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Time to Face The Music
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Nice to see debt balances going down and savings going up.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)2
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Great to see the savings starting to build!🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her1 -
Still four years to go on that one. It is nice to see the balance dropping a decent chunk each month though.LittleMissDetermined said:That Motorhome outstanding amount is really coming down fast
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Not a no spends day today. I need to head to the shops after work and pick up a few bits for the weekend.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be from stores though. Breakfast was toast, we have both taken our packed lunches to work and dinner tonight is chicken tikka pasties with chips and beans. These pasties have been kicking around in the freezer for a while now so time to get them eaten!
Tonight's jobs are:- shopping
- picking up the dogs flea and worming treatments from the vets
- load of washing which should be dry when we get home, hopefully.
- the other half is washing the van
- cleaning the bathrooms
- walking the dog
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Where are you off to this weekend?I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)1
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Staying fairly local this weekend. Meeting some friends with their campervan at a place we know by the River Trent.Sun_Addict said:Where are you off to this weekend?
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It will be a no spends day today. Number 2 for May.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be from stores. Breakfast was crumpets, we have both taken our packed lunches to work and dinner tonight is a slow cooked chicken casserole I have stuck in the slow cooker this morning with dumplings.
Busy night again tonight. Our jobs are:- plugging in the van and turning on the fridge
- vacuuming the van
- vacuuming the house
- making tomorrow night's Shepherd's Pie
- walking the dog x 2
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It will be a no spends day today. Number 3 for May.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be from stores. Breakfast was cereals, we have both taken our packed lunches to work and dinner tonight is the Shepherd's Pie I made last night.
The only jobs to do tonight are loading up the van and filling it up with water before we head out to a nice peaceful spot by the river for the weekend. We have some friends coming to meet us with their campervan but they won't be coming until tomorrow afternoon so tonight will be a quiet one with a few beers by the river.1 -
Well done for the NSD 3 from 6 is good! I hope you have a nice relaxing evening
LMD xLife gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017Sealed pot 2025 £7390 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3677/£6000 | Travel savings £1832 | Sinking pots £31072 -
Hoping to have quite a few more no spend days in May. April was a spendy month!!2
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