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Saving for Christmas 2023 - £1 a day

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  • herebeme
    herebeme Posts: 204 Forumite
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    #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
  • MissPennySave
    MissPennySave Posts: 440 Forumite
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    #26 £1 / £365  :)
    I AM DEBT FREE!!!!!!  (as at 24.10.25)

    November 2022 - £46,626.96 / November 2025 - £0.00
    Debt paid off - £46,626.96 (100%)

    Completed Challenges:
    #10 DFBXMAS25 £15120.00 / £15120.00 (100% paid off) COMPLETED!
    #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: 651 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 &Love cats, ‘A Year in the Life of’ HSC July-December and The Seasons graphic sampler. Read 47/100 2025 all owned or borrowed.
    MORTGAGE FREE 17/01/25
  • Gettingmyshiztogether
    Gettingmyshiztogether Posts: 169 Forumite
    100 Posts Name Dropper
    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: 1,367 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
        Fiver Friday #8 £5
      1. HappyFriday05
        HappyFriday05 Posts: 42 Forumite
        Third Anniversary 10 Posts Name Dropper
        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: 4,527 Forumite
        1,000 Posts Third 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 £27,644....its going down

         Mortgage Free December 9th 2024!          18mths ahead of schedule.  

        Challenges

        EF #68  £1050/£3000
        .

        Studies/surveys January 

        Decluttering items 1402/        2025.  7/2026
        Books read    23 in 2025.  2026 (target is 52)
        Jigsaws done  20 in 2025.  2026 

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


      3. enthusiasticsaver
        enthusiasticsaver Posts: 16,225 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 2026 #1 £55/£667.95
        Save £12k in 2026 #1 £1000/£12000
      4. DrCarrie
        DrCarrie Posts: 937 Forumite
        Tenth 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. 
        Signiture dated 23/09/2025
        3-month emergency fund (Cash ISA and PBonds): £5,382/ + £1,500 = £6,882 /£7,500 (Target 1)
        Stocks and shares ISA: £2,232.94
        Additional pension contributions £0 (target £450pcm)
        Overpayment on mortgage: 1% at a time (£1,518)
        Big Renno...and appliances. Front of the house, fridge freezer, dishwasher and washing machine)
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