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Payment a Day - Chapter 2024

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  • £6 today, to the 1p a day challenge and the Christmas/Birthday pot
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £25,664....its going down

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

    Challenges

    EF  £190/3000


    Studies/surveys September £80.11

    Decluttering items 1400/
    2025.  431/2026
    Books read    23 in 2025.  2026- 19  (target is 52)  
    Jigsaws done  20 in 2025.  5 in 2026

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


  • Keedie
    Keedie Posts: 3,272 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Evening all, I counted all my weekly spare change and I had £9.62 for my money tins. 
    Debt Free Diary:- The Mental Debt Struggle
    (Original Debt on 15/07/2016 was £33,056.76) 🙈 and, I was Debt Free on 09/02/2025 🎉 but life 🫣, so now I have a Debt Reset 🥴
    DEBT DEBT = £6,646.22 😬
    Bank of Mum:- Moped Insurance = £300/£1,800 (16.67% repaid) || Bookkeeping Course £750/£3,000 (25% repaid)
    The Tax Man:- Council Tax = £221.72/£221.72 (100% repaid 🎉) || Self Assessment = £1,624.50/£1,624.50 (100% repaid 🎉)
    Debt Debt Tracker = £2,896.22/£6,646.22 (43.57% repaid)
  • Morning, PAD of: £5.93 today
  • LittleMissDetermined
    LittleMissDetermined Posts: 10,977 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Photogenic
    edited 19 February 2024 at 9:32AM

    The total for 18th February was £547.89  

    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £5574/£6000
  • My PAD today is £11 to savings
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £5574/£6000
  • AntoMac
    AntoMac Posts: 3,528 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Just £2 today please
    27/5/17 Mort 64705 BTs 1904031/12/17 Mort 59815 BT 1673007/04/20 Mort 49208 BT 1572128/07/20 Mort 47387 BT 1263414/11/20 Mort 45905 BT 10134 20/05/21 Mort 42335 BT 686811/08/22 Mort 32050 BT 2915Sealed Pot Challenge 16 Number 5
  • £1.21 so far to the SPC. Hoping there might be a bit more to come later. 
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £25,664....its going down

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

    Challenges

    EF  £190/3000


    Studies/surveys September £80.11

    Decluttering items 1400/
    2025.  431/2026
    Books read    23 in 2025.  2026- 19  (target is 52)  
    Jigsaws done  20 in 2025.  5 in 2026

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


  • PAD of £52 to one of my CC today (includes £15 overpayment). 
  • The total for 19th February was £72.14 

    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £5574/£6000
  • Back with my own PAD of £5 
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £5574/£6000
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