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Pay ALL your debt off by Xmas 2019

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  • Homegrown0
    Homegrown0 Posts: 1,280 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Third Anniversary Name Dropper
    £50 paid to credit card and £526.41 /¥ loan so

    #02 has paid £6,519.82 / £10,000 (65%)
    Sealed Pot Challenge 075
    Pay off by Xmas 2019 #02 - target £10,000
  • Morning everyone

    Well done to everyone on all the progress being made :T

    I've just got some self employment payments through and have paid £698 towards my CCs.

    I've updated my total as below and updated my signature. I had over £9k in debt at the start of the year but hoping to pay off half of that by the end of the year:

    #96 has paid £2,270.05/4,500

    Hoping to pay a bit more off after payday

    Keep going everyone, we can do it !!

    Deni xx
    LBM - October 2018; finally debt free on 16 March 2021
    2023 Mortgage Free Wannabee #92023 Mortgage free in March 23 !
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  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    Morning :hello:

    Sent £4.64 towards the very account

    Brings my total to £7710.11 / £10000
    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
  • Cariad21
    Cariad21 Posts: 32 Forumite
    Third Anniversary 10 Posts
    £631 paid brings my debt down to just £800. That debt free day is in touching distance now




    #89 £3055.16/3855.16
    Debt free and saving like crazy
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    Afternoon :hello:

    Daily round down of £10.82 to the very account

    Brings my total to £7720.93 / £10000
    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
  • Steameh
    Steameh Posts: 369 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper
    Counted my sealed pot and paid £34.99. I normally save this up all year to put towards the usual Chrismas Eve boozing but I have my son this Christmas so thought I'd put it to better use.

    #134 - £6020.00 / £15,985.00

    Looks even better now it's over £6k paid.
    EMERGENCY FUND CHALLENGE - £2,292.05 / £6000

    DEBT FREE DATE - 16/02/2021
    Pay Debt by Xmas 2021 - No.134 - £2,871.64 / £2,871.64 - 100% Paid
    Pay Debt by Xmas 2020 - No.134 - Target: £7,985 / Achieved: £5,113.36
    Pay Debt by Xmas 2019 - No.134 - Target: £15,985.00 / Achieved: £8,000
  • Hi Everyone lots of great numbers on here from past years I find August a killer. I don't get paid as I work in Education and I want to spend more but I have been chipping away even though I've not been posting. Paid £1344 of debts in the last few months. The penny a day challenge has nearly five me enough money for Christmas I've just got to get my head down now and work harder. Good luck everyone. I've got everything down to 2 debts now Mortgage and 1 cc it's so much easier by next year if I don't win the lottery then to stay out of debt which will be harder.

    £1344PAID
    Total debt £18,000 at the start of DFW Journey. 2018 14TH JULY 2021 DEBT FREE / 2026 trying to stay debt free
  • Well done Steameh much better use
    Total debt £18,000 at the start of DFW Journey. 2018 14TH JULY 2021 DEBT FREE / 2026 trying to stay debt free
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    Morning :hello:

    Sent £2.07 to the very account

    Brings my total to £7723.00 / £10000
    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
  • Hi Muppetts

    #85 latest totals £3260[/£9860
    Slow but steady :)

    Thank you
    PAYDBX 2020 - #?? Pd £600/ £8900
    1% Challenge #?? 00% :
    366 Day Penny Challenge #??£667.95
    SPC 13
    #115

    Virgin £00/£8500 FD: £00.00/£1300 [STRIKE]MBNA: £500[/STRIKE]
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