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Joyful July's No Spend Days Challenge!

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  • NSD #11 for Saturday please 
  • short_bird
    short_bird Posts: 4,013 Forumite
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    Day 14 today (Monday) and researching new phones just in case.
    ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’ David Lynch.
    "It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.” David Lynch.
  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,194 Forumite
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    Another one to add, up to 6/15 now. 
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £28,744....its going down

     Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 
    18mths ahead of schedule.  Since 2022 we paid over £15K in OPs.

    Challenges

    EF #68  £450/£3000
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    Fiver Friday '25 #10 £15

    Studies/surveys  July £72.46

    Decluttering items 753

    Books read    12
    Jigsaws done  8

    My debt free diary...https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6396218/we-will-get-this-debt-d£own-the-savings-up


  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,607 Forumite
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    edited 18 July 2023 at 10:42PM
    July

    Off to a start = image
    5 days = image
    10 days = image
    15 days = image
    20 days = image Target reached = image Target beaten = image
    July targets
    beanielou 14/19 imageimageimage BlackCoffeeNoSugar 9/10 imageimage cathybird 9/15 imageimage Crazycatlady2 12/18 imageimageimage Dizzy Imp 15 GeorgianaCavendish 12/19 imageimageimage Crazycatlady2 18 IndiJonesi 8/11 imageimage jammy dodger KajiKita 12/15 imageimageimage lianne1984 2/10 image LittleMissDetermined 14/18 imageimageimage Makingabobor2 6/15 imageimage MrsCautious 10/12 imageimageimage mummy2threeboys 10 QueenJess 10/17 imageimageimage Rupacomp 4/15 image Saver-upper 11/15 imageimageimage short bird 14/18 imageimageimage
    Newcomers welcome :)
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,565 Forumite
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    NSD today 😊

    KK
    As at 15.07.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
    - OPs to mortgage = £11,338 Interest saved £5225 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030

    Read 38 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 27th July
    Produce tracker: £227 of £300 in 2025

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,468 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    One today.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,607 Forumite
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    Well done Saver-upper, BlackCoffeeNoSugar, LittleMissDetermined, QueenJess, GeorgianaCavendish, short bird, Makingabobor2, KajiKita and beanie imageimageimage
  • Early call for NSD #12 today please
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,468 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Do new specs count or can I exclude them?
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • It's another one for me today please, the only benefit of being poorly! 
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
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    Sealed pot 2025 £5678 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3188/£6000 | Travel savings £1924 | Sinking pots £2126
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