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Saving for Christmas 2021 - £1 a day challenge
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Payday this week so i have added my May money into the pot which is £93
#15 £546 / £1095LBM Debt Total : £48,326.50
Pay All Your Debt Off By Xmas 2023 - #50 £1,495.29 / £12,000.00
Saving For Christmas 2023 - £1 a day challenge - #6 £100/£1095.003 -
I’ve just received M&S vouchers for £10; totally unexpected. M&S are closing their bank accounts so I’d stopped using mine and cleared their CCard in advance of ditching both.
Together with a few other bits my new total is:
#6 £163/£365
Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £32kSaving for 🎄 🎁 2026 £562/£730 77%6 mth 🆘 fund £10kMortgage offset fund £23.2k/£26k 89%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...2 -
#23 May’s £31 saved into my jar ... £182 now saved for Xmas. Half way there. OH still hasn’t spotted it and dipped his mucky paws into it!
w/c 6 July 4 weekly cold turkey week £0/£60
July NSD 4/18
July Grocery challenge £76.08/£279 = £202.92 rem
w/c 8 June 4 weekly cold turkey week £59.70/£60 = £0.30 rem / June NSD 18/18 / June Grocery challenge £424.19/£270 = £154.19 over
w/c 11 May cold turkey week £49.18/£50 = £0.82 rem / May NSD 20/16 / May Grocery challenge £379.04/£310 = £69.04 over
Debt-Free April 20262 -
Finally had a chance to update my totals. With May's savings gone in the tin, I can report that #4 is now up to £182
£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 2026 #1 £270 / £730 3-6 month emergency fund challenge #48 £20.050 Save a penny a day 2026 #4 £127.05 / £667.95 £1000 emergency fund challenge #232 £1,007/ £1,000 (achieved Nov 2020)2 -
I'm also hovering around the half-way mark, very pleased
#5: £183.25
"Think of many things, do one"
Mortgage end July £181,000 £309,749 2020 (ends 2035 -was 2038- aim for 2031)
Seven Goals; and healthy diet/walk/run/exercising/weights/yoga2 -
#18 Added another £100 now at £500/£12002
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I’m now almost half way: 😎🥳
#6 £180/£365
Debt Free 🍾 since 6.8.13 £32kSaving for 🎄 🎁 2026 £562/£730 77%6 mth 🆘 fund £10kMortgage offset fund £23.2k/£26k 89%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...1 -
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£328 in the account now. Trying to collect presents as and when I see them.2026 Fashion on the ration
Anorak = 11 coupons... total 11 used/66
Light anorak = 9 coupons...total used 20/66
3 t-shirts = 12 coupons...32/66
Sandals = 5 coupons...37/66 used0 -
Hiya everyone, back with my total 🥳 £177 now in the pot 🎉Saving for Christmas 2023 #51🎄
£1 a day £36/£365
Tilly Tidy 🧹 2023
💸 2023 1% Challenge #9 ☀️1 -
#2 checking in with £475/£638 at the end of May. Here's to a sunny and prosperous June!#2 Saving for Christmas 2024 - £1 a day challenge. £325 of £3662
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