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Awesome August's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 373 Forumite
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    NSD #8 😁 Being back at work is helping me spend less
    Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
    August 2025 NSD Challenge 1/18

    MFW 2025 #45
    Jan 2016 Mortgage = £149,895
    Current outstanding = £97,725
    2024 Overpayment = £675.66
    2025 Overpayment = £593/£700
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,660 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 18 August 2023 at 9:40PM
    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 8/10 imageimage
    beanielou 13/19 imageimageimage BlackCoffeeNoSugar 7/10 imageimage cathybird 9/15 imageimage Crazycatlady2 12/15 imageimageimage GeorgianaCavendish 12/19 imageimageimage IslaMujeres 1/TF image jammy dodger KajiKita 12/15 imageimageimage LemonadeBudget 10/15 imageimageimage lianne1984 6/10 imageimage LittleMissDetermined 11/14 imageimageimage Makingabobor2 3/15 image outoftheviciouscircle 1/15 image QueenJess 8/15 imageimage Rupacomp 9/15 imageimage Saver-upper 5/15 imageimage short bird 11/18 imageimageimage 2sonmum 10 Newcomers welcome :)
  • lianne1984
    lianne1984 Posts: 303 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    NSD #6 for me today
    February NSDs: 0 / 10
    February PADs:  2 / 29
    February Groceries Challenge: £59 / £250
    February Make £5 a Day: £255 / £145
    Current Debt: £3159  | CC £1490 | N £571 | C £725 | E £373
    Weight Loss Challenge 2024: 0 lbs

  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,660 Forumite
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    Well done KajiKita, LittleMissDetermined, beanie, short bird, Crazycatlady2, AuntieL and lianne1984 imageimageimage
  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,506 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Another NSD today.
    2025 decluttering: 3,958🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅
    2025 use up challenge: 338🥉🥈🥇💎🏆
    Big kitchen declutter challenge 112/150
    2025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 500
  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,506 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Another NSD today as well.
    2025 decluttering: 3,958🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅
    2025 use up challenge: 338🥉🥈🥇💎🏆
    Big kitchen declutter challenge 112/150
    2025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 500
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,620 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.
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,742 Forumite
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    NSD today, but not tomorrow - *actually* going out for lunch with a friend! 🥳🎉😊

    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 = £11,816 Interest saved £5,28 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030

    Read 41 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 9th August
    Produce tracker: £272 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. 
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,660 Forumite
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    Not one for me again, had cleaners through for renovation cleanup and bought some plants. Back in the saddle tomorrow. :)
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,620 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    KajiKita said:
    NSD today, but not tomorrow - *actually* going out for lunch with a friend! 🥳🎉😊

    KK
    Enjoy    :)
    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.
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