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  • LittleMissDetermined
    LittleMissDetermined Posts: 9,982 Forumite
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    It's one for me today please
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
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  • GeorgianaCavendish
    GeorgianaCavendish Posts: 2,393 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    NSD #4 yesterday and NSD #5 today please
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,927 Forumite
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    edited 7 February 2024 at 9:38PM
    February

    Off to a start = image
    5 days = image
    10 days = image

    15 days = image
    20 days = image
    Target reached = image
    Target beaten = image 

    February targets

    AuntieL 5/18 imageimage
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    bloomfelt 4/18 image
    blubella 1/12 image
    BudgetingBelinda 2/15 image
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    Caeraugirl 4/20 image
    Captspar 4/15 image
    Couldsavemore 4/15 image

    Crazycatlady2 6/18 imageimage
    Flying By 3/14 image
    GeorgianaCavendish 5/16 imageimage
    Geriatricmum 1/10 image

    Honeysucklelou2 10
    HotDog2020 1/14 image
    ilovetea 5/20 imageimage
    JustALass 5/12 imageimage
    KajiKita 3/18 image
    keggie 3/15 image
    laura lau 4/18 image

    leftatthetrafficlights 24

    lianne1984 10
    LittleMissDetermined 5/15 imageimage
    Makingabobor2 2/15 image

    Money Choices
    Mrs Cautious 3/20 image
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    Nervous1234 5/20 imageimage
    OnlyJealousOfBirds 2/15 image

    PurplePhoenix62 10

    QueenJess
    Rupacomp 4/12 image

    Saver-upper
    SecondStar 6/26 imageimage
    short bird 5/18 imageimage
    Thevalueofless 3/20 image
    Worlds Worst Superhero 6/TF imageimage

    :):) Newcomers welcome! :):)

  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,045 Ambassador
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    Not one today as treated myself to a Donna Ashworth sweatshirt. 
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  • HotDog2020
    HotDog2020 Posts: 593 Forumite
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    As expected none today. Tomorrow should be better.
  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 438 Forumite
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    NSD for me today
    Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
    October 2025 NSD Challenge 10/18

    MFW 2025 #45
    Jan 2016 Mortgage = £149,895
    Current outstanding = £94,306.78
    2024 Overpayment = £675.66
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  • Couldsavemore
    Couldsavemore Posts: 495 Forumite
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    @cathybird, I hope the vets was ok. Got to hate those bills, even worse hate it when the pets are not well.

    I have 2 more NSD’s

    Tonight is yoga so wont manage one today.

    4/15 for me
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  • MrsSave
    MrsSave Posts: 1,817 Forumite
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    Yesterday wasn’t a NSD but today is my 5th :)
    Starting a new debt free journey
    Starting Debt: £5,250
    Current Debt: £4,995.50
    Amount Paid: £254.50 Percentage Paid: 4.84%
    Emergency Fund: £350
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,927 Forumite
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    Couldsavemore said:
    @cathybird, I hope the vets was ok. Got to hate those bills, even worse hate it when the pets are not well.

    I have 2 more NSD’s

    Tonight is yoga so wont manage one today.

    4/15 for me
    @Couldsavemore Vets are certainly not cheap but it has to be done. Pet will recover (the vet said) :):)
  • SecondStar
    SecondStar Posts: 661 Forumite
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    6 NSDs so far - today I impulse purchased a sheepskin for my partner for valentines day. The 15 minute eBay warning popped up on my iPad, there were 40 seconds to go, and it was cheap - I got it for £27.50, with postage. He’ll be pleased, though I didn’t mean to buy it. 
    ‘When you only have two pennies left in the world, spend one on bread and the other on flowers. The bread will sustain life, the flowers will give you a reason to live.’

    Frugal living in 2024.
    Frugal living in 2025.

    261 No Spend Days in 2024!

    3-month Emergency Fund: £3,500 / £3,500 - DONE!
    1k Pet Emergency Fund - £1,000 / £1,000 - DONE!

    Nationwide 1 year 6.5% Savings - £1,200 / £2,200
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