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Dazzling December's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,491 Forumite
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    Well done LittleMissDetermined, changingmyways23, GeorgianaCavendish and KajiKita :):)
  • Up to 13 now
    'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'

    Jan GC: £74.77/£100
    DNF: £1471.53/£6700
    Garden sections: 0/21

    DNF: 3/45

    Save 12k in 2026: #37 £1471.53/£6700

    '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'

  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,927 Forumite
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    Not today. 

    KK
    As at 17.03.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £219,071
    - OPs to mortgage = £17,793 Estd. interest saved = £9,021 to date
    c. 16 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 26 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 12th April. 
    Produce tracker: £78 of £400 in 2026

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • It’s one for me today please 
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4685/£6000
  • Not one today as spent £4.25 in charity shop on a top & a vase.   Oops, will try better next time
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £26,764....its going down

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

    Challenges

    EF  £1570/£3000
    .

    Studies/surveys April.....£54.22

    Decluttering items 1402/
    2025.  193/2026
    Books read    23 in 2025.  2026- 10 (target is 52)  
    Jigsaws done  20 in 2025.  3 this year. 

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


  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 502 Forumite
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    NSD for me today. 
    Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
    April 2026 NSD Challenge 0/15

    MFW 2025 #45
    Jan 2016 Mortgage = £150,894 (23years 0months)
    Current outstanding = £90,256.60 (10years 1month)
    2024 Overpayment = £675.66
    2025 Overpayment = £710/£700
    2026 Overpayment = £357.72/£1000
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,222 Ambassador
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    One today against the odds. 
    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.

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    "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*** in ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,491 Forumite
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    edited 16 December 2023 at 11:18PM

    December

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

    15 days = image
    20 days = image

    Target reached = image
    Target beaten = image 

    December targets

    AuntieL 6/12 image  image 

    beanielou 11/19 image  image  image


    cathybird 12/15  image  image  image


    changingmyways23 5/10 imageimage 


    Crazycatlady2 6/15 image  image


    Cuddlymarm 5/15 image  image


    ErinBB 10


    GeorgianaCavendish 8/18 imageimage


    KajiKita 9/15 imageimage


    LadyWithAPlan 2/13 image


    laura lau 6/15 image  image


    leftatthetrafficlights 13/15 image  image  image


    LittleMissDetermined 10/15 image  image  image


    Makingabobor2 8/15 image  image 


    QueenJess 2/15 image 


    Rupacomp 5/10 image  image 


    Saver-upper 3/15 image 


    short bird 8/18 image  image 


    Newcomers welcome :)

  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,491 Forumite
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    Well done leftatthetrafficlights, LittleMissDetermined, AuntieL and beanie :):)
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,927 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Not today - Mr KK sent me to the garden centre with £50 to buy things for myself, as he was in despair at finding me anything to go under the tree 😂 and I spent that and then was tempted by a really unusual Amaryllis 😊😉

    KK
    As at 17.03.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £219,071
    - OPs to mortgage = £17,793 Estd. interest saved = £9,021 to date
    c. 16 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 26 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 12th April. 
    Produce tracker: £78 of £400 in 2026

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
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