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Splendid September's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 386 Forumite
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    NSD #7 today. Not one tomorrow as I’m going on a theatre trip with friends 😁
    Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
    August 2025 NSD Challenge 10/18

    MFW 2025 #45
    Jan 2016 Mortgage = £149,895
    Current outstanding = £97,725
    2024 Overpayment = £675.66
    2025 Overpayment = £593/£700
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,954 Forumite
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    One today 😊
    As at 15.08.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,148  Interest saved £5,738 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 47 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 30th August
    Produce tracker: £353 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: 15,710 Forumite
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    edited 16 September 2023 at 9:18PM
    September

    Off to a start = image
    5 days = image

    10 days = image
    15 days = image
    20 days = image Target reached = Target beaten =
    September targets
    AuntieL 7/12 image  image
    beanielou 12/19 image  image  image BlackCoffeeNoSugar 6/15 image  image cathybird 14/15 image  image  image craftingmad 15 Crazycatlady2 13/18 image  image  image Ef79 6/12 image  image  GeorgianaCavendish 8/18 image  image  jammy dodger KajiKita 10/15 image  image  image lianne1984 10 LittleMissDetermined 12/19 image  image  image  Makingabobor2 6/15 image  image  Money Choices 10 image QueenJess 10/17 image  image  image  Rupacomp 8/15 image  image  short bird 9/18 imageimage Newcomers welcome :)
  • cathybird
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    AuntieL said:
    NSD #7 today. Not one tomorrow as I’m going on a theatre trip with friends 😁
    Sounds lovely AuntieL, enjoy! :)
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,838 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Not 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.
  • cathybird
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    Well done GeorgianaCavendish, BlackCoffeeNoSugar, AuntieL and KajiKita imageimageimage
  • One for yesterday, not today 
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    Sealed pot 2025 £6573 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3364/£6000 | Travel savings £1508 | Sinking pots £2571
  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,545 Forumite
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    Declaring two more NSDs; one for yesterday and another for today. I was so busy yesterday at work that I didn’t have time to spend or even log on here to note it!
    2025 decluttering: 4,908 🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅🌟
    2025 use up challenge: 351🥉🥈🥇💎🏆
    Mini freezer challenge 0/-20
    Big kitchen declutter challenge 115/150
    2025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 500
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,954 Forumite
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    Not one today 🤷‍♀️😊

    KK
    As at 15.08.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,148  Interest saved £5,738 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 47 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 30th August
    Produce tracker: £353 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. 
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,838 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.
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