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  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,650 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Declaring a NSD for today.
    2025 decluttering: 5,658 🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅🌟🌟
    2025 use up challenge: 540🥉🥈🥇💎🏆 👑
    Big kitchen declutter challenge 146/150
    2025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 500
  • Crazycatlady2
    Crazycatlady2 Posts: 1,077 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    NSD Sunday and Monday 
  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,504 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Third Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    Think I may have missed declaring one, but I am now on 8/15
    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  £1000/£3000
    .

    Studies/surveys  December £86.68

    Decluttering items 1402/    2025
    Books read    23
    Jigsaws done  20

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


  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 460 Forumite
    100 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Back to being a NSD for me today. Finally double figures for this month 😁
    Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
    December 2025 NSD Challenge 1/15

    MFW 2025 #45
    Jan 2016 Mortgage = £150,894 (23years 0months)
    Current outstanding = £93,038.66 (10years 5months)
    2024 Overpayment = £675.66
    2025 Overpayment = £710/£700
    2026 Overpayment = /£1000
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
    Fifth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Day 12 for me :) 
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,073 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    NSD today 😊

    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. 
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,077 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 20 November 2023 at 9:41PM

    November

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

    15 days = image
    20 days = image

    Target reached = image
    Target beaten = image 

    November targets

    AuntieL 10/15 imageimageimage

    beanielou 17/19 imageimageimageimage


    BlackCoffeeNoSugar 12/15 image  imageimage


    cathybird 15/15 imageimageimageimageimage


    Crazycatlady2 14/18 imageimageimage


    Cuddlymarm 9/15 imageimage


    Doris17 7/15 imageimage


    GeorgianaCavendish 17/15 imageimageimageimageimageimage 


    jammy dodger 15


    KajiKita 16/15 imageimageimageimageimageimage 


    laura lau 10/15 imageimageimage


    leftatthetrafficlights 13/20 imageimageimage


    lianne1984 2/10 image


    LittleMissDetermined 6/10 imageimage


    Makingabobor2 8/15 imageimage


    QueenJess 12/15 imageimageimage


    Rupacomp 8/15 imageimage


    Saver-upper 9/15 imageimage


    short bird 11/18 imageimageimage


    Newcomers welcome :)
  • Rupacomp
    Rupacomp Posts: 307 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    One to report from yesterday
    Savings goal by 31/12/24: £22000
    Dec 23: £6945.23
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,077 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Not one for me, I paid a couple of bills and got in some supplies. :)
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,077 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Well done LittleMissDetermined, short bird, QueenJess, Crazycatlady2, Makingabobor2, AuntieL, BlackCoffeeNoSugar, KajiKita and Rupacomp :):)
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