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Saving for Christmas 2019 - £1 a day challenge

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  • #7 reporting in
    £250/£500
  • triple_choc_chip
    triple_choc_chip Posts: 1,139 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Xmas Saver!
    Weekend update:
    #6 £385/£730 :T
    Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £31,997
    Saving for 🎄 🎁 2025 £460/£800 57%
    6 mth 🆘 fund £6k
    Mortgage offset fund £24.7k/£40.3k 61.3%
    It turns out the answer to my problems wasn’t at the bottom of this tub of ice-cream, 🍨 but the important thing is that I tried...
  • New total thanks to M&S and Morri’s:
    #6 £405/£730
    So into the next £100, onwards and upwards :T
    Happy sunny weekend everyone! :cool:
    Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £31,997
    Saving for 🎄 🎁 2025 £460/£800 57%
    6 mth 🆘 fund £6k
    Mortgage offset fund £24.7k/£40.3k 61.3%
    It turns out the answer to my problems wasn’t at the bottom of this tub of ice-cream, 🍨 but the important thing is that I tried...
  • Bounty123
    Bounty123 Posts: 98 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 10 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Evening,

    I now have the sum total of £65. I am going to fully focus after I get back from holiday in early August to try to get somewhere near £200 by the end of the challenge.
    2025 MFW No:23
    MFiT-T7 12
  • claremylove
    claremylove Posts: 745 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Payday has arrived so I’ve added my payments for June and July. That brings the total for #3 up to £243.
    £2 coin savings club 2025 #1 £166 (2024 £692; 2023 £754; 2022 £472; 2021 £256; 2020 £358; 2019 £512; 2018 £404; 2017 640)Saving for Xmas 202 £1 a day #4 £365 / £365 3-6 month emergency fund challenge #48 £10,030 Save a penny a day 2024 #32 £ . / £667.95 £1000 emergency fund challenge #232 £1,007/ £1,000 (achieved Nov 2020)
  • pinkfluffybabe
    pinkfluffybabe Posts: 2,989 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Academoney Grad
    #13 now on £212
    Not buying unnecessary toiletries 2024 26/53 UU, 25 IN
  • IrishRose12
    IrishRose12 Posts: 1,788 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    I'm gettong back on the wagon after fallng off the forum for a few months.
    Time to get back to myself and start the stuff that will help me in the long run.
    I'm currently sitting on on target I think lol.

    so #2 - £200/£365
    Pay all debt off by Christmas 2025 £815.45/£3,000£1 a day challenge 2025 - £180/£730 Declutter a bag a week in 2025 11/52Lose 25lb - 10/25lbs Read 1 book per week - 5/52Pay off credit card debt 18%/100%
  • I won 10p on the TCB summer giveaway - that won’t buy much! But thanks to their cash back my new total is:
    #6 £423/£730:T
    Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £31,997
    Saving for 🎄 🎁 2025 £460/£800 57%
    6 mth 🆘 fund £6k
    Mortgage offset fund £24.7k/£40.3k 61.3%
    It turns out the answer to my problems wasn’t at the bottom of this tub of ice-cream, 🍨 but the important thing is that I tried...
  • More TCB claimed and M&S are STILL topping up my gift card - no idea why, I hope I won’t need to give it back. Anyways, new total is:
    #6 £435/£730 :)
    Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £31,997
    Saving for 🎄 🎁 2025 £460/£800 57%
    6 mth 🆘 fund £6k
    Mortgage offset fund £24.7k/£40.3k 61.3%
    It turns out the answer to my problems wasn’t at the bottom of this tub of ice-cream, 🍨 but the important thing is that I tried...
  • #7 reporting in ��
    I now have £350/£600
    Keep going everyone!
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