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Paid £74.81 to Tesco CC today
so that's £100.81/£8000
Original CC Debt= £15256.29 **LBM - September 2018** **Debt Free - March 2020**
£1000 Emergency Fund - Achieved January 2020
Emergency Fund Target 2 - £1200/£7500 (16%)0 -
Finally had a big November invoice paid, so I paid the Amex and a bit off Lloyds, and now my total remaining is £1,119.
Running total: £166/£1,285 - a great start!
I don't seem to have a number, though :think:0 -
Hi all
# 31 with payments of £90 today
=£250/£7,000Emptying my lake with a teaspoon0 -
Few weeks ago I had over 10k of debt and am now at 0 thanks to some compensation. Feeling really sick and silly for getting myself into that mess and just think about what I could have spent that money on.. we live and learn, now to stay debt free. Good luck everyone x0
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£30 paid to CC3 today, taking me to #29 £230.00 / £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 £15,010.60.0 -
#53 paid £25.00 to Very this morning!Going into 2019 owing £27, 789.94 :eek:
£83.50 / £27, 789.94Paying off debt so we can buy our forever home :www:0 -
Catching up a little. A direct debit went out on the 7th for £29.75 bringing the new total to
#93 £104.93/£10,100
That figure looks so odd, might have to pay the odd few pence off somewhere to round it up!paydbx2025 #26 £890/£5000 . Mortgage start £148k June 23 - now £138k.
2025 savings challenge £0/£2000 EF £140. Savings 2 £30.00. 170 -
Hi muppets and everyone, i'd like to join this challenge please. I have nearly £10k of credit card debt and I'd like to pay off about half by Christmas so my challenge would be £4,500. Thanks DxLBM - October 2018; finally debt free on 16 March 2021
2023 Mortgage Free Wannabee #92023 Mortgage free in March 23 !
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#145 checking in having paid £10.56 today
£8853.50 / £27,996.15 (31.62%)0
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