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  • keggie
    keggie Posts: 344 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Sorry been MIA and May was a bit of a write off.

    Aiming for 15 in June as lots planned e.g weekends away but need to stop my money running away….

    So far 1/15
    GC 2024 £1445.91/£3000
    GC July 24 £0/£250
    #16 XMAS 2024 £300:£366
    Surveys £32.05
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,493 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    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.
  • leftatthetrafficlights
    leftatthetrafficlights Posts: 2,296 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper
    Declaring early today - 3/24 😁
    'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'

    Jan GC: £0/£100
    DNF: £0/£6700
    Garden sections: 0/21

    DNF: 3/45

    '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'

  • SecondStar
    SecondStar Posts: 664 Forumite
    500 Posts Third Anniversary Name Dropper
    Calling an early calling an early one today, as the car is in the garage so no chance of going anywhere!

    That’s 3 so far for June :)
    ‘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!
    6 month Emergency Fund: £5,528 / £8,000

    Nationwide 1 year 6.5% Savings - £1,400 / £2,100
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,038 Forumite
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    edited 3 June 2024 at 9:27PM
    June NSD challenge


    Off to a start = image

    5 days = image

    10 days = image

    15 days = image

    20 days = image

    Target reached = image

    Target beaten = image

    June targets


    AuntieL 1/12   image

    bamboo socks

    beanielou 3/19  image

    blubella

    Caeraugirl 15

    cathybird 1/15  image

    Crazycatlady2 2/18   image

    Daywon

    Doris17

    Farmers-wife 2 1/10   image

    Flying By

    Geriatricmum

    HotDog2020 1/15   image

    ilovetea

    KajiKita 1/18   image

    keggie 1/15  image

    laconic 10

    laura lau

    laurenh 2/20   image

    leftatthetrafficlights 3/24   image

    LittleMissDetermined 1/18   image

    madlyn

    Makingabobor2 15

    Money Choices

    Mrs Cautious 1/20   image

    Rupacomp 1/15  image

    Saver-upper

    SecondStar 3/17   image

    short bird 2/18  image

    Tiangfeng2022 10

    Worlds Worst Superhero 20




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  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,038 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    June results updated here :):)
  • laurenh1
    laurenh1 Posts: 1,059 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    NSD for me please. I actually ordered something from Vinted but it turned out to be a scam so I'm getting a refund 🤣
  • Tianfeng2022
    Tianfeng2022 Posts: 34 Forumite
    Second Anniversary 10 Posts Name Dropper
    Please add me in @cathybird, 10days again, hope I will achieve it one day!

    Thank  you
    2025 Goals:Challenging : 
    • NatWest cc by 10/2024:         £3,800/£3,800   
    • HSBC    cc  by 07/2025:         £2,003.84/£3,626.80

    • Virgin cc by 09/25:    /£2,000
    • Private loan by 02/2026:        /£5,000







  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 458 Forumite
    100 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    First NSD of June for me today 😁
    Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
    December 2025 NSD Challenge 1/15

    MFW 2025 #45
    Jan 2016 Mortgage = £150,894 (23years 0months)
    Current outstanding = £93,038.66 (10years 5months)
    2024 Overpayment = £675.66
    2025 Overpayment = £710/£700
    2026 Overpayment = /£1000
  • LittleMissDetermined
    LittleMissDetermined Posts: 10,106 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Photogenic
    One for me today please x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£6000
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