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  • ahall3519
    ahall3519 Posts: 580 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    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.
  • nomi01
    nomi01 Posts: 463 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    £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 paid

  • shell16
    shell16 Posts: 1,354 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    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

  • 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
  • Jrcoal5
    Jrcoal5 Posts: 647 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    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 #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 

  • messydebt
    messydebt Posts: 18 Forumite
    10 Posts Name Dropper First Anniversary
    #7 

    £1100 paid today.

    £5028/£23302 = 21.57%
    Pay off all your debt by 2023 #7
    £5353/23,302 29%
  • Jrcoal5
    Jrcoal5 Posts: 647 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    shell16 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%
    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 xx
    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 

  • Keedie
    Keedie Posts: 2,998 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    £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 22/50
  • stuartp2000
    stuartp2000 Posts: 186 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 29 April 2023 at 9:40AM
    # 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 / 8,000

  • ahall3519
    ahall3519 Posts: 580 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    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.
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