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Dazzling December's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,631 Forumite
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    Well done LittleMissDetermined, changingmyways23, GeorgianaCavendish and KajiKita :):)
  • Up to 13 now
    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'

  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,620 Forumite
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    Not today. 

    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 = £11,338 Interest saved £5225 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. 
  • It’s one for me today please 
    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 £5678 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3188/£6000 | Travel savings £1924 | Sinking pots £2126
  • 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 £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  £500/£3000
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    Fiver Friday '25 #10 £15

    Studies/surveys  July £79.31

    Decluttering items 755

    Books read    12
    Jigsaws done  8

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


  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 370 Forumite
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    NSD for me today. 
    Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
    June 2025 NSD Challenge 1/18

    MFW 2025 #45
    Jan 2016 Mortgage = £149,895
    Current outstanding = £97,725
    2024 Overpayment = £675.66
    2025 Overpayment = £529/£700
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,520 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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  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,631 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: 15,631 Forumite
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    Well done leftatthetrafficlights, LittleMissDetermined, AuntieL and beanie :):)
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,620 Forumite
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    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 15.07.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
    - OPs to mortgage = £11,338 Interest saved £5225 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. 
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