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Marvellous March's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • Declaring early as I'm going nowhere and spending nothing! Finishing the month on 27/24 😁
    DNF: £708.92/£1000
    JSF: £708.58/£1000

    Winter season grocery budget: £600.85/£900

    Weight loss challenge 2024: 11/24lbs
    1st quarter start:9st 13.1lb
    2nd quarter start:9st 9.2 lb
    3rd quarter start: 9st 6.8 lb
    4th quarter start: 9st 10.2 lb
    End weight: 8st 13lb

    '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'

  • KajiKita
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    Not today. 

    KK
    As at 15.07.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
    - OPs to mortgage = £11,816 Interest saved £5,28 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030

    Read 40 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 29th July
    Produce tracker: £243 of £300 in 2025

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    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • Caeraugirl
    Caeraugirl Posts: 589 Forumite
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    edited 31 March 2024 at 9:38AM
    Claiming my final NSD of the month - total of 16/25 😬
    #21 Save £12k in 2025 £16977.35/£20000

    August NSD Challenge 1/10
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,553 Ambassador
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    One today. 
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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.***
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,553 Ambassador
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    Declaring early as I'm going nowhere and spending nothing! Finishing the month on 27/24 😁
    That’s impressive. How on earth did you achieve that 🤔
    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.
  • short_bird
    short_bird Posts: 4,017 Forumite
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    Day 22 yesterday and day 23 today.
    Congratulations all, see you next month...  :D
    ‘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.
  • cathybird
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    edited 31 March 2024 at 7:58PM
    March

    Off to a start = image
    5 days = image
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    15 days = image
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    March targets

    AuntieL 16/15  image  image  image  image  image  image


    Balancinglife 11/18  image  image  image


    beanielou 25/19  image  image  image  image  image  image  image


    blubella 9/10  image  image 


    Caeraugirl 16/25  image  image  image  image


    cathybird 20/15  image  image  image  image  image  image  image


    Couldsavemore 11/16  image  image 


    Crazycatlady2 18/18  image  image  image  image  image


    Flying By 16/14  image  image  image  image  image  image 


    GeorgianaCavendish 3/12   image


    Geriatricmum 16/10  image  image  image  image


    Honeysucklelou2 10 


    HotDog2020 15/14  image  image  image  image  image


    ilovetea 21/20  image  image  image  image  image  image  image


    KajiKita 20/18  image  image  image  image  image  image  image 


    keggie 16/18  image  image  image  image


    laura lau 10/16  image  image  image


    leftatthetrafficlights 27/24  image  image  image  image  image  image  image 


    LittleMissDetermined 21/17  image  image  image  image  image  image  image 


    madlyn 1/10  image


    Makingabobor2 8/15  image  image 


    Money Choices 13/15  image  image  image


    Mrs Cautious 25/15  image  image  image  image  image  image  image 


    Nervous1234 19/23  image  image  image  image 


    Rupacomp 4/10  image 


    SecondStar 19/25  image  image  image  image 


    short bird 23/18  image  image  image  image  image  image  image 


    Thevalueofless 20 


    Worlds Worst Superhero 18/25  image  image  image  image


    :):) Newcomers welcome! :):)

  • leftatthetrafficlights
    leftatthetrafficlights Posts: 2,056 Forumite
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    edited 31 March 2024 at 2:26PM
    beanielou said:
    Declaring early as I'm going nowhere and spending nothing! Finishing the month on 27/24 😁
    That’s impressive. How on earth did you achieve that 🤔
    I've stopped counting grocery shopping (once a week) and petrol filling (once a month) which has made a big difference (I also don't count direct debits for bills).

    I tend to keep a list of anything I need to buy and only purchase on a 'spend' day. To be honest, I don't really buy much else - the only reason I spent a few times this month is because I went on a visit to a relatives and needed to get a few bits for the house and garden (additional bottles for my soda stream, some plasters for my grandbaby's doctor set and a couple of plants). I also buy in bulk for stuff i use regularly (i.e. bird seed and peanuts) which means that I don't run out very frequently. 

    I'm retired, don't do a social life (other than one day every six weeks or so I have coffee with a relative, that then serves as a spend day) so there's very little need for spend days! 😁
    DNF: £708.92/£1000
    JSF: £708.58/£1000

    Winter season grocery budget: £600.85/£900

    Weight loss challenge 2024: 11/24lbs
    1st quarter start:9st 13.1lb
    2nd quarter start:9st 9.2 lb
    3rd quarter start: 9st 6.8 lb
    4th quarter start: 9st 10.2 lb
    End weight: 8st 13lb

    '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'

  • cathybird
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  • HotDog2020
    HotDog2020 Posts: 593 Forumite
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    Happy Easter @cathybird and everyone, I make it 15/14 today please. Thank you for your hard work @cathybird and keeping these threads open for us, it is a very helpful tool...Thank you.
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