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  • One 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
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£6000
  • NSD today ... wasn't meant to be as I was going out with friends later, but I've come down with a rotten cold. 
    Savings goal by 31/12/24: £22000
    Dec 23: £6945.23
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,033 Forumite
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    edited 24 September 2023 at 8:24PM
    September

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    beanielou 18/19 image  image  image  image BlackCoffeeNoSugar 9/15 image  image cathybird 20/15 image  image  image  image  image  image  image craftingmad 15 Crazycatlady2 18/18 image  image  image  image  image Ef79 9/12 image  image  GeorgianaCavendish 12/18 image  image  image jammy dodger KajiKita 17/15 image  image  image  image  image  image lianne1984 10 LittleMissDetermined 19/19 image  image  image  image  image Makingabobor2 11/15 image  image  image  Money Choices 10 image Pinkpenguin 7 QueenJess 15/17 image  image  image  image Rupacomp 14/15 image  image  image  Saver-upper 8/15 image  image  short bird 15/18 image  image  image  image Newcomers welcome :)
  • cathybird
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    Rupacomp said:
    NSD today ... wasn't meant to be as I was going out with friends later, but I've come down with a rotten cold. 
    Hope you feel better soon Rupacomp xx
  • cathybird
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    Well done QueenJess, Ef79, Crazycatlady2, LittleMissDetermined and Rupacomp imageimageimage
  • KajiKita
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    Not one yesterday (found my first Cmas present, for my mum 😊). 

    It will be an NSD today though 😊

    KK
    As at 15.12.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £227,385
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,881 Estd. interest saved = £6,203 to date
    c. 16 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 80 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 25th December 
    Produce tracker: £457 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. 
  • Early call for day 9 here :)
  • NSD #12 today please … this month has been tough and I don’t think I’m going to get to my target of 18. Definitely will have at least one spendy day next week 
  • Another one for me today
    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
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£6000
  • short_bird
    short_bird Posts: 4,068 Forumite
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    Day 15 today: definitely not one yesterday as I bought my flights to Venice. (Happy dance!)
    ‘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.
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