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Payment A Day - Chapter 2023

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  • £3 for me today
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2025 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£6000
  • Jrcoal5
    Jrcoal5 Posts: 647 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    £62 today that’s £2 to sealed pot, £10 to house fund and £50 to the birthday account xx
    Pay off debt by Xmas 2023 #23
    paid £7112/£7800-**DEBT FREE April 2024**

    My debt free diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6436651/clearing-my-debt-after-25-years#latest

    £9400 saved for emergency fund 

  • Spinayarn
    Spinayarn Posts: 237 Forumite
    100 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper
    £2.18 to EF today. Thank you.
    My Debt Free journey - started 1 May 2023. Goal date October 2026 ACHIEVED SEPTEMBER 2025
    Total Debt paid off: £28006.30 

    Savings £662
  • Keedie
    Keedie Posts: 3,000 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Been away for a couple of weeks as I went on holiday and I had 104 messages to catch up on! 👏🏾 Great to see the thread so active and the amazing totals for July so far 🤗.

    I've been squirrelling away little amounts even when I've not been able to jump on here and PAD:

    £44.98 to Mobile Madness
    £112.42 to Emergency Fund
    £7.82 to Build a Buffer
    £50 to PS4 Gaming Pass (fully funded)
    £47.31 to Amazon Prime annual subscription (49.8% saved)

    £262.53 total
    Debt Free Diary:- The Mental Debt Struggle
    (Original Debt on 15/07/2016 was £33,056.76) 🙈 but Debt Free on 09/02/2025 🎉
    2025 SAVINGS: Emergency Fund (£604.30/£5,000) 12.09% saved
    2025 CHALLENGES: #16 Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 18 || #9 50 Envelope Challenge 22/50
  • Spinayarn
    Spinayarn Posts: 237 Forumite
    100 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper
    Morning all
    £126 to overdraft payoff today. That feels good.
    My Debt Free journey - started 1 May 2023. Goal date October 2026 ACHIEVED SEPTEMBER 2025
    Total Debt paid off: £28006.30 

    Savings £662
  • Sallyforth
    Sallyforth Posts: 601 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    £20 for me today please.
    SF x
    Tilly Tidying and
    PADing in 2024 £250.62
    ___________________________________________________________________________________________

    RIP Mum & Dad - thanks for helping me on my journey to be
    Debt and Mortgage free from 2018

  • Divingmad
    Divingmad Posts: 577 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    £2 to the CC bill for me today please
    DM x
    I feel like a Pelican - everywhere I look there's a bill staring at me!LBM: March 2014 Current CC debt: £2048.29/£3666.53 (55.86% repaid) Current Challenges:Tilly Tidy: £2087.67/£2500 (83.50%) 3 to 6 month emergency fund #75: £3653.62/£6000 (60.89%)
  • Good morning and a happy Friday to all! £3 to the EF for me again today
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2025 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£6000
  • IndiJonesi
    IndiJonesi Posts: 505 Forumite
    500 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    £24.90 is my PAD for today.  Thanks, Indi x
  • IndiJonesi
    IndiJonesi Posts: 505 Forumite
    500 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    £665.30 
    was the PAD total for
    Thursday, 20th July 2023
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