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Nifty November's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • short_bird
    short_bird Posts: 4,022 Forumite
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    Early call for day 8.
    ‘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.
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,691 Forumite
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    Not today - bought two small curtain rails and a new wall light for the lounge project. 

    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: £243 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. 
  • Rupacomp
    Rupacomp Posts: 305 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    No spend day today! 
    Savings goal by 31/12/24: £22000
    Dec 23: £6945.23
  • 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.
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,654 Forumite
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    edited 12 November 2023 at 7:12PM

    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 6/15 imageimage

    beanielou 12/19 imageimageimage


    BlackCoffeeNoSugar 7/15 image  image


    cathybird 9/15 imageimage


    Crazycatlady2 9/18 imageimage


    Cuddlymarm 6/15 imageimage


    Doris17 4/15 image


    GeorgianaCavendish 5/15 imageimage


    jammy dodger 15


    KajiKita 9/15 imageimage


    laura lau 5/15 imageimage


    leftatthetrafficlights 9/20 imageimage


    lianne1984 2/10 image


    LittleMissDetermined 4/10 image


    Makingabobor2 3/15 image


    QueenJess 3/15 image


    Rupacomp 4/15 image


    Saver-upper 4/15 image


    short bird 8/18 imageimage


    Newcomers welcome :)

  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,654 Forumite
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    beanielou said:
    cathybird said:
    Not one today, had a nice lunch out with friends. :)
    Hope you enjoyed 😊
    Yes I did, thank you beanie - it was low-key but it was lovely to see them :)
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,654 Forumite
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    Well done short bird, Rupacomp and beanie :):)
  • Up to 9 now but dh will be shopping for fruit today and possibly a few other bits.
    DNF: £708.92/£1000
    JSF: £708.58/£1000

    Winter season grocery budget: £600.85/£900

    Weight loss challenge 2024: 11/24lbs
    1st quarter start:9st 13.1lb
    2nd quarter start:9st 9.2 lb
    3rd quarter start: 9st 6.8 lb
    4th quarter start: 9st 10.2 lb
    End weight: 8st 13lb

    'It's the small compromises you keep making over time that start to add up and get you to a place you don't want to be'

  • 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.
  • cuddlymarm
    cuddlymarm Posts: 2,206 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    One today please

    August PAD 

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