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PAY ALL YOUR DEBT OFF BY XMAS 2023
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Good evening everyone! Just a small £2 from me makes it
#2 £228.50/£637.98 36% paid.
Number 17-Pay off all your debt by Xmas 2024 Tesco CC £50/£127.95 Debt=39% paid.2 -
£610 paid towards debt
PAYDBXMAS23 #26 £3436.54/£5000 paid
🎄PAYDBXMAS21 #11 £11,300/£11300
Target met.
💥PAYDBXMAS22 #11 £5000/£5000 target met.
PAYDBXMAS23 #26 £5000/£5000 paid3 -
Morning
Here is your Friday update, we are so, so close to the magical mark of £100K paid off debt between all members. Fantastic progress!Number Name Target Payments % 1 Shell16 £ 2,666 £2,786.00 104.50 2 Ahall3519 £ 638 £ 228.50 35.82 3 Antomac £ 5,800 £ 323.00 5.57 4 Bekah89 £ 4,000 £ 1,432.74 35.82 5 Doily94 £ 7,077 £ 252.18 3.56 6 Outoftheviciouscircle £ 12,000 £ 1,848.49 15.40 7 Messydebt £ 23,302 £ 3,928.00 16.86 8 Gingerwarrior £ 2,208 0.00 9 Lanky_larry £ 3,675 £ 3,175.00 86.39 10 SupersavingD £ 5,460 £ 5,460.00 100.00 11 She_always_has_a_plan £ 7,350 £ 579.93 7.89 12 Littlemissdetermined £ 4,713 £ 4,713.00 100.00 14 Pixie-fairydust £ 5,000 0.00 15 LLM2018 £ 5,000 £ 437.80 8.76 16 angelicious £ 3,780 £ 153.31 4.06 17 Blackberrycurved £ 6,000 £ 270.00 4.50 18 Stuartp2000 £ 8,000 £ 4,017.39 50.22 19 Gettingmyshiztogether £ 10,676 £ 1,137.32 10.65 20 _Dolly_Rocker_ £ 15,246 £ 1,296.58 8.50 21 bigbeff £ 6,089 £ 2,617.75 42.99 22 Buffythedebtslayer £ 4,222 £ 572.00 13.55 23 Jrcoal5 £ 3,000 £ 2,177.03 72.57 24 Birdee £ 4,385 £ 3,000.00 68.42 25 Maeve444 £ 14,258 £ 5,033.20 35.30 26 nomi01 £ 5,000 £ 3,436.54 68.73 27 Randomone £ 10,457 0.00 28 Welshspendthrift £ 11,200 £ 1,979.83 17.68 29 tryingtodobetter £1,975 £ 700.00 35.44 30 gill5blue £7,941 £ 1,260.76 15.88 31 jody51 £18,010 £ 5,655.00 31.40 32 cybertortoise £5,000 £ 740.99 14.82 33 Snoopys_Fiendish_Friend £8,124 0.00 34 jingsmybucket £ 7,000 0.00 35 Irishrose12 £4,500 £ 320.00 7.11 36 Honeysucklelou2 £4,300 £ 1,415.00 32.91 37 Deleted_User £ 2,565 £ 1,565.00 61.01 38 CMD79 £13,764 0.00 39 The_long_and_winding_road £12,000 £ 2,570.09 21.42 40 Golden_Goose_The £5,478 £ 405.00 7.39 41 MissPennySave £12,000 £ 4,969.82 41.42 42 Keedie £6,000 £ 1,957.16 32.62 43 Living_my_best_life £ 10,377 £ 1,316.18 12.68 44 Cheesephetamine £6,998 0.00 45 olaf2014 £ 500 £ 64.50 12.90 46 MRMrsR £8,400 £ 2,175.00 25.89 47 Tara66 £4,348 £ 1,343.50 30.90 48 Ega £15,755 0.00 49 Herewegoagainx100 £ 5,750 0.00 50 ZaSa1418 £ 12,000 £ 1,495.29 12.46 51 MillieG90 £17,812 £ 9,840.33 55.25 52 Rochelle13 £15,000 0.00 53 Rdpncp £3,000 0.00 54 kmcld2 £4,786 £ 850.00 17.76 55 BSideBaby £4,800 £ 1,122.70 23.39 56 real_name_hidden £17,658 £ 5,972.82 33.83 57 shayal2 £ 24,360 £ 528.00 2.17 58 Madmumof4 £ 4,110 £ 2,247.94 54.69 59 angelbob £ 7,008 £ 570.00 8.13
Total Target set by Members - 462,521
Total Paid - £99,940.67
21.6%Debt Free - 04/03/23. Total LBM August 2021 £15410.70
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Hi All,
Payday today, paid an extra £500 - should have an interest rebate and also direct debit going out on 1st May so in the meantime...
#56 DFBXMAS23 - £6472.82/£17,658.12 - 36.65% Cleared
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Pay day has arrived and so we have paid £650 off the sofa finance so that takes our total debts paid to
#23 £2827.03/£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 fund2 -
#7
£1100 paid today.
