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Awesome August's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • Adding another 3 NSDs for Saturday, Sunday and Monday - bringing me to 22 NSDs for August so far
  • Can I go for 18 NSDs in September please? 
  • beanielou
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  • KajiKita
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    Not an NSD yesterday (pre-ordered a beautiful gardening book as a gift to me! It’s a garden by an artist I have been following for a while and his plantings are just magical 🤩). 

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

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  • Rupacomp
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    Nsd today! Made my target ... Only bought necessary groceries today
    Savings goal by 31/12/24: £22000
    Dec 23: £6945.23
  • cathybird
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    edited 30 August 2023 at 10:54PM
    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 14/10 imageimage  image  image  image
    beanielou 20/19 imageimage  image  image  image  image  image BlackCoffeeNoSugar 10/10 imageimage  image  image  cathybird 16/15 imageimage  image  image  image  image Crazycatlady2 19/15 imageimage  image  image  image  image GeorgianaCavendish 22/19 imageimage  image  image  image  image jammy dodger KajiKita 19/15 imageimage  image  image  image  image LemonadeBudget 13/15 imageimage  image lianne1984 6/10 imageimage LittleMissDetermined 13/14 imageimage  image Makingabobor2 7/15 imageimage  outoftheviciouscircle 1/15 image QueenJess 14/15 imageimage  image Rupacomp 15/15 imageimage  image  image  image Saver-upper 5/15 imageimage short bird 19/18 imageimage  image  image  image  image 2sonmum 10 Newcomers welcome :)
  • cathybird
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    Yes there's a shiny new month just round the corner, any thoughts on targets? ... image

    September targets
    AuntieL 12
    beanielou 19 BlackCoffeeNoSugar 15 cathybird 15 Crazycatlady2 18 Ef79 GeorgianaCavendish 18 IndiJonesi jammy dodger KajiKita 15 lianne1984 10 LemonadeBudget LittleMissDetermined Makingabobor2 MrsCautious QueenJess Rupacomp Saver-upper short bird 18 stay at home mum Newcomers welcome :)
  • cathybird
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    KajiKita said:
    Not an NSD yesterday (pre-ordered a beautiful gardening book as a gift to me! It’s a garden by an artist I have been following for a while and his plantings are just magical 🤩). 

    NSD today 😊

    KK
    Sounds like a beautiful book!
  • cathybird
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    Well done short bird, GeorgianaCavendish, KajiKita and Rupacomp imageimageimage
  • Early call for one today. Been out for a walk and now got a day of budget book and sorting things out as well as some cleaning.  Now on 7/15
    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  £550/£3000
    .

    Studies/surveys  August £7.48

    Decluttering items 771

    Books read    14
    Jigsaws done  8

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


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