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Another £322 so that's £5112.45/£8000September 2017 Debt = £25330
Starting afresh.
You can do anything if you put your mind to it. x5 -
Morning
Sent £17.65 towards the haifax
brings my total to £8300.48 / £10000NEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.054 -
Credit card payments out so that brings my total to: #62 £4,656.66 / £11,567.66
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First DD of August went out yesterday, £75.71 to DH V1rg1n card.
#70 £6,923.64/£10,000 62%
Save £10,500 - £2673.77 - 25.5%
Pay off £7000 - £1743 - 19.4%
Make £2021 extra income - £99.754 -
Evening Everyone,
#030 in the house!
DH Virgin 0% CC paid £158 dd £1317
MY Tesco 0% CC still £2480 (DD on about the 8th)
£1317/£3797/10,033.444 -
£7.15 paid today so now at £597.63/£5500 for #035
(I'm sure I'll be back later having hunted down £2.37 to make that a round £600)
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Morning
Sent £256.22 towards the halifax clearing it
Brings my total to £8556.70 / £10000
No more debt repayments until I get back from holiday then it's on to tackle hubbys mammoth credit cardNEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.056 -
Morning all,
Paid £50 off the Santander card. Our holiday in October has been cancelled so have £2000 back from that, savings currently sit at £7,300 with £4,050 left of debt to clear.
#134 - £3,935 / £7,985 - 49.28%
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: £8,0006 -
Been hitting it hard last couple of weeks, only £350 left on one of my debts now, want to pay off asap once I've sold a couple of things
#120 - £5103 / £7500 - 68%
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Celebrated new statement day with a change pot payment, now at:
#175 = £7100 / £7300
I'm learning all the time. I'll be honest, I struggle with my head (don't we all?) at times, and in foresight of my other half moving back out (she came to live with me to shield on medical advice) I indulged some £ in one of my hobbies, to keep me occupied on the now quieter evenings. On the run up to this though I'd started building up a small emergency fund- and I've managed to use that to cover the costs and not have to load my card. I see CLEARLY how this should work now. If nothing goes wrong (famous last words!) in the next 10 days, I shouldn't have to go back to the credit card before payday............ fingers crossed. I know that emergency money should be for emergencies not hobbies.............. but if it helps me get through this next re-adjustment without getting too dark it will have been money well spent. Anyhow, enough ramblings...................
Keep up the hard work everyone!
Pay Off Debts by Xmas 2025 debt £0/74006
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