£5028/£23302 = 21.57%Pay off all your debt by 2023 #7
£5353/23,302 29%2 -
Hi Shell I’m almost at target but want to carry on as need to get rid of the rest of my debts asap due to moving house, should I just carry on and go over target or should I increase my target at this stage? Appreciate your advice xxshell16 said:Morning
Here is your Friday update, we are so, so close to the magical mark of £100K paid off debt between all members. Fantastic progress!Number Name Target Payments % 1 Shell16 £ 2,666 £2,786.00 104.50 2 Ahall3519 £ 638 £ 228.50 35.82 3 Antomac £ 5,800 £ 323.00 5.57 4 Bekah89 £ 4,000 £ 1,432.74 35.82 5 Doily94 £ 7,077 £ 252.18 3.56 6 Outoftheviciouscircle £ 12,000 £ 1,848.49 15.40 7 Messydebt £ 23,302 £ 3,928.00 16.86 8 Gingerwarrior £ 2,208 0.00 9 Lanky_larry £ 3,675 £ 3,175.00 86.39 10 SupersavingD £ 5,460 £ 5,460.00 100.00 11 She_always_has_a_plan £ 7,350 £ 579.93 7.89 12 Littlemissdetermined £ 4,713 £ 4,713.00 100.00 14 Pixie-fairydust £ 5,000 0.00 15 LLM2018 £ 5,000 £ 437.80 8.76 16 angelicious £ 3,780 £ 153.31 4.06 17 Blackberrycurved £ 6,000 £ 270.00 4.50 18 Stuartp2000 £ 8,000 £ 4,017.39 50.22 19 Gettingmyshiztogether £ 10,676 £ 1,137.32 10.65 20 _Dolly_Rocker_ £ 15,246 £ 1,296.58 8.50 21 bigbeff £ 6,089 £ 2,617.75 42.99 22 Buffythedebtslayer £ 4,222 £ 572.00 13.55 23 Jrcoal5 £ 3,000 £ 2,177.03 72.57 24 Birdee £ 4,385 £ 3,000.00 68.42 25 Maeve444 £ 14,258 £ 5,033.20 35.30 26 nomi01 £ 5,000 £ 3,436.54 68.73 27 Randomone £ 10,457 0.00 28 Welshspendthrift £ 11,200 £ 1,979.83 17.68 29 tryingtodobetter £1,975 £ 700.00 35.44 30 gill5blue £7,941 £ 1,260.76 15.88 31 jody51 £18,010 £ 5,655.00 31.40 32 cybertortoise £5,000 £ 740.99 14.82 33 Snoopys_Fiendish_Friend £8,124 0.00 34 jingsmybucket £ 7,000 0.00 35 Irishrose12 £4,500 £ 320.00 7.11 36 Honeysucklelou2 £4,300 £ 1,415.00 32.91 37 Deleted_User £ 2,565 £ 1,565.00 61.01 38 CMD79 £13,764 0.00 39 The_long_and_winding_road £12,000 £ 2,570.09 21.42 40 Golden_Goose_The £5,478 £ 405.00 7.39 41 MissPennySave £12,000 £ 4,969.82 41.42 42 Keedie £6,000 £ 1,957.16 32.62 43 Living_my_best_life £ 10,377 £ 1,316.18 12.68 44 Cheesephetamine £6,998 0.00 45 olaf2014 £ 500 £ 64.50 12.90 46 MRMrsR £8,400 £ 2,175.00 25.89 47 Tara66 £4,348 £ 1,343.50 30.90 48 Ega £15,755 0.00 49 Herewegoagainx100 £ 5,750 0.00 50 ZaSa1418 £ 12,000 £ 1,495.29 12.46 51 MillieG90 £17,812 £ 9,840.33 55.25 52 Rochelle13 £15,000 0.00 53 Rdpncp £3,000 0.00 54 kmcld2 £4,786 £ 850.00 17.76 55 BSideBaby £4,800 £ 1,122.70 23.39 56 real_name_hidden £17,658 £ 5,972.82 33.83 57 shayal2 £ 24,360 £ 528.00 2.17 58 Madmumof4 £ 4,110 £ 2,247.94 54.69 59 angelbob £ 7,008 £ 570.00 8.13
Total Target set by Members - 462,521
Total Paid - £99,940.67
21.6%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 fund2 -
£15 sent to MBNA so
#42 £1,972.16/£6,000 (32.87% cleared)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 22/503 -
# 18 4286.50 / 8000
£3.8k to go, moved 1350 to a balance transfer credit card 0% for a year with 40 fee. So £2.4k on interest baring loan.So I will likely will save the CC money in the bank to earn interest to offset the initial fee.
well done LMD on clearing your debt.Challenges
MFW 2025 #6 - 14871.56/14,000
Completed Challenges
MFW 2024 #35 - 9,000/9,000
Pay off all debts by 2023 - #18 8,000 / 8,0002 -
Good afternoon everyone! Please put me down for £5 to the usual CC which now makes it
#2 £233.50/£637.98 37% paid
Number 17-Pay off all your debt by Xmas 2024 Tesco CC £50/£127.95 Debt=39% paid.1
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