December
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Dazzling December's No-Spend Days Challenge!
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Congratulations!! 🥳🙌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!
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.
'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'
Weight loss challenge 2024:
Start weight: 9st 13.1lb
End weight: 8st 13lb
Weight loss challenge 2025:
Start weight: 8st 6lbs
End weight:
JSF: £0/£2000
'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'2 -
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.1 -
Oh that's great news AuntieL, well done xxAuntieL 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!
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December targetsAuntieL 7/12
beanielou 15/19
cathybird 16/15
changingmyways23 5/10
Crazycatlady2 10/15
Cuddlymarm 6/15
ErinBB 10GeorgianaCavendish 11/18
KajiKita 13/15LadyWithAPlan 2/13laura lau 10/15
leftatthetrafficlights 16/15
LittleMissDetermined 12/15
Makingabobor2 10/15
QueenJess 2/15
Rupacomp 5/10
Saver-upper 3/15
short bird 12/18
Newcomers welcome
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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 £28,084....its going down
Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 18mths ahead of schedule. Since 2022 we paid over £15K in OPs.Challenges
EF #68 £750/£3000
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Studies/surveys October £36.23
Decluttering items 1347/2025
Books read 19
Jigsaws done 11
My debt free diary...https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6396218/we-will-get-this-debt-d£own-the-savings-up1 -
one NSD for me today! 10/15Debt 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 43.5/660 -
Well done.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!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.1 -
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.0 -
NSD today, slowly increasing….
KKAs at 15.10.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £229,702
- OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 59books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 18th October
Produce tracker: £426 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.0 -
NSD #7 for me today 😁Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
October 2025 NSD Challenge 10/18MFW 2025 #45
Jan 2016 Mortgage = £149,895
Current outstanding = £94,306.78
2024 Overpayment = £675.66
2025 Overpayment = £645/£7000
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