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  • Steameh
    Steameh Posts: 369 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 13 March 2020 at 8:58AM
    Morning,
    Paid £913.63 across the 3 credit cards this morning.

    #134 - £2,827.56 / £7,985
    EMERGENCY FUND CHALLENGE - £2,292.05 / £6000

    DEBT FREE DATE - 16/02/2021
    Pay Debt by Xmas 2021 - No.134 - £2,871.64 / £2,871.64 - 100% Paid
    Pay Debt by Xmas 2020 - No.134 - Target: £7,985 / Achieved: £5,113.36
    Pay Debt by Xmas 2019 - No.134 - Target: £15,985.00 / Achieved: £8,000
  • Paid £104 off Cc, £3880 to go! 

    New totals as cleared car loan last month £8204/£12084


  • st182
    st182 Posts: 164 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 100 Posts Photogenic
    Change pot reached the magic ton, so off £100 goes:

    #175 = £3800 / £6700

    Keep it up everyone  :)
    Pay Off Debts by Xmas 2025 debt £0/7400
  • Calling14
    Calling14 Posts: 3,498 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hi everyone. £300 off for me today.
    #16 £1920/£2600  only £680 to go. Seeing light at the end of the tunnel yeah.
    Thanks muppets
    LBM 13039 1.1.13 Now £0 Finally Debt FreeMortgage free Oct 2019:)EFund/savings £25000 10/11/22
  • Honeysucklelou2
    Honeysucklelou2 Posts: 4,832 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 14 March 2020 at 7:36AM
    Paid £31 off debts at the beginning of the month and £72 this morning making a total of £103.  This makes the total this year to £357.

     #93. £357/£10,025
    paydbx2025 #26 £890/£5000 . Mortgage start £148k June 23 - now £138k.
    2025 savings challenge £0/£2000
    EF £140. Savings 2 £30.00. 17

  • 020. 250 paid (beginning of March I forgot to post) which totals 600/4000 for me. Would of been more had I not had an unexpected parking ticket grrrr

  • st182
    st182 Posts: 164 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 100 Posts Photogenic
    Small bonus in pay so off comes a chunk:

    #175 = £4200 / £6700

    well done all  :)
    Pay Off Debts by Xmas 2025 debt £0/7400
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Car Insurance Carver!
    morning

    Sent £4.84 towards the hubby's card

    Brings my total to £4508.17 / £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
  • XSpender
    XSpender Posts: 3,811 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    £54.63 to MBN@ card.

    NO 70 - £1895.92/£10,000

    Save £10,500 - £2673.77 - 25.5%
    Pay off £7000 - £1743 - 19.4%
    Make £2021 extra income - £99.75
  • Wolfsong12
    Wolfsong12 Posts: 27 Forumite
    10 Posts Name Dropper First Anniversary Photogenic
    edited 16 March 2020 at 7:27PM
    Debt payments have gone out post pay day which means:

     #34 - £416/£2750

    No extra towards savings and emergency fund this month as I adopted a new rescue dog instead. Know it will slow down the debt repayment but makes such a difference having him in my life :)
    EF #313: £5000/£1000, 3-6 Month EFC #50 £5000/£5000 PAYDBX 2021 #34: £7326/£7326
    cc1 £0, cc2 £0, cc3 £0
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