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  • ~FlowerPot~
    ~FlowerPot~ Posts: 1,621 Forumite
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    wowsers, its coming down so fast now!!!
    cant belive youve had so many vinted sales!!
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  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,181 Forumite
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    Oh my word, I have a couple of days off and you pay off so much....lol.  Well done. At this rate you'll be done well before your date. 
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £28,744....its going down

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  • Good morning and happy Tuesday. The sun has made an appearance here and there's not a cloud in the sky, but it's still freezing and we have a smattering of snowflakes like the street has been dusted with icing sugar. Pretty, but cold! 

    Today will be a NSD for me, another busy day at work and I'm only going out to walk the dog. My PAD this morning was £5 to the credit card, I have another £8 on it's way from Vinted but it's not hit the bank yet so I'll check later on. Nothing happening on Prolific either, although I have £15 pending at the moment. I managed to cash out £5 from Huyu just now too as that's closing at the end of the month. I'm lucky I managed to get a final payout I guess.  So I've just popped on the bank now and sent another £5 to the card.  It all adds up!

    51 days to go and the projected final payment is now down to £492 which is fantastic! First thing once the debt is gone is to save for a new computer though as this is super slow now because it's so old. 

    Right, I'm off to grab another brew! 
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    Sealed pot 2025 £5678 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3188/£6000 | Travel savings £1924 | Sinking pots £2126
  • AntoMac
    AntoMac Posts: 2,655 Forumite
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    That balance is melting away at an incredible pace LMD. Seems like a blink of an eye ago it was over £8k.
    This southern softy is heading up your way later this afternoon (Huddersfield) to watch football. We had snow forecast here but there was just some very light rain. I’ll be definitely adding an extra layer and a bigger coat before heading north! 
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  • AntoMac said:
    That balance is melting away at an incredible pace LMD. Seems like a blink of an eye ago it was over £8k.
    This southern softy is heading up your way later this afternoon (Huddersfield) to watch football. We had snow forecast here but there was just some very light rain. I’ll be definitely adding an extra layer and a bigger coat before heading north! 
    You will need to layer up indeed! It’s a long way to travel on a Tuesday night, I hope you get the result you’re looking for 😊 

    Speaking of the balance, my £8 has landed from Vinted so I’ve just sent that to the card. I’ve also had another sale complete so there’s another £5 on its way. Not sure where I’d be debt wise without Vinted and Prolific 😂
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    Sealed pot 2025 £5678 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3188/£6000 | Travel savings £1924 | Sinking pots £2126
  • shell16
    shell16 Posts: 1,354 Forumite
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    Using Prolific and Vinted do seem to have really accelerated your debt payoff progress, and I agree it doesnt seem that long ago seeing your balance around £8K!

    Keep on doing what you are doing and you will be debt free in no time at all (Hopefully sooner than your Target!)
    Shell x
                                                                                             

     Debt Free - 04/03/23.  Total LBM August 2021 £15410.70

  • Thanks, definitely not sooner as I can't make the £495 final payment in extra bits before 27th April. But I'll still be working to get it as low as can be :)
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    Sealed pot 2025 £5678 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3188/£6000 | Travel savings £1924 | Sinking pots £2126
  • 2 more Vinted sales complete giving me £25 in the bank - sent to CC7.

    Only 1 more thing to be paid for on there now... must find more things to sell!
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    Sealed pot 2025 £5678 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3188/£6000 | Travel savings £1924 | Sinking pots £2126
  • So, today has been a good day, just finished a high paying interview on Prolific and cashed out £21 which I have sent to CC7 just now.  Even when my debts are clear I'm still going to do Prolific and put the money in my savings 
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    Sealed pot 2025 £5678 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3188/£6000 | Travel savings £1924 | Sinking pots £2126
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