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Total paid for January is £789.82/£10,0000
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Morning :hello:
Sent £104.50 to very clearing it :T again :rotfl:
And £27.72 towards the Halifax
Brings my total to £561.53 / £6000NEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.050 -
Well, January has been a long, lean month what with Christmas and the gap between pay days.
Got paid today, so have made a payment of £628 to the Sainsbury's card which, with the minimum payments also paid this month to Sainbury's and Halifax means:
#088 is £760/£7440
Well done to those of you who've posted this month - some astonishing amounts being paid off. Let's keep it up!3-6 Month Emergency Fund #14: £9000 / £10,0000 -
#145 £4391.49 / £19261 (22.80%)
£420ish left to get to 25%... hmm0 -
Morning all
Has some money come in today so have sent some to one of the credit cards.
Car payment has also come out.
#102 £670 / £7,000 9% paid
Nearly at 10%, hopefully can get over that by the end of the month
Well done to everyone so far, let's keep it going for the rest of the year :THistoric Debt August 2009 = £63,600 10th March 2017 = £0 100% paid all gone!
Mortgage started June 2015 = £170,000 January 2022 = £134,000
Saving for Xmas 2022= . . Amazon £55
If you focus on what you have left behind, you won't see what lies ahead - Gusteau0 -
#127 716.43/8000
Thank you very muchNSD Jan 5/10
6780/10721
[URL=“https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5820438/becoming-debt-free-is-hard-work#latest”]my debt free diary[/URL]0 -
Morning all,
#006 checking in with £1142.20/£4000 please muppets - made an extra payment to the car loan
Let’s just pretend I have not been alternately drowning in debt or only eating toast to try and pay it off for the last 20 years 😭0 -
£56 pounds for me today, 1 credit card down 4 more to go.
#16 £930/£5552LBM 13039 1.1.13 Now £0 Finally Debt FreeMortgage free Oct 2019:)EFund/savings £25000 10/11/220 -
£1,071 paid off debt today thanks Muppet (Number 39)If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
Emergency fund 350/1000
Buffer fund 100/100
Debt Free (again) 25/07/20250 -
Can i join please, I have recently obtained a full time job having previously worked part time so I am throwing my all into paying off my debts this year
£494.26/£8,5000
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