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  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    Morning :hello:

    No council tax to pay this month so sent £150.56 sent towards the Halifax

    Brings my total to £2471.01 / £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 £6364.39 / £19261 (33.04%)
  • Morning everyone :hello:

    #150# reporting in with an updated total of £290.06/£2018.
    VSPC 2019 #10 - £168.80/£100 VSPC 2020 #4 - £262.03/£200 VSPC 2021 #9 - £242.88/£200 VSPC 2022 #3 - £188.03/£200 VSPC 2023 #7 - £0/£200
  • kirtsypoos
    kirtsypoos Posts: 3,826 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Afternoon all!

    Mortgage OP for me today takes me to:

    #006 checking in with £2178/£4000 please muppets :D
    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 😭
  • Happy March! £42 paid off this morning. This takes one CC to a £0.00 balance - approx £8 interest to come through in next few days then we can close the account! So blumming chuffed!
    Hope everyones getting on ok.
    checking in with £3,095 paid off / £6,657 Original Jan 17 debt total:j
    I am now debt free:T - 20/03/18. Whatever your situation - just.keep.going!
    [STRIKE][/STRIKE][STRIKE][/STRIKE]EF £1000/£1000 goal
    [STRIKE][/STRIKE][STRIKE][/STRIKE]CHILDCARE Savings goal £600/£600
    EF 3 month goal £2,000/£3,500
    HOUSE DEPOSIT £0/£20,000
  • just realised thats 46.5% of debts paid off to date . Aiming for our debt free date to be Start of September this yr :T
    I am now debt free:T - 20/03/18. Whatever your situation - just.keep.going!
    [STRIKE][/STRIKE][STRIKE][/STRIKE]EF £1000/£1000 goal
    [STRIKE][/STRIKE][STRIKE][/STRIKE]CHILDCARE Savings goal £600/£600
    EF 3 month goal £2,000/£3,500
    HOUSE DEPOSIT £0/£20,000
  • LLM2018
    LLM2018 Posts: 194 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 100 Posts Combo Breaker Uniform Washer
    #78 paid £5 this evening. So 280/2494 so far. February was a slow month as I have been in the middle of changing jobs so had very little spare. Hopefully I can start shifting more at the end of the month onwards.

    :)
    When life throws you a curveball, learn to catch it and throw it back! Feb Grocery Challenge/£100
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    Morning :hello:

    Last avon customer paid me :j so betweeen their £25 and £15 I earned in some extra hours I've sent £40 towards the Halifax

    Brings my total to £2521.01 / £6000

    Yeah past the 25% mark :T
    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 £6374.39 / £19261 (33.09%)
  • lamarsi
    lamarsi Posts: 805 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Hi everyone- is it possible to join now ? I’ve been whittling away on my own for some time now and feel like I could do with support for the last leg. My total debt is now£8800
    I’m hoping to pay it all off by summer by basically working everyday and spending sod all :eek:
    get rid of all the pounds by summer !!
    weight loss 3/42 lb
    Debt from 1st March:
    Was -£8900 NOW-£5000 PAID- £3900
    Get rid of the weight, pay the debt, then get myself a campavan! :T
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