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Awesome August's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • It's one for me today
    See you in September!
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4685/£6000
  • Caeraugirl
    Caeraugirl Posts: 606 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Claiming a last one today, to take me to 13.
    #15 Save £12k in 2026 £4500/£12000


  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 502 Forumite
    500 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Ending the month on an NSD 😁 
    Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
    April 2026 NSD Challenge 0/15

    MFW 2025 #45
    Jan 2016 Mortgage = £150,894 (23years 0months)
    Current outstanding = £90,256.60 (10years 1month)
    2024 Overpayment = £675.66
    2025 Overpayment = £710/£700
    2026 Overpayment = £357.72/£1000
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,480 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 31 August 2024 at 5:02PM
    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 13/15  image  image   image  

    beanielou 27/19  image  image   image   image  image  image  image

    Caeraugirl 13/10  image  image   image   image  image

    cathybird 12/10  image  image   image   image  image

    Crazycatlady2 16/20  image  image   image   image

    Doris17 6/12  image  image 

    Geriatricmum 10/10  image  image   image   image 

    HotDog2020 12/15  image  image   image  

    ilovetea 12/20   image  image   image 

    KajiKita 23/18  image  image   image   image   image   image   image

    laura lau 16/18   image  image   image  image  

    laurenh 9/18  image  image  


    leftatthetrafficlights 24

    LittleMissDetermined 21/18   image  image   image  image  image  image  image

    Makingabobor2 10/15  image  image  image

    MoneyFreedom24 5/15  image  image 


    Mrs Cautious


    Prodigal50

    Rupacomp 11/12  image  image  image


    Saver-upper

    SecondStar 7/16  image  image 

    short bird 23/22   image  image   image  image  image  image  image

    Worlds Worst Superhero 23/20  image  image   image   image  image  image  image





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  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,480 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    August results updated here :):)
  • short_bird
    short_bird Posts: 4,068 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Day 23 for me.
    ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’ David Lynch.
    "It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.” David Lynch.
  • Hi @cathybird I am staying on 12 today, I have been snack shopping, which I should not have done 😒
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,480 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I am going to finish on 12 because I forgot to buy a sack of flour on my last spendy day and while it is an essential I should not have forgotten it :neutral: and I have a couple of other things I need to sort out today too. 

    Shiny new September thread up and running here :):)
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,908 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Rather to my surprise, today has been an NSD … 🤷‍♀️😊 I’ll take it.

    KK
    As 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. 
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,480 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Well done everyone for August :):) See you on the September thread :) 
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