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  • motivated
    motivated Posts: 3,044 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic PPI Party Pooper
    Morning all

    # 31 currently at £4044.52/£5000

    Well done all, keep chipping away
    M
    Emptying my lake with a teaspoon
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    Evening :hello:

    A cheeky wee weekend payment of £34.26 to bring my card under the £5k mark :j

    Brings my total to £5620.72 / £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
  • LLM2018
    LLM2018 Posts: 194 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 100 Posts Combo Breaker Uniform Washer
    # 78 checking in. Managed to pay off a chunk this month with some extra money from overtime. Balance now stands at £1894/£2494 = 75.94% paid off. Last £600 to go, hopefully credit card debt free very soon.

    :)
    When life throws you a curveball, learn to catch it and throw it back! Feb Grocery Challenge/£100
  • sunshine81
    sunshine81 Posts: 1,485 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    #145 £11,399.18 / £19,261 (59.18%)
  • #29 £10,015.60 / £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!
    Morning :hello:

    £3 sent towards the Halifax account

    Brings my total to £5623.71 / £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
  • Megano
    Megano Posts: 324 Forumite
    036) I know I have went missing in action since June but i have decided to get back on the wagon as Im getting married! The OH finally proposed after us being together 9 years.
    So I think Im going to have to be more of a workaholic than I already am!
    So since June Ive paid £241.49 bringing me up to 33%
    Muppets maybe 2019 will be the year!
    Virgin Money £0/£1445
    TSB £0/£659.53
    BOM £0/£1480
    Tesco £8.36/£4647.26
    Total £8.36/£8231.79 0.101%
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    Morning :hello:

    £2.50 sent towards the Halifax

    Brings my total to £5626.21 / £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
  • £45 paid to CC3 today.

    #29 £10,060.60 / £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.
  • kazzie_m
    kazzie_m Posts: 27 Forumite
    £500 paid this month

    #62 is £4196.78 / £7000
    Aiming to be debt free by Christmas 2018! :D
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