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  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,482 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Third Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    No problem LMD. x
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £27,644....its going down

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

    Challenges

    EF #68  £950/£3000
    .

    Studies/surveys  December £75.87

    Decluttering items 1395/    2025
    Books read    22
    Jigsaws done  18

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


  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,482 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Third Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    My PAD today was £7 to Holiday pots
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £27,644....its going down

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

    Challenges

    EF #68  £950/£3000
    .

    Studies/surveys  December £75.87

    Decluttering items 1395/    2025
    Books read    22
    Jigsaws done  18

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


  • VioletNewStart
    VioletNewStart Posts: 50 Forumite
    10 Posts First Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    Two payments today. 
    28p to savings 
    £50 extra payment towards my highest CC debt

    (I’m only counting my extra payments for this challenge - not my direct debit CC payments). 
  • Keedie
    Keedie Posts: 2,979 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Thanks for confirming @LittleMissDetermined for February's counting.

    Put £2.50 in the coin challenges.
    Debt Free Diary:- The Mental Debt Struggle
    (Original Debt on 15/07/2016 was £33,056.76) 🙈 but Debt Free on 09/02/2025 🎉
    2025 SAVINGS: Emergency Fund (£604.30/£5,000) 12.09% saved
    2025 CHALLENGES: #16 Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 18 || #9 50 Envelope Challenge 22/50
  • LittleMissDetermined
    LittleMissDetermined Posts: 10,103 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Photogenic
    Morning! Happy weekend 🤗
    My PAD is £5 to the sabbatical today 
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£6000
  • Sallyforth
    Sallyforth Posts: 601 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Ooops think I missed a pad but anyway my total below is now correct and £2.18 today please.
    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

  • Aimingforthegoodlife
    Aimingforthegoodlife Posts: 1,146 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Third Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    Morning, PAD of £2.09 today please
  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,482 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Third Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    Another good day yesterday with £227.30 being PADded between us. Not sure how many of us there are signed up for this challenge, but we seem to be doing well....keep on PADding

    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £27,644....its going down

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

    Challenges

    EF #68  £950/£3000
    .

    Studies/surveys  December £75.87

    Decluttering items 1395/    2025
    Books read    22
    Jigsaws done  18

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


  • VioletNewStart
    VioletNewStart Posts: 50 Forumite
    10 Posts First Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    Got paid and so a PAD of £80 today (Saturday 27th) into an emergency savings pot. 
  • Divingmad
    Divingmad Posts: 577 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Morning all,
    PAD this morning of £20.54 to the saving pots
    DM x
    I feel like a Pelican - everywhere I look there's a bill staring at me!LBM: March 2014 Current CC debt: £2048.29/£3666.53 (55.86% repaid) Current Challenges:Tilly Tidy: £2087.67/£2500 (83.50%) 3 to 6 month emergency fund #75: £3653.62/£6000 (60.89%)
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