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Saving for Christmas 2019 - £1 a day challenge
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#7 reporting in
£250/£5000 -
Weekend update:
#6 £385/£730 :TDebt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £32kSaving for 🎄 🎁 2026 £367/£730 50%6 mth 🆘 fund £10kMortgage offset fund £23.2k/£29k 80%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...0 -
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 £32kSaving for 🎄 🎁 2026 £367/£730 50%6 mth 🆘 fund £10kMortgage offset fund £23.2k/£29k 80%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...0 -
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.2026 MFW No:23
MFiT-T7 120 -
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 2026 #1 £88 (2025 £696; 2024 £692; 2023 £754; 2022 £472; 2021 £256; 2020 £358; 2019 £512; 2018 £404; 2017 640) Saving for Xmas £1 a day #1 £180 / £730 3-6 month emergency fund challenge #48 £20.050 Save a penny a day 2026 #4 £ . / £667.95 £1000 emergency fund challenge #232 £1,007/ £1,000 (achieved Nov 2020)0
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#13 now on £212Not buying unnecessary toiletries 2024 26/53 UU, 25 IN0
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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/£365Pay 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%0 -
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:TDebt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £32kSaving for 🎄 🎁 2026 £367/£730 50%6 mth 🆘 fund £10kMortgage offset fund £23.2k/£29k 80%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...0 -
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 £32kSaving for 🎄 🎁 2026 £367/£730 50%6 mth 🆘 fund £10kMortgage offset fund £23.2k/£29k 80%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...0 -
#7 reporting in ��
I now have £350/£600
Keep going everyone!0
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