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  • WannabeFree
    WannabeFree Posts: 4,438 Forumite
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    edited 5 January 2019 at 12:42PM
    Morning :)

    First payments yesterday so

    £75 paid


    P.s how do I make the number bigger? I can see the change colour button but not size sorry
    x
    “Once you hit rock bottom, that's where you perfectly stand; That's your chance of restarting, but restarting the way.”
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    WannabeFree wrote: »
    Morning :)

    First payments yesterday so

    £75 paid


    P.s how do I make the number bigger? I can see the change colour button but not size sorry
    x


    Click the go advance button and there's a drop down box to alter the size wannabe xx
    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
  • WannabeFree
    WannabeFree Posts: 4,438 Forumite
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    abba1772 wrote: »
    Click the go advance button and there's a drop down box to alter the size wannabe xx

    Thank you Abba that worked :o
    x
    “Once you hit rock bottom, that's where you perfectly stand; That's your chance of restarting, but restarting the way.”
  • ali_bf
    ali_bf Posts: 99 Forumite
    A £250 payment off my overdraft, starting to chip away
    #171
    Argos 138 / 842 Halifax 24 / 2418, Virgin 41 / 4500, Barclaycard 170 / 7359, Tesco 25 / 1362, Tesco / 852, Loan 250 / 1750, Next 52 / 750, [STRIKE]Studio 30/30[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]overdraft 640/640[/STRIKE]
    Total paid off £1360 / £20223
  • sunshine81
    sunshine81 Posts: 1,485 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    #145 checking in having paid £1222.16 today

    £8447.95 / £27,996.15 (30.18%)
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    sunshine81 wrote: »
    #145 checking in having paid £1222.16 today

    £8447.95 / £27,996.15 (30.18%)


    Holy moly sunshine you're fairly steaming ahead well done xx
    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
  • a_silver_lining
    a_silver_lining Posts: 535 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    £1.55 sent.

    64.03/4K
    19/12/14: Spent 10 years of savings!!
    :heart2: ..... to buy my first home. :heart2:
    11K OP 31.03.19

    Current goal: €151,000 deposit Ireland and counting, to buy Spring 2022 we hope!
  • kindofagilr
    kindofagilr Posts: 6,825 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Well done everyone, we are off to a great start xx
    Debt £30,823.48/£44,856.56 ~ 06/02/21 - 31.28% Paid Off
    Mortgage (01/04/09 - 01/07/39)
    £79,515.99/£104,409.00 (as of 05/02/21) ~ 23.84% Paid Off

    Lloyds (M) - £1196.93/£1296.93 ~ Next - £2653.79/£2700.46 ~ Mobile - £296.70/£323.78
    HSBC (H) -£5079.08/£5281.12 ~ HSBC (M) - £4512.19/£4714.23
    Barclays (H) - £4427.32/£4629.36 ~ Barclays (M) - £4013.78/£4215.82
    Halifax (H) - £4930.04/£5132.12 ~ Halifax (M) - £3708.65/£3911.20

    Asda Savings - £0

    POAMAYC 2021 #87 £1290.07 ~ 2020/£3669.48 ~ 2019/£10,615.18 ~ 2018/£13,912.57 ~ 2017/£10,380.18 ~ 2016/£7454.80

    ~ Emergency Savings: £0

     My Debt Free Diary (Link)
  • AdventureWanted
    AdventureWanted Posts: 1,474 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    £6 sent to CC3 today, now at #29 £40.00 / £15,000.
    LBM 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.
  • a_silver_lining
    a_silver_lining Posts: 535 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Cancelled a direct debt as the bill was going up from £26ish to £45.75pm.

    So £45.75 sent to the debt.

    109.78/4K

    Chip chip chipping away.... looking forward to some money due to be sent to me!
    19/12/14: Spent 10 years of savings!!
    :heart2: ..... to buy my first home. :heart2:
    11K OP 31.03.19

    Current goal: €151,000 deposit Ireland and counting, to buy Spring 2022 we hope!
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