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Splendid September's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 92,883 Ambassador
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    One today. 
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    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.
  • laura_lau
    laura_lau Posts: 538 Forumite
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    NSD Monday for me.
    My debt free journey starts on 30/08/2023:

