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Well done on the card being gone. Holiday planning making memories is most definitely worthwhile.
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Great news a card is gone. Wow £18k on it at one stage 😱 so fantastic it’s now cleared. Brilliant that you’ve got a holiday planned 🏖I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)3
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Just the Queen song going round my head 'Another one bites the dust'
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Total Debt Dec 07 £59875.83 Overdrafts £2900,New Debt Figure ZERO !!!!!!:j 08/06/2013
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DFD Before we Die!!!! Long Haul Supporter #1244 -
Fab news on getting rid of MBNA! And holidays (booked with consideration
) are a good thing
x I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £203 -
Congrats on clearing MBNA! Great news about the holiday too
"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee2 -
Congratulations on clearing that one. DH and I had one each of MBNA with a cash advance on each to the tune of £27k at one point. Long gone now but such a relief to clear themSave £12k in 2025 #2 I saved £14,660.97 of £6000 or 244.35% of my target. The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I finished the year at £2880.99/£3000 or 96.03% of my annual spend so I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
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Great news that the CC is gone and enjoy your holidays they are well deserved xx3
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Thanks ALL of you
for dropping by to offer congratulations and support. You're all so very lovely and it'd be so much harder without all your support. I agree L that song went through my head too 
Hope everyone had an OK weekend - the pictures of some parts of the country - particularly South Wales - some of the places which I know well like along the River Taff - its crazy and anyone (I am looking at you Trump) who says that the increased unpredictability of our weather is not linked to climate change is just not heeding the science. Hope everyone is safe and dry
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I know SA. I was momentarily indecisive about posting that as its such an admission, its more than an annual salary at the minimum wage for pity's sake..completely carp of me and my household..but I figured its what it said a year and a bit ago..so I need to be honest with myself as much as and as well as with everyone else. Even with a good dual income and a couple of university degrees people can be bloody stupid with money (yep thats me calling out the Brizzle household!Sun_Addict said:Great news a card is gone. Wow £18k on it at one stage 😱 so fantastic it’s now cleared. Brilliant that you’ve got a holiday planned 🏖
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Racing in late as usual!But a terrific well done in hammering that card brizzle! That's a big frog squashed, 🐸. And it sounds like it won't be too long before the next card will soon be dead in the water too!
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