ £18918.90 (100%) for #15


    Now Debt free!!! :j:j:j


    Running update:

    (OH) VW 9580 - repay all/ June paid 0/ YTD Paid 9580 :j
    (me) HMRC 565.40 - repay all / June Paid 0/ YTD paid 565.40 :j
    (OH) PO CC 3339 - repay all / June Paid 0/ YTD paid £3339 (100%) :j
    (me) Hlfx CC 5209.98 - repay all / June Paid 4825/ YTD paid £5209.98 (100%) :j
    (jt) Tax Cr 224.52 - repay all / June paid 224.52/ YTD paid 224.52 (100%) :j
    Totals: 18918.90 / Mth paid £5049.92/ YTD paid 18918.90(100%)

    Whoop! I did it! :j
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
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