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Outstanding October's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,599 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Not one today as part of a birthday present bought.
    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
    cathybird Posts: 15,654 Forumite
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    edited 19 October 2023 at 2:23AM
    Well done laura lau, Crazycatlady2, cuddlymarm, Makingabobor2, AuntieL, strandedinaber, KajiKita, Saver-upper, LittleMissDetermined and GeorgianaCavendish (and apologies if I've missed anyone out, it's harder to keep track of when the days start and end UK time while I'm in Australia!)
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,703 Forumite
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    NSD yesterday. Not sure about today yet …

    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

    Read 40 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 29th July
    Produce tracker: £272 of £300 in 2025

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    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,599 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.
  • Another one for me today please. This 'saving for our holidays' works a treat!
    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
    Sealed pot 2025 £6573 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3364/£6000 | Travel savings £1508 | Sinking pots £2571
  • Another 1 yesterday. I seem to be declaring a day behind lately...lol on 9/15 now
    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


  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,654 Forumite
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    edited 19 October 2023 at 9:08PM

    October

    Off to a start = image
    5 days = image
    10 days = image

    15 days = image
    20 days = image

    Target reached = image
    Target beaten = image 

    October targets

    AuntieL 7/12 image  image 

    beanielou 17/19 image  image  image  image

    BlackCoffeeNoSugar 10/15 image  image  image

    cathybird 13/12 image  image  image  image  image

    Crazycatlady2 14/18 image  image  image

    Cuddlymarm 12/15 image  image  image

    Doris17 9/15 image  image

    GeorgianaCavendish 15/17 image  image  image  image

    jammy dodger 14/15 image  imageimage 

    KajiKita 12/15 image  image  image 

    laura lau 11/10 image  image  image  image  image

    lianne1984 4/10 image 

    LittleMissDetermined 16/20 image  image  image  image

    Makingabobor2 9/15 image  image 

    Pinkpenguin 15

    Rupacomp 4/9 image 

    Saver-upper 7/15 image  image

    short bird 11/15 image  image  image 

    strandedinaber 4/10 image 

    Newcomers welcome :)

  • NSD #15 today please
  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 372 Forumite
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    NSD #7 for me today
    Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
    August 2025 NSD Challenge 1/18

    MFW 2025 #45
    Jan 2016 Mortgage = £149,895
    Current outstanding = £97,725
    2024 Overpayment = £675.66
    2025 Overpayment = £593/£700
  • jammy_dodger
    jammy_dodger Posts: 1,925 Forumite
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    1 today thanks Cathybird x
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