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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 £31,997Saving for 🎄 🎁 2025 £618/£730 84.7%6 mth 🆘 fund £6kMortgage offset fund £24.7k/£37.5k 65.8%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!
- Grocery Challenge: April £263.60 / £250
2 - Grocery Challenge: April £263.60 / £250
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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 2025 #1 £166 (2024 £692; 2023 £754; 2022 £472; 2021 £256; 2020 £358; 2019 £512; 2018 £404; 2017 640)Saving for Xmas 202 £1 a day #4 £365 / £365 3-6 month emergency fund challenge #48 £10,030 Save a penny a day 2024 #32 £ . / £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 31Oct'25 est. £207,450 £309,749 2020 (current ends 2038 -aiming for 2031)
Seven Goals; 12.5lbs lost in 4 months (5.5lbs to go); 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 £31,997Saving for 🎄 🎁 2025 £618/£730 84.7%6 mth 🆘 fund £6kMortgage offset fund £24.7k/£37.5k 65.8%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.2025 Fashion on the ration
150g sock yarn = 3 coupons
Lined trousers = 6 coupons ...total 9/66 used
2 t-shirts = 8 coupons
Trousers = 6 coupons ... total 23/66
2 cardigans = 10 coupons
Sandals = 5 coupons ... total 38/66
Nightie = 6 coupons
Sandals = 5 coupons ... total 49/66
Sock yarn 150g = 3 coupons ... total 52/66
Anorak = 11 coupons... total 63/660 -
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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