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Payment a Day - Chapter 2024

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  • £5.26 PAD today
    February NSDs: 0 / 10
    February PADs:  2 / 29
    February Groceries Challenge: £59 / £250
    February Make £5 a Day: £255 / £145
    Current Debt: £3159  | CC £1490 | N £571 | C £725 | E £373
    Weight Loss Challenge 2024: 0 lbs

  • @Charlotte_88_24that's fab, especially for mid-Jan! Well done. 

    I'm back with some unexpected wins & extra money clearing. 

    PAD today: £211.84.

    To savings but some of that is debt payment pots that will be paid later all being well. 
    Made possible by someone very kind giving me an unexpected birthday gift of £200, cashback clearing which I didn't expect to clear, usertesting payment going through and two standing orders I'd forgotten about yesterday that send £1 to the buffer fund and £1 to a holiday saving pot that is my ISA. 

    So £152.25 went to bills month ahead pot. 
    £50 to debt payments month ahead pot (is this savings? Is it debt payments, who knows! I will make sure I don't count it twice)
    £1 to buffer fund. 
    £1 to holiday saving fund. 
    £6.95 to grocery fund month ahead/bulk fund. 

    This brings my bills month ahead fund up to 100% - now fully funded at regular monthly bills a month ahead. 
    The relief to not have to think about juggling next month finally again is unreal. 
    Now to get debt minimum payments a full month ahead, and then  a very basic amount of grocery budget a month ahead. 
    I think I MIGHT be winning.  


    Monthly Challenges| March Grocery Challenge - £255/£330 Make £10 a Day - £112/£310 
    2024 Challenges Pay-Off Debt for Christmas - £874/£6000

    Savings Goals Emergency Fund - £75/£2000 | 
    Month Ahead Bills  |   Month Ahead Minimum Debt Repayments
    Month Ahead Grocery -  £0/£30  [Month Ahead True Expenses £0/?] 

    My Debt Free Diary

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6490048/a-cup-of-coffee-and-two-paracetamol-debt-disability-and-getting-organised-like-the-chickens




  • £5 today to different pots
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £28,304....its going down

     Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 
    18mths ahead of schedule.  Since 2022 we paid over £15K in OPs.

    Challenges

    EF #68  £650/£3000
    .

    Studies/surveys  October £21.15

    Decluttering items 1202/
    2025
    Books read    18
    Jigsaws done  11

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


  • Good morning 
    Starting with £14.80 to savings, will be back later to add more to savings challenges. 
    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 £7390 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3677/£6000 | Travel savings £1832 | Sinking pots £3107
  • Just my promised £1 PAD pilfered from my groceries budget which seems to be working well and unmissed so far.  That could be because I'm on the usual post-Christmas diet so spending less on food (and drink!).
    SF x
    Tilly Tidying and
    PADing in 2024 £250.62
    ___________________________________________________________________________________________

    RIP Mum & Dad - thanks for helping me on my journey to be
    Debt and Mortgage free from 2018

  • Morning, PAD of £5.95 today
  • £20 to various pots thanks to a prolific cash out and a no spend day :) 
    Total debt remaining £15,664.21
  • Back with another £28 from my dice challenges to savings
    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 £7390 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3677/£6000 | Travel savings £1832 | Sinking pots £3107
  • £5.51 PAD today
    February NSDs: 0 / 10
    February PADs:  2 / 29
    February Groceries Challenge: £59 / £250
    February Make £5 a Day: £255 / £145
    Current Debt: £3159  | CC £1490 | N £571 | C £725 | E £373
    Weight Loss Challenge 2024: 0 lbs

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