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Payment A Day - Chapter 2023

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  • BlueJ94
    BlueJ94 Posts: 3,049 Ambassador
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    PAD today £394.33
     I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Debt Free Wannabe boards and spending & discounts boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.

    Debt owed;

    *update pending as I've no idea* 

    DFW Challenges! 

    PAD #
    365 Day 1p Challenge 2026 #
    Pay off all your debts by Christmas 2026! #14

  • Keedie
    Keedie Posts: 2,998 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Afternoon all, I've got my final PADs for July

    £300 to Barclaycard
    £110 to Mobile Madness
    £6 to Build a Buffer

    £416 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
  • LittleMissDetermined
    LittleMissDetermined Posts: 10,125 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Photogenic
    Back this afternoon with a £7.30 Prolific cash out which I have sent to the sealed pot
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me
    2025 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£6000
  • BlueJ94
    BlueJ94 Posts: 3,049 Ambassador
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Another PAD £100.43
     I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Debt Free Wannabe boards and spending & discounts boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.

    Debt owed;

    *update pending as I've no idea* 

    DFW Challenges! 

    PAD #
    365 Day 1p Challenge 2026 #
    Pay off all your debts by Christmas 2026! #14

  • Divingmad
    Divingmad Posts: 577 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Another PAD of £2.00 to the CC
    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%)
  • dreambig19
    dreambig19 Posts: 112 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper
    hello, I'd like to join if that's ok, starting tomorrow?
    New Lightbulb moment: August 2023 (originally Sep 2019 but fell off the rails... more than once)Starting Debt: £??? | Current Debt: £??? | ???% paid :j
    Debt-free Wannabe challenges:August 2023 £10 a day: £16.51/£310PAD: Additional payments made: £8.40 (start: 01/08/23)Tilly Tidy: £??? (start: 01/08/23)
  • AntoMac
    AntoMac Posts: 2,996 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    dreambig19 said:
    hello, I'd like to join if that's ok, starting tomorrow?
    Welcome along @dreambig19
    27/5/17 Mort 64705 BTs 1904031/12/17 Mort 59815 BT 1673007/04/20 Mort 49208 BT 1572128/07/20 Mort 47387 BT 1263414/11/20 Mort 45905 BT 10134 20/05/21 Mort 42335 BT 686811/08/22 Mort 32050 BT 2915Sealed Pot Challenge 16 Number 5
  • Spinayarn
    Spinayarn Posts: 237 Forumite
    100 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper
    Quickly sneaked in with £3.68 into the EF.
    My Debt Free journey - started 1 May 2023. Goal date October 2026 ACHIEVED SEPTEMBER 2025
    Total Debt paid off: £28006.30 

    Savings £662
  • IndiJonesi
    IndiJonesi Posts: 505 Forumite
    500 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    £1,209.81
    was the PAD total for
    Monday, 31st July 2023
  • IndiJonesi
    IndiJonesi Posts: 505 Forumite
    500 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Drum Roll Please.....

    July 2023 Monthly PAD total

    was a

    WHOPPING        £14,597.58
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