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  • herebeme
    herebeme Posts: 202 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker

    #16. Now £31/£365

    Saving for Christmas 2023 - £1 a day: #16. £90/£365
    December 2022 Grocery Challenge: £137.9/£150
    January 2023 Grocery Challenge; £79.12/£150
    February 2023 Grocery Challenge: £2.65/£120
    December NSD: 15/10
    January NSD: 15/15
    February NSD: 1/15
    Make £2023 in 2023: #20. £128.39/£2023
    2023 Decluttering: 3/365
  • #26 £1 / £365  :)
    November 2022 - £46,626.96 / May 2025 - £5,970.00
    Debt paid off so far - £40,656.96 (87.19%)

    Current Challenges:
    #10 DFBXMAS25 £8670.00 / £15120.00 (57.34% paid off) 

    Completed Challenges:
    #15 DFBXMAS24 £16972.80 / £14000.00 (121.23% paid off) COMPLETED!
    #41 DFBXMAS23 £14751.96 / £12000.00 (122.93% paid off) COMPLETED!

    MissPennySave's Debt Free Diary - DFW Diary
  • Toni'sfriend
    Toni'sfriend Posts: 4,056 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts
    Happy New Year, Everyone.

    Another £2.00 today bringing total to £31.65.
    Have adventures. laugh a lot and always be kind.
  • Charly27
    Charly27 Posts: 642 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Happy happy new year Toni’s friend and all. £78 now.
    ‘One of our greatest freedoms is how we react to things’ said Mole.Cross stitch cafe TaDa Enjoy the Little Things, WIP Love cats, ‘A Year in the Life of’ HSC July-December and The Seasons graphic sampler. Read 13/100 2025 all owned or borrowed.
    MORTGAGE FREE 17/01/25
  • Christmas Saver #42 checking in £64.50/ £730 🎄💗🎄💗
    Grocery Challenge 🍇🍈🍉🍊🍋🍌🍍
    January 2023 £347.16/ £250 ♥
    Feb 2023 £423.01 /£420 💚
    March £351.84 /£400 💚
    April £320.23 /£400 💚
    May £142.90 /£380 (plus £80 roll over from April = £460) 

    Christmas 2023 Saver #42 £305/£730🎄🎁🎄🎁

  • sams247
    sams247 Posts: 1,362 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Homepage Hero Photogenic
    (no number yet) started by scrabbling in my bag to find change to put in my pot - 2 x 50p and the adventure begins!
      To those who are given much, much is expected

        £2025 in 2025 = £680.60
          Food Budget £180/9.30.
            Fiver Friday #13 £35
          1. Another £7 added to cover this week :)
            mortgage amount as at March 24: £164,467
            mortgage end date as at March 24: Jan 2046

            2024 overpayments £769/£1000

            Daily interest rates: £8.16/£3.37


          2. Makingabobor2
            Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,215 Forumite
            1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
            #3 reporting that total is now up to £40/£365

            Happy New Year everybody.

            Making the debt go down and savings go up

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

             Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 
            18mths ahead of schedule.  Since 2022 we paid over £15K in OPs.

            Challenges

            EF #68  £550/£3000
            .
            Fiver Friday '25 #10 £15

            Studies/surveys  August £0

            Decluttering items 756

            Books read    13
            Jigsaws done  8

            My debt free diary...https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6396218/we-will-get-this-debt-d£own-the-savings-up


          3. enthusiasticsaver
            enthusiasticsaver Posts: 16,062 Ambassador
            Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
            £100 went into my starling savings space for Christmas today so #43 reporting in with £100 for January and £200 in total in my Christmas savings pot.  

            Happy New Year everyone. 
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            The 365 Day 1p Challenge 2025 #1 £667.95/£301.35
            Save £12k in 2025 #1 £12000/£8000
          4. DrCarrie
            DrCarrie Posts: 923 Forumite
            Ninth Anniversary 500 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Photogenic
            Well done all. It's so good to know that we are all working together to have a  reduced stress Christmas this year. 
            3-month emergency fund (Cash ISA & PBs): £4744/ £6,000
            Stocks and shares ISA: £1497
            Additional pension contributions £0
            Overpayment on mortgage: £0
            Big Renno..£0
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