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Awesome August's No-Spend Days Challenge!
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I'm in again, hoping for 15, but didn't make it in July, so not sure, but I'll try. Not one today though.Making the debt go down and savings go up
LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £31,548
Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 18mths ahead of schedule. Since 2022 we paid over £15K in OPs.Challenges
EF #68 £1360/£3000
1p a Day '25 #12 £50.86/£667.
Fiver Friday '25 #10 £30/£260
Make £5 a day Feb £21.10/£140
NSDs Feb 4/15
Decluttering items 344
Books read 6
Jigsaws done 1
My debt free diary...https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6396218/we-will-get-this-debt-d£own-the-savings-up2 -
AugustOff to a start =5 days =
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20 days =Target reached =
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August targetsAuntieL 1/10beanielou 2/19BlackCoffeeNoSugar 1/10
cathybird 1/15
Crazycatlady2 2/15
Dizzy Imp GeorgianaCavendish 2/19
IndiJonesi jammy dodger KajiKita 1/15
lianne1984 LemonadeBudget 2/15
LittleMissDetermined 1/14
Makingabobor2 1/15
MrsCautious outoftheviciouscircle 1/15
QueenJess 15 Rupacomp 15 Saver-upper short bird 1/18
2sonmum 10 Newcomers welcome
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Well done LittleMissDetermined, beanie, BlackCoffeeNoSugar, outoftheviciouscircle, KajiKita and short bird1
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As at 15.01.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £244,153
- OPs to mortgage = £9,694 Interest saved £4,182 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends November 2029
Read 4 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 7th February
Produce tracker: £11 of £300 in 2025
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Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.1 -
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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.2 -
Thankyou for new thread
put me down for 15 please
im on 2 already please 😁2 -
Claiming NSD #1 for yesterday and NSD #2 for today please2
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Hi all
thanks for the new thread @cathybird!
2 NSDs so far. Yesterday and today. Hoping I can manage the same again tomorrow and Friday!2 -
Off & running with NSD number 1 today.Making the debt go down and savings go up
LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £31,548
Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 18mths ahead of schedule. Since 2022 we paid over £15K in OPs.Challenges
EF #68 £1360/£3000
1p a Day '25 #12 £50.86/£667.
Fiver Friday '25 #10 £30/£260
Make £5 a day Feb £21.10/£140
NSDs Feb 4/15
Decluttering items 344
Books read 6
Jigsaws done 1
My debt free diary...https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6396218/we-will-get-this-debt-d£own-the-savings-up2 -
NSD #1 today
Lovely to be part of this community. I’m finding it very inspiringDebt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳February 2025 NSD Challenge 3/18MFW 2025 #45
Jan 2016 Mortgage = £149,895
Current outstanding = £99,437
2024 Overpayment = £675.66
2025 Overpayment = £202/ £12002
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