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  • Purple19
    Purple19 Posts: 12 Forumite
    First Anniversary
    Hi Muppets
    Paid £100 to CC today - 1st payment of the challenge :j
    #? £100/£10000 (1%)
  • Homegrown0
    Homegrown0 Posts: 1,280 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Third Anniversary Name Dropper
    Payment of £39 into my credit card this morning, after husband paid in bags of change that have been sitting in a big tub for ages!

    #02 payment of £39 = £102.89 / £10,000 (1%)
    :T
    Sealed Pot Challenge 075
    Pay off by Xmas 2019 #02 - target £10,000
  • WannabeFree
    WannabeFree Posts: 4,438 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Payment of £7.60 today for me :)

    So

    No 70 £197.50/£2070
    “Once you hit rock bottom, that's where you perfectly stand; That's your chance of restarting, but restarting the way.”
  • #52 just paid £7.43 off my Barclaycard - the amount was bugging me as I wanted to bring it down to a round number! It’s now sat at £7200 exactly!!
    TOTAL DEBT @ 01.02.20. = £21,452.67 :eek:
  • ashfan83
    ashfan83 Posts: 73 Forumite
    Hello, can I join in please? I have £3669.48 to pay off
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    Evening :hello:

    A cheeky weekend payment of £11.01 towards the barclaycard

    Brings my total to £422.81 / £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
  • I'm off the mark. Iv'e paid £383.29 off £61 to my CC and the rest to my loan. I'm applying for a job that I only have a slim chance of getting but if I do I will make my target and get out of this hole - fingers crossed.
    Total debt £18,000 at the start of DFW Journey. 2018 14TH JULY 2021 DEBT FREE / 2026 trying to stay debt free
  • #32 checking in with £848 paid off so 21.2%


    Things will slow right down now though I was just lucky to make some profit selling my car which I put to debt.
  • WannabeFree
    WannabeFree Posts: 4,438 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Payment of £40 today for me :)

    So

    No 70 £237.50/£2070
    “Once you hit rock bottom, that's where you perfectly stand; That's your chance of restarting, but restarting the way.”
  • Made a payment of £37 today bringing the total paid to

    . #93. £141.93/£10,100.
    paydbx2025 #26 £890/£5000 . Mortgage start £148k June 23 - now £138k.
    2025 savings challenge £0/£2000
    EF £140. Savings 2 £30.00. 17
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