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Amazing April's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,571 Forumite
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    hi FrugalAspirations image and welcome image to our lovely thread! I've added you to the list, best of luck with the challenge! image
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 10,061 Forumite
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    NSD here 😊

    KK
    As at 17.04.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £216,847
    - OPs to mortgage = £18,925 Estd. interest saved = £9,670 to date
    c. 16 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 30 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 4th May. 
    Produce tracker: £93 of £400 in 2026

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • SecondStar
    SecondStar Posts: 668 Forumite
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    1 for today. My target is 20 NSDs for April :)
    ‘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.
    Frugal living in 2026.

    261 No Spend Days in 2024!

    3-month Emergency Fund: £3,500 / £3,500 - DONE!
    1k Pet Emergency Fund - £1,000 / £1,000 - DONE!
    6 month Emergency Fund: £5,768 / £8,000

    Nationwide 1 year 6.5% Savings - £1,600 / £2,200
  • keggie
    keggie Posts: 344 Forumite
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    NSDay as we are eating leftovers and trying not to spend before we go away.
    1/15
    GC 2024 £1445.91/£3000
    GC July 24 £0/£250
    #16 XMAS 2024 £300:£366
    Surveys £32.05
  • ilovetea
    ilovetea Posts: 1,330 Forumite
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    Thanks  Cathybird for starting the thread again.
    Happy new month  everybody.
    NSD today as I don't need anything and its too wet to go out.
    1/20.

      ilovetea  xx
    Make £2026 in 2026 £212-64
    Declutter 160 items in 2026
    NSD's in Jan. 24/20. Feb 18/20
  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,725 Forumite
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    1st one for me today. Hope to do better this month
    Good luck to everybody  
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £26,764....its going down

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

    Challenges

    EF  £660/3000
    .

    Studies/surveys May...£47.73

    Decluttering items 1400/    2025.  206/2026
    Books read    23 in 2025.  2026- 12  (target is 52)  
    Jigsaws done  20 in 2025.  3 this year. 

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


  • blubella
    blubella Posts: 581 Forumite
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    Cleaning my 1st NSD for April, another 12 hour shift and well prepped for all meals. Will need to buy fuel tomorrow though 


    #4 DFBXMAS24 - £2,322.85/£5,000
    NSD Challenge - Jan 15/12, Feb 3/12, Mar 10/10 Apr 10/12, May 5/12.
    SPC #44


    Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration & inspiration ~ Evan Esar
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,571 Forumite
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    blubella said:
    Cleaning my 1st NSD for April, another 12 hour shift and well prepped for all meals. Will need to buy fuel tomorrow though 


    @blubella you don't have to count fuel unless you want to! Fuel, public transport and basic groceries can all be excluded. :)
  • cathybird
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    April

    Off to a start = image
    5 days = image
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    April targets

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    Doris17 18

    Flying By 17

    FrugalAspirations 10

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    Honeysucklelou2 10

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    ilovetea 1/20   image

    KajiKita 1/18  image

    keggie 1/15   image

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    LittleMissDetermined 17

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