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PAY ALL YOUR DEBT OFF BY XMAS 2023
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Did it
I must must must be really disciplined and pay back my SFs
im setting up standing orders - they’re a debt I now owe myselfbut I just cleared £1750 off my CC!!
It may not be the best idea but it’s done now, I have a bit of an adrenaline rush 🤣Widowed November 2024
navigating whatever fresh hell this ‘new’ life is, as best I can, for our kids and in his memory.7 -
Well done! I have updated your new total to £638. Are you going to use snowball method and roll your previous payment into paying the new card?ahall3519 said:Good evening everyone! Please put me down for £12.04 to my usual CC which now makes it
#2 £152.24/£152.24 This is all paid off! Woo hoo!
I wish to remain on this thread as I now have another CC to clear so put me down for £637.98.
Shell xDebt Free - 04/03/23. Total LBM August 2021 £15410.70
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An update for me
#1 - £803/£2666 30.1%
Debt Free - 04/03/23. Total LBM August 2021 £15410.70
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#28 pd £696.19, total paid to date £1527.30 /11,200
good news is that car loan paid so will be able to increase payment to cc.😀Pay ALL your debt off by Xmas 2021 no 50 Target for this year £12,000
Pay all your debt off by Xmas 2022 target £15,000 pd £7969.95 / 15,000
SPC 2022/23 014
Pay all of your debt off by XMAS 2023
#no 28 target £11,200.003 -
£124 paid today
#4 £879.45 / £4000 21.98%
March NSD 14/15
Debt £9607.54/£11296.89
CC2:£2274.64/£2299.36 CC3: £1848/£1924.91 CC4:£25/£978.50 CC5: £1155/£1331.24 CC6: £3754.90/£4191.09 CC7: £550/£607.39
CC1: paid off 14/02/23PAYDBXMAS23 #4 £1432.74/£4000
Saving for Xmas 23 £30/£365
4.94% £570.89/£107
make £2023 in 2023 #24 £71.24/£20232 -
Back with £27.15 paid to CC1
#4 £906.60 / £4000 22.66%
March NSD 14/15
Debt £9607.54/£11296.89
CC2:£2274.64/£2299.36 CC3: £1848/£1924.91 CC4:£25/£978.50 CC5: £1155/£1331.24 CC6: £3754.90/£4191.09 CC7: £550/£607.39
CC1: paid off 14/02/23PAYDBXMAS23 #4 £1432.74/£4000
Saving for Xmas 23 £30/£365
4.94% £570.89/£107
make £2023 in 2023 #24 £71.24/£20232 -
small payment of £1.46 just rounding the current account so total now
#23 £694.81/£3000
Pay off debt by Xmas 2023 #23My debt free diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6436651/clearing-my-debt-after-25-years#latest
paid £7112/£7800-**DEBT FREE April 2024**
£9400 saved for emergency fund3 -
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Paid 218.90437.80/5000
LLMWhen life throws you a curveball, learn to catch it and throw it back! Feb Grocery Challenge/£1003 -
Thats brilliant news! I paid off my Virgin CC and used the payment to that card on my Lloyds, when snowballing payments they can accelerate debt payoff alot sooner!welshspendthrift said:#28 pd £696.19, total paid to date £1527.30 /11,200
good news is that car loan paid so will be able to increase payment to cc.😀Debt Free - 04/03/23. Total LBM August 2021 £15410.70
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