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Thanks a_silver_lining, my savings are in a poor interest account anyway! Hmm..
#145 £6499.88 / £19261 (33.75%)0 -
Checking in with a £42 payment.
#72 £6,058/£6,657:jI 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/£20,0000 -
Managed a regular payment of £200 today, waiting for OH to be paid and then will make a bigger payment this month. The more i think about it the more I really want to get it all paid off this year. However spluttering darn car may have other thoughts, grrr....
#118 £5212/£100140 -
DDs for CC2 and CC4 have come out.
#29 £3,755.60 paid / £12,500LBM 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 £15,010.60.0 -
£5.02 sent towards the Halifax card
Brings my total to £2737.44 / £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 -
#145 £6504.88 / £19261 (33.77%)0
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Hello, small payments all adding up and I'm now over a quarter of the way there
My fiance got a new job and starts in a couple of weeks so I'll hopefully not have to pay all the bills from May and can get back to properly pounding this debt!
#91 £920.76 / £3500 (26.3%)
I had hoped to be debt free in May so I could start saving for our wedding next year but these things happen and I'm not getting too down about itTotal debt at LBM = £4861.03
DFBXmas2018 #91 - £3342 / £3500 (95.4%)
HTB ISA - £0 withdrawn for house purchase!
Wedding Fund £2550 / £50000 -
036) Payment of £31.13Virgin Money £0/£1445
TSB £0/£659.53
BOM £0/£1480
Tesco £8.36/£4647.26
Total £8.36/£8231.79 0.101%0 -
£35 payment made today.
#72 £6,093/ £6,657I 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/£20,0000 -
Realised we made a saving on my DHs phone bill DD so another £35 payment just made.
#72 £6,128/ £6,657I 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/£20,0000
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