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Marvellous March's No-Spend Days Challenge!
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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 -
Off to a start =
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March targetsAuntieL 5/15
Balancinglife 5/18
beanielou 8/19
blubella 1/10
Caeraugirl 5/25
cathybird 7/15
Couldsavemore 3/16
Crazycatlady2 6/18
Flying By 8/14
GeorgianaCavendish 3/12Geriatricmum 2/10Honeysucklelou2 10HotDog2020 4/14ilovetea 8/20
itsthelittlethings 8KajiKita 7/18
keggie 5/18
laura lau 2/16leftatthetrafficlights 9/24
LittleMissDetermined 7/17
madlyn 1/10Makingabobor2 4/15Money ChoicesMrs Cautious 8/15
Nervous1234 3/23Rupacomp 10SecondStar 6/25
short bird 7/18
Thevalueofless 20Worlds Worst Superhero 9/25
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Sorry I’ve been AWOL! I’m up to 6 NSDs for. Arch ‘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 - £1,000 / £2,2001 -
NSD Sunday 😊2
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It's not been a good start to the month.. seems everyday I've needed to spend.
I've managed 3 days so far this month.
# 36 1p challenge 2024 - £536.60
#13 POYD by Christmas 24 £2875 / 81381 -
Grocery shopping today but I'm not counting them anymore so up to 9 now please @cathybird 😁'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'
Weight loss challenge 2024:
Start weight: 9st 13.1lb
End weight: 8st 13lb
Weight loss challenge 2025:
Start weight: 8st 6lbs
End weight:
Nov GC: £0/£350
JSF: £0/£2000
'It's the small compromises you keep making over time that start to add up and get you to a place you don't want to be'2 -
Not today.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.2 -
Sunday was day 7...‘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.2 -
NSD yesterday and today.
8/20 now.
ilovetea xx
Make £2024 in 2024 £1161.08
Declutter 2024 things in 2024 1522/2024.
NSD's in August 11/202 -
#4 for me today
Making the debt go down and savings go up
LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £28,084....its going down
Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 18mths ahead of schedule. Since 2022 we paid over £15K in OPs.Challenges
EF #68 £750/£3000
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Studies/surveys October £36.23
Decluttering items 1358/2025
Books read 19
Jigsaws done 11
My debt free diary...https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6396218/we-will-get-this-debt-d£own-the-savings-up2
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