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  • [Deleted User]
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    edited 30 September 2023 at 8:21AM
     cathybird said:
    September

    Off to a start =

    5 days =

    10 days =

    15 days =

    20 days =

    Target reached =

    Target beaten =

    September targets
    AuntieL 12/12      

    beanielou 22/19            

    BlackCoffeeNoSugar 12/15      

    cathybird 23/15            

    craftingmad 15

    Crazycatlady2 19/18          

    Ef79 9/12    

    GeorgianaCavendish 15/18      

    jammy dodger

    KajiKita 22/15            

    lianne1984 10

    LittleMissDetermined 22/19            

    Makingabobor2 12/15      

    Money Choices 10

    Pinkpenguin 7

    QueenJess 19/17          

    Rupacomp 17/15          

    Saver-upper 10/15    

    short bird 18/18        

    Newcomers welcome :)

    Weird how this now works as a quote too! But not the original- very strange! 
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,032 Forumite
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    BlackCoffeeNoSugar, that is weird, but it does perhaps give me a way to do the list in the meantime, as a quote, not ideal but better than nothing!

  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,032 Forumite
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    edited 30 September 2023 at 9:28PM
    September

    Off to a start = image
    5 days = image
    10 days = image
    15 days = image
    20 days = image
    Target reached = image
    Target beaten = image
    September targets
    AuntieL 12/12 image  image  image  image
    beanielou 22/19 image  image  image  image  image  image  image
    BlackCoffeeNoSugar 12/15 image  image  image 
    cathybird 23/15 image  image  image  image  image  image  image
    craftingmad 15
    Crazycatlady2 19/18 image  image  image  image  image  image
    Ef79 9/12 image  image 
    GeorgianaCavendish 16/18 image  image  image  image
    jammy dodger
    KajiKita 22/15 image  image  image  image  image  image  image
    LittleMissDetermined 22/19 image  image  image  image  image  image  image
    Makingabobor2 13/15 image  image  image 
    Pinkpenguin 7
    QueenJess 19/17 image  image  image  image  image  image
    Rupacomp 17/15 image  image  image  image  image  image
    Saver-upper 10/15 image  image  image
    short bird 18/18 image  image  image  image  image


    Newcomers welcome :)

  • Definitely a spend day today, see you on the other side...
    ‘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.
  • Adding another one, making 13. Not quite going to make it. Almost got one yesterday, but went in a charity shop and saw something for DGS4's birthday for £8.50 , that would have cost me about £30 new, so had to buy it. 
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £27,644....its going down

     Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 
    18mths ahead of schedule.  

    Challenges

    EF #68  £950/£3000
    .

    Studies/surveys  December £75.87

    Decluttering items 1395/
    2025
    Books read    22
    Jigsaws done  18

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


  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,022 Forumite
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    Not today - restocked on compost. 😊

    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 = £12,822 Estd. interest saved = £6,166 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 79 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 24th December 
    Produce tracker: £453 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: 16,032 Forumite
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    edited 30 September 2023 at 9:29PM
    Well done Makingabobor2 and GeorgianaCavendish :) and well done everyone! That's it for September I think - see you all on the October thread :)
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