Pay off £20,000 (ish) by Xmas 2008

reventon

Hey thanks ! MSE and in particular the DFW section has made me rethink how I am with money. My goal is to have everything paid off by the time my little son reaches 5 (1st Birthday was yesterday). No more wasting money for me !

hypno06

That sounds like a perfect goal reventon - good luck!

taxi73

Well done everyone..you are all doing fantastically...fantastic site this isn't it?
Today I have had £224.68 taken out for my virgin card and have updated my totals and am now in the £37ks and getting close to the £10k mark.

Honeybee_2

Well done everyone! We're all doing fantastically well!

I've paid off a big chunk today which I'm pleased about as it's put me ahead of my £10k by Christmas target. :T

lamarsi

hiya everyone and well done on your totals!! they're really inspiring! i wish i knew about this site years ago! just been faffing about with my snowball and my aim is to be totally debt free by christmas 2013! when i told my dad this he said 'good god just how much debt are you in?!?' when i told him this included my morgage he stopped spouting steam from his nose and gave me a hug! better get back out in the taxi i now have alot of dosh to make! sorry if my spelling is rubbish btw but i appear to have deleated some part of my software and now i can only basic post and on ebay i can't even post at all??? means i can't use smilies either anyway if any techno buffs out there know what i've done help would be great ! since starting this challenge in march i have paid almost £6k of my debts btw!! (does little dance round room cause i can't do clappy smilies!)

andan

Well didn't get paid anywhere near as much as i thought i would, am £250 from normal. I started part time a week before the end of April but still with the council so am not sure exactly what has happened with my salary but its less than i imagined. Am sure it will right itself though, its just quite confusing as i've never been sure how they work it out!

So will be a tight month for me, but like i said, i'm working on my business so hopefully in a few months time that will see my back on track!

Uniscots97

Well I got a bit of good news, I'm getting a bonus at the end of June . Not sure exactly how much I'll get after tax yet but it'll be over £1000. So decided to keep aside £300 to spend on holiday, £200 to put in emergency fund and the rest can go towards my nasty (apr) cc. I can't wait.

taxi73

Well done everyone.You are all doing fantastically...let's keep it up..

andan

Great news unixgirl, am sure you've worked hard for it though. Taxi, thanks for the positive comments as always!

Guesty6

Paid off my 7k overdraft today (which was costing me loads in interest) with some of my new loan so although it doesnt take any off my totals, it will help me pay off less in total. Also got a figure to close my 12.9% loan account so using the rest of my loan and some savings to pay that off

So by the time that is all done my debt should be down to around 12,500