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Amazing April's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • laurenh1
    laurenh1 Posts: 1,027 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    NSD for me today please 🙂
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 8,403 Forumite
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    Not today 🤷‍♀️😊

    KK
    As 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

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    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • blubella
    blubella Posts: 581 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    #4 1 NSD for me yesterday, taking me to 8/12. Not sure if I'm going to make it this month but will keep trying. I think I'll aim for 12 again in May :)
    #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


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  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,839 Forumite
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    edited 28 April 2024 at 4:24PM
    May targets

    AuntieL
    bamboo socks 20
    beanielou 19
    blubella 12
    Caeraugirl 20
    cathybird 15
    Crazycatlady2 18
    Doris17
    Flying By
    FrugalAspirations
    Geriatricmum
    Honeysucklelou2
    HotDog2020 15
    ilovetea
    KajiKita 18
    keggie
    laura lau
    laurenh 20
    leftatthetrafficlights 24
    Lemonade Budget
    LittleMissDetermined
    madlyn
    Makingabobor2 15
    Money Choices
    Mrs Cautious
    Nervous1234
    Rupacomp
    SecondStar
    short bird 16
    Tiangfeng2022
    Worlds Worst Superhero


    :):) Newcomers welcome! :):)

  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,839 Forumite
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    April results updated here :):)
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,839 Forumite
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    Well done beanie, HotDog2020, short bird, Rupacomp, laurenh1 and blubella :):)
  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,357 Forumite
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    2 more too add. Won't quite make it, but been a weird month. 
    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
    .

    Studies/surveys  October £36.23

    Decluttering items 1347/
    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-up


  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,357 Forumite
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    cathybird said:
    I would be very interested to hear whether people access the thread via mobile or desktop/laptop? 
    Mobile and tablet normally.
    Either laptop or mobile, depending if I have laptop on at the time. 

    Will try for 15 again in May. 
    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
    .

    Studies/surveys  October £36.23

    Decluttering items 1347/
    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-up


  • 25/24 for me today please - thought I would spend yesterday while out with my grandbaby but we were too exhausted after building dens in the woods to go anywhere else! 😂
    '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: 

    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'

  • beanielou
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    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    One today. 
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    "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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