March
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Marvellous March's No-Spend Days Challenge!
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2 more NSDs to add please, for yesterday and today 👍 won’t be one tomorrow due to last minute Mother’s Day gift/card shopping1
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2 more for me please, for yesterday and today
LMD xLife gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017Sealed pot 2025 £7390 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3677/£6000 | Travel savings £1832 | Sinking pots £31071 -
Not 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.2 -
Day 5 today.‘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 -
Off to a start =
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March targetsAuntieL 5/15
Balancinglife 5/18
beanielou 6/19
Caeraugirl 5/25
cathybird 6/15
Couldsavemore 16Crazycatlady2 5/18
Flying By 6/14
GeorgianaCavendish 3/12Geriatricmum 2/10Honeysucklelou2 10HotDog2020 3/14ilovetea 6/20
itsthelittlethings 8KajiKita 6/18
keggie 5/18
laura lau 2/16leftatthetrafficlights 1/24LittleMissDetermined 7/17
madlyn 1/10Makingabobor2 3/15Money ChoicesMrs Cautious 7/15
Nervous1234 3/23Rupacomp 10SecondStar 4/25short bird 5/18
Thevalueofless 20Worlds Worst Superhero 5/25
Newcomers welcome! 0 -
Another spend free day today. The black eye is settling nicely too.5/18GC 2024 £1445.91/£3000
GC July 24 £0/£250
#16 XMAS 2024 £300:£366
Surveys £32.052 -
Had NSDs on 6th, 7th and 8th - bought two books at the Women’s Leadership thingamee I have been on but they came out of my ‘pocket money’ 😊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.3 -
An NSD for me. A small amount of planned spending for storage boxes for the adult children who live at home!1
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NSD #5 for me today. Had to buy tablets for my dog but it was a planned spend. Hope you all have a restful weekendDebt-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
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3/14 for me please today...thanks cathybird.3
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