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  • Jrcoal5
    Jrcoal5 Posts: 647 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    edited 18 May 2023 at 5:58AM
    Morning all, paid £150 off the sofa today so my totals are now 
    #23 £3277.03/£7800
    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 

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

    Here is your Friday update with some brilliant progress being made.

    Number  Name  Target             Payments                    %
    1 Shell16  £    2,666                 £2,786.00 104.50
    2 Ahall3519  £        638  £             277.50 43.50
    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  £          8,435.17 70.29
    7 Messydebt  £  23,302  £          5,028.00 21.58
    8 Gingerwarrior  £    2,208   0.00
    9 Lanky_larry  £    3,675  £          3,675.00 100.00
    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  £          5,016.68 62.71
    19 Gettingmyshiztogether  £  10,676  £          1,137.32 10.65
    20 _Dolly_Rocker_  £  15,246  £          1,296.58 8.50
    21 bigbeff  £    6,089  £          3,088.00 50.71
    22 Buffythedebtslayer  £    4,222  £             572.00 13.55
    23 Jrcoal5  £    7,800  £          3,277.03 42.01
    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  £             775.00 39.24
    30 gill5blue £7,941  £          1,730.78 21.80
    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  £          5,779.82 48.17
    42 Keedie £6,000  £          2,488.75 41.48
    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  £          6,841.14 38.74
    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 - £467,321
    Total Payments made - £113,500.82
    24.3%

    Shell x
                                                                                             

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

  • Birdee
    Birdee Posts: 50 Forumite
    Third Anniversary 10 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Morning all. Progress has slowed a bit as I've had a few things on but new total:

    #24 - £3,400/£4,384.36

    Debt is now under a thousand which I thought I'd never see! 
    DEBT FREE
    Starting Debt = £25,046.68 (Nov 2019)
    Current Debt = £0
    Total paid off =  £25,046.68 (100%) June 2023

    Pay Debt by Xmas23 #24 - £4,384.36/£4,384.36
    Pay Debt by Xmas22 - £4,957.69/£9,342.05

  • Jrcoal5
    Jrcoal5 Posts: 647 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    morning everyone, I’ve paid £80 to ccs so my total is now 
    #23 £3357.03/£7800
    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 

  • ahall3519
    ahall3519 Posts: 580 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    Good evening everyone! Please put me down for £6 to the usual CC which now makes it 

    #2 £288.50/£637.98 45% paid
    Number 17-Pay off all your debt by Xmas 2024 Tesco CC £50/£127.95 Debt=39% paid.
  • gill5blue
    gill5blue Posts: 655 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    edited 24 May 2023 at 5:24AM
    Hi All,
    creeping along slowly but purposefully. managed another £26.73 payment.

    No 30 £1757.51/£7941

    happy Days
    gill5blue
    paid all debts off 2024 yay

  • gill5blue
    gill5blue Posts: 655 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Hi All,
    Just like buses, lol,  managed to pay off. another £50.15 today

    No 30 £1807.66/£7941

    Happy days again
    Gill5blue
    paid all debts off 2024 yay

  • Squirrelz92
    Squirrelz92 Posts: 771 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 500 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Photogenic
    Hello, please may I join? My debt free date is Dec 2023 so would be nice to tag along!
    Debt Remaining: £8,781.53
    3 Month EF: £1,000/£4,494
    2025 MFW Challenge #9: £999.00/£4,000
  • ahall3519
    ahall3519 Posts: 580 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper
    Good evening everyone! Please put me down for another £10 to the usual CC which now makes it 

    #2 £298.50/£637.98 47% paid
    Number 17-Pay off all your debt by Xmas 2024 Tesco CC £50/£127.95 Debt=39% paid.
  • Even though I have paid mine off, I still keep popping back. Well done everyone!
    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
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