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Dazzling December's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • AuntieL said:
    Just popping on to share my financial win! When I was paid today, it’s the first time since I started working (in 1998) that I did not have an overdraft to pay off 😁 Our lovely thread here definitely helped me to achieve this. Thank you all! 
    Congratulations!! 🥳🙌

    One more for me yesterday so takes me to 16/15 ...

    Went out this morning to get the final bits for solstice so I shouldn't need to buy anything else now until 2024 🤞 

    I do have an elderly relative arriving later today so I've kept a few quid back just incase I need anything for her. 
    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'

  • short_bird
    short_bird Posts: 4,016 Forumite
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    edited 21 December 2023 at 1:43PM
    I was going to say early call for day 12 but it's not that early...
    ‘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.
  • cathybird
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    edited 21 December 2023 at 3:35PM
    AuntieL said:
    Just popping on to share my financial win! When I was paid today, it’s the first time since I started working (in 1998) that I did not have an overdraft to pay off 😁 Our lovely thread here definitely helped me to achieve this. Thank you all! 
    Oh that's great news AuntieL, well done xx :smiley::smiley:
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,639 Forumite
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    edited 22 December 2023 at 1:11AM

    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 7/12 image  image 

    beanielou 15/19 image  image  image  image


    cathybird 16/15  image  image  image  image  image  image 


    changingmyways23 5/10 imageimage 


    Crazycatlady2 10/15 image  image  image


    Cuddlymarm 6/15 image  image


    ErinBB 10


    GeorgianaCavendish 11/18 image  image  image 


    KajiKita 13/15 imageimageimage


    LadyWithAPlan 2/13 image


    laura lau 10/15 image  imageimage


    leftatthetrafficlights 16/15 image  image  image  image  image  image 


    LittleMissDetermined 12/15 image  image  image


    Makingabobor2 10/15 image  image  image


    QueenJess 2/15 image 


    Rupacomp 5/10 image  image 


    Saver-upper 3/15 image 


    short bird 12/18 image  image  image


    Newcomers welcome :)

  • Declaring an NSD for today. 10/15 now. At this rate I might actually go over my target for the first time ever. 
    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
    .
    Fiver Friday '25 #10 £15

    Studies/surveys  August £0

    Decluttering items 756

    Books read    13
    Jigsaws done  8

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


  • one NSD for me today! 10/15
    Debt free journey started 30/08/2023:

    CC1 - 5,151.92 now 5,335.15
    CC3 - 4,166.15 now 5,345.28
    CC4 - 4,625.87 (balance transfer from CC2) now 5,717.24
    Current outstanding: 16,397.67
    Debt free by Jul 2027.

    Challenges:
    NSD Apr 2025 - 7/20
    NST Apr 2025 - 
    #31 1p savings 2025 £32.40/£667.95
    2025 Fashion on the ration - Coupons remaining 43.5/66
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,537 Ambassador
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    AuntieL said:
    Just popping on to share my financial win! When I was paid today, it’s the first time since I started working (in 1998) that I did not have an overdraft to pay off 😁 Our lovely thread here definitely helped me to achieve this. Thank you all! 
    Well done. 
    I found my OD really hard to get out of. 
    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.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,537 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.
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,634 Forumite
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    NSD today, slowly increasing….

    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. 
  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 370 Forumite
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    NSD #7 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
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