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PAY ALL YOUR DEBT OFF BY XMAS 2023
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Hi have paid a lump sum off CC2 today with some money gifted to me from family, takes the totals to
#23 £7035.54/£7800
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 -
#7 £325 paid off yesterday. Total paid off = £5353 or 23%
I will pay more this month but want to keep some back for the MOT.Pay off all your debt by 2023 #7
£5353/23,302 29%3 -
Paid £100 to the Bank of Mum, so
#42 £3,539.63/£6,000 (58.99%)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 22/502 -
paid £341.67 off loan and cc
#43 £2299.52/£10377
#43 DFBXMAS2023 £2893.94/£10377
#58 Make £2023 in 2023 £2733.23/£20232 -
normal payment gone to the last remaining Credit card so my total is now
#23 £7055.79/£7800
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 -
Morning All!
Here is your usual end of Month update. Some fantastic progress made so far!Number Name Target Payments % 1 Shell16 £ 2,666 £2,786.00 104.50 2 Ahall3519 £ 638 £ 408.00 63.95 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 £ 1,244.00 20.73 18 Stuartp2000 £ 8,000 £ 8,000.00 100.00 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 £ 7,035.54 90.20 24 Birdee £ 4,385 £ 4,200.00 95.78 25 Maeve444 £ 14,258 £ 5,033.20 35.30 26 nomi01 £ 5,000 £ 4,626.54 92.53 27 Randomone £ 10,457 0.00 28 Welshspendthrift £ 11,200 £ 10,270.52 91.70 29 tryingtodobetter £1,975 £ 875.00 44.30 30 gill5blue £7,941 £ 2,361.60 29.74 31 jody51 £18,010 £ 6,631.00 36.82 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 Adeley £ 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 £ 7,625.05 63.54 42 Keedie £6,000 £ 3,439.63 57.33 43 Living_my_best_life £ 10,377 £ 1,957.85 18.87 44 Cheesephetamine £6,998 0.00 45 olaf2014 £ 500 £ 64.50 12.90 46 MRMrsR £8,400 £ 2,400.00 28.57 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 £ 1,465.70 30.54 56 real_name_hidden £17,658 £ 7,706.02 43.64 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 60 Squirrelz92 £6,000 £ 1,286.23 21.44 61 Stanzelsa £1,400 0.00
Total Target set by Members - £474,721
Total paid off to end of June 2023 - £139,891.55
29.5%
I have updated page 1 with progress.
Well done!
Shell xDebt Free - 04/03/23. Total LBM August 2021 £15410.70
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Still plodding on, normal DD paid today plus a little extra to bring my total under £1000, just!.
#29 £976/£1975
Credit Card Debt
2019 - £7520
2023 - £1975
Pay Debt by Xmas #292 -
#31 now paid £9082/£180102
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Morning @tryingtodobettertryingtodobetter said:Still plodding on, normal DD paid today plus a little extra to bring my total under £1000, just!.
#29 £976/£1975
Can I just query the total amount paid to date? Is this £999, if so can I ask you confirm going forwards the total amount paid to date rather than the balance you have left? Im easily confused!
Thanks
Shell xDebt Free - 04/03/23. Total LBM August 2021 £15410.70
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#28 Pd £217.10 off today so total paid now £10,487.62 so just £812.38 to go 😀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 £11,200.002
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