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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,623 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Not sure yet. 
    Will report back later. 
    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.***
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  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 417 Forumite
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    NSD #3 for me today. 
    Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
    October 2025 NSD Challenge 10/18

    MFW 2025 #45
    Jan 2016 Mortgage = £149,895
    Current outstanding = £94,306.78
    2024 Overpayment = £675.66
    2025 Overpayment = £645/£700
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 8,374 Forumite
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    Not today - I MUST order a new hose connector - fed up with it blowing off the hose all the time! 

    KK
    As at 15.10.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £229,702
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 58 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 12th October 
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  • Crazycatlady2
    Crazycatlady2 Posts: 1,077 Forumite
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    NSD Tuesday as i dont count pet food and I shopped around for cheapest place…still not cheap though 
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,623 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Not  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.
  • Rupacomp
    Rupacomp Posts: 307 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Another NSD today! 
    Savings goal by 31/12/24: £22000
    Dec 23: £6945.23
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,835 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 9 August 2023 at 7:41PM
    August

    Off to a start = image
    5 days = image
    10 days = image
    15 days = image
    20 days = image Target reached = image Target beaten = image
    August targets
    AuntieL 3/10 image
    beanielou 5/19 imageimage BlackCoffeeNoSugar 3/10 image cathybird 5/15 imageimage Crazycatlady2 6/15 imageimage GeorgianaCavendish 6/19 imageimage jammy dodger KajiKita 5/15 imageimage LemonadeBudget 5/15 imageimage LittleMissDetermined 5/14 imageimage Makingabobor2 2/15 image outoftheviciouscircle 1/15 image QueenJess 1/15 image Rupacomp 5/15 imageimage Saver-upper short bird 6/18 imageimage 2sonmum 10 Newcomers welcome :)
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,835 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Not one for me today, I had a haircut and a nice lunch out. :)
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,835 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Well done KajiKita, LittleMissDetermined, GeorgianaCavendish, short bird, AuntieL, Crazycatlady2 and Rupacomp imageimageimage
  • Number 5 for me today please 
    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
    Sealed pot 2025 £7390 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3677/£6000 | Travel savings £1832 | Sinking pots £3107
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