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Payment A Day - Chapter 2023

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  • The total for 13th February was £95.26

    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£6000
  • LittleMissDetermined
    LittleMissDetermined Posts: 10,113 Forumite
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    edited 14 February 2023 at 8:23AM
    Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️

    My PAD today is £13 to CC7 
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£6000
  • £14.00 PAD made today to the loan pot, actually transferred £21 but after checking the balance only reduced by £14 as I think interest must have gone on.  Least it’s heading in the right direction.  


  • sams247
    sams247 Posts: 1,365 Forumite
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    CA1 £3.26 today. 



    This one now has under £100 to go to be clear.  Excited about that.
      To those who are given much, much is expected

        £2025 in 2025 = £680.60
          Food Budget £180/9.30.
            Fiver Friday #13 £35
          1. Back with another £17 to CC7
            LMD x
            Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
            2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
            EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£6000
          2. jak
            jak Posts: 2,027 Forumite
            Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
            £111 to the holiday pot please
            x
            2022 Comp total (prizes + free spins): £494.81 #20 £12 a day Jan: £382.95/£372 #57 360 1p challenge: £17.70 £10 a day Feb: £571.09/£280 March: £311.96/£310
          3. meeemee
            meeemee Posts: 310 Forumite
            Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
            Hi
            £2 to next please ❤️
          4. sams247
            sams247 Posts: 1,365 Forumite
            Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Homepage Hero Photogenic

            £7 to M1


            Sold an item on Vinted = payment a day :)
              To those who are given much, much is expected

                £2025 in 2025 = £680.60
                  Food Budget £180/9.30.
                    Fiver Friday #13 £35
                  1. Keedie
                    Keedie Posts: 2,992 Forumite
                    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
                    Congratulations on nearing the finishing line @sams247! 👏🏾

                    My PADs are:
                    £0.29 to SPC
                    £0.92 to The Noose PAD Pot

                    £1.21 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
                  2. Been a bit lax with the PADs lately, done a few and not posted and then missed a few. Been a funny sort of month so far. Anyway, £6 PAD today, to Christmas pot and holiday pot
                    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  £950/£3000
                    .

                    Studies/surveys  December £75.87

                    Decluttering items 1395/
                    2025
                    Books read    22
                    Jigsaws done  18

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


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