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Awesome August's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • SecondStar
    SecondStar Posts: 644 Forumite
    500 Posts Third Anniversary Name Dropper
    6 NSDs so far :)
    ‘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 - £600 / £2,400
  • laura_lau
    laura_lau Posts: 682 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 500 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Early call for NSD today.
    Debt free journey started 30/08/2023:

    CC1 - 5,151.92 now 5,335.15
    CC3 - 4,166.15 now 5,345.28
    CC4 - 4,625.87 (balance transfer from CC2) now 5,717.24
    Current outstanding: 16,397.67
    Debt free by Jul 2027.

    Challenges:
    NSD Apr 2025 - 7/20
    NST Apr 2025 - 
    #31 1p savings 2025 £32.40/£667.95
    2025 Fashion on the ration - Coupons remaining 43.5/66
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,652 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 8 August 2024 at 1:52AM
    August 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


    August targets


    AppleADay2024 10


    AuntieL 15

    beanielou 7/19  image  image


    Caeraugirl


    cathybird 10

    Crazycatlady2 4/20  image 


    Daywon

    Doris17 4/12  image 


    Geriatricmum

    HotDog2020 4/15  image 

    ilovetea 6/20   image  image 

    KajiKita 7/18  image  image

    laura lau 6/18   image  image

    laurenh 2/18  image 


    leftatthetrafficlights 24

    LittleMissDetermined 4/18   image 

    Makingabobor2 3/15  image 

    MoneyFreedom24 1/15  image 


    Mrs Cautious

    Rupacomp 2/12  image 


    Saver-upper

    SecondStar 6/16  image  image 

    short bird 5/22   image  image 

    Worlds Worst Superhero 6/20  image  image





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  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,652 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    August results updated here :):)
  • Tuesday- went off to acquire some books for my customers and somehow managed not to buy any for myself.
    I did have a spend though- it had been a busy day, I was wilting in the sun, needed a wee and to charge my phone so met my son for a cold beer before heading home.

    I'm working from home today (Wednesday) so it's going to be a NSD.
    Having a vegetable fritter for lunch to use up the last of the veg in the fridge before I do the grocery shop tomorrow.
    Tonight, I will look at what we have in the cupboards, fridge and freezer make a meal plan and shopping list so I only buy what we need.
  • Went for a quick walk after lunch to post a letter, and noticed a load of ripe blackberries.
    I'll pop back later with my foraging basket- that's if the pigeons and squirrels don't get there first!
  • HotDog2020
    HotDog2020 Posts: 593 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    4/15 please @cathybird thank you xxx
  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,218 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    Declaring number 3/15  today.
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £28,744....its going down

     Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 
    18mths ahead of schedule.  Since 2022 we paid over £15K in OPs.

    Challenges

    EF #68  £550/£3000
    .
    Fiver Friday '25 #10 £15

    Studies/surveys  August £0

    Decluttering items 756

    Books read    13
    Jigsaws done  8

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


  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,686 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    NSD Hump day here 😉

    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

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • ilovetea
    ilovetea Posts: 1,272 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Came n here to post yesterday but fell asleep.
    1 NSD for yesterday.
    Today I went and posted some e-b@y sales but buyer paid.
    Grocery  spend was essentials only so not counting those.
    So another NSD today,

    6 NSD now.
       ilovetea  xx

    Make £2024 in 2024 £1161.08
    Declutter 2024 things in 2024 1522/2024.
    NSD's in August 11/20
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