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Your MoneySaving New Year's resolution in 3 words

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  • But less food
  • -taff
    -taff Posts: 15,591 Forumite
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    All out frugal
    Non me fac calcitrare tuum culi
  • No stupid spending!!
    Just a single mum, working full time, bit of a nutcase, but mostly sensible, wanting to be Mortgage free by 2035 or less! £196,000/£177560 to go
  • purplevamp
    purplevamp Posts: 11,143 Forumite
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    1) Spend less money

    2) Save more money

    3) Make more money

    4) Eat less food

    5) Get some exercise

    6) Clear the clutter 

    Whatever everyone decides to do I hope you all have a very happy and prosperous new year xx
    Mortgage: Was: £154,495 Oct 2039 Now: £76,469.32 Mar 2037
    Swagbucks ~ £50 (2025 ~ £240)
    Surveys~ £91.58 (2025 ~ £238.94)
    Make £2026 in 2026 #18 ~ £537.42 ~ (2025 ~ £2,368.64)
  • Soontobeoap
    Soontobeoap Posts: 1,583 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Photogenic Homepage Hero
    Walk not drive. 


    GC 2022 = £3154.96 ,  2023 = £3334. 84   2024 = £.3221.81 ,   2025 = £3974.24 .  2026    £899. 91/£3500, May £131.26 /£250
    Decluttering campaign. 2026. 39 /74 storage places, book cases, drawers cupboards and sheds. Also tidying / clearing front and back gardens , giving bathroom and kitchen a bit of a spruce up.  Me🏅⭐ DH🏅
    Make £600 in 2026 = £412.59
    NSD in May = 5/15
  • jackieblack
    jackieblack Posts: 10,681 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Use up ‘stashes’  
    Buy less stuff

    Everything will be alright in the end so, if it’s not yet alright, it means it’s not yet the end
    Quidquid Latine dictum sit altum videtur
  • Daywon
    Daywon Posts: 60 Forumite
    Second Anniversary 10 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Save don't spend
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