August NSD challenge
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Awesome August's No-Spend Days Challenge!
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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.
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 / £2,2001 -
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 43.5/661 -
Off to a start =
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August targetsAppleADay2024 10AuntieL 15beanielou 7/19
Caeraugirlcathybird 10Crazycatlady2 4/20
DaywonDoris17 4/12
GeriatricmumHotDog2020 4/15
ilovetea 6/20
KajiKita 7/18
laura lau 6/18
laurenh 2/18
leftatthetrafficlights 24LittleMissDetermined 4/18
Makingabobor2 3/15
MoneyFreedom24 1/15
Mrs CautiousRupacomp 2/12
Saver-upperSecondStar 6/16
short bird 5/22
Worlds Worst Superhero 6/20
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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.
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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!1 -
4/15 please @cathybird thank you xxx1
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Declaring number 3/15 today.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 £1570/£3000
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Studies/surveys April.....£43.44
Decluttering items 1402/2025. 183/2026
Books read 23 in 2025. 2026- 10 (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-up1 -
NSD Hump day here 😉
KKAs at 17.03.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £219,071
- OPs to mortgage = £17,793 Estd. interest saved = £9,021 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 25 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 5th April.
Produce tracker: £73 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.1 -
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 £2026 in 2026 £212-64
Declutter 160 items in 2026
NSD's in Jan. 24/20. Feb 18/201
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