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  • Do I need to add what I have paid this month to what I paid last month when updsting or just add what I have paid this month?
    Pay off all your debt by 2023 #7
    £5353/23,302 29%
  • shell16
    shell16 Posts: 1,354 Forumite
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    edited 20 January 2023 at 3:24PM
    messydebt said:
    Do I need to add what I have paid this month to what I paid last month when updsting or just add what I have paid this month?
    Hi there @messydebt.   I have a running total of payments at £352.87 so far for you, so just declare your additional amounts on top of this.  Are you able yet to add a signature?

    Thanks
    Shell x
                                                                                             

     Debt Free - 04/03/23.  Total LBM August 2021 £15410.70

  • messydebt
    messydebt Posts: 18 Forumite
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    edited 20 January 2023 at 7:09PM
    @shell16 Yes. Just set it up.
    #7 £575 paid today :) 
    Pay off all your debt by 2023 #7
    £5353/23,302 29%
  • messydebt said:
    Do I need to add what I have paid this month to what I paid last month when updsting or just add what I have paid this month?
    We report it as a running total so add them together :)
    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
  • Jrcoal5
    Jrcoal5 Posts: 647 Forumite
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    Just a small amount today to report £1.62 to round the current account so I’m at #23 £397.93/£3000
    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 

  • AntoMac
    AntoMac Posts: 2,987 Forumite
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    Thanks for posting the update @shell16

    #3 now paid off £186/£5800 (3.21%)
    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
  • Daft question is it worth paying £2 here £2 there off credit cards and catalogues when I have it in PayPal from selling stuff etc or wait till I have a larger amount 
    Been hiding under a rock for that last few years hoping it will go away but it doesn't now is the time for the rocket 🚀 I want to be no I need to be debt free Debt free #45 £5.50- £500 1p challenge £47.19 - £667.95 (Doing this in a random order). £5 a day Jan - total £103.37 (short but only way is up£5 a day Feb - total £19.13. Debt free by march 2025 (if pay mins)
  • £299.16 from DD for the kitchen

    #6 £1134.24/£12,000
    Total debt when my journey began in December 2022- £66,133.42
    Current debt May 2024- £40,064.57
    Repaid 39.42%

    My Debt Free Wannabe Diary
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6411146/the-final-bite-of-the-cherry-journey-to-clear-66k#latest

  • Another £100 paid today.

     #7 total £1027.87/ £23302
    Pay off all your debt by 2023 #7
    £5353/23,302 29%
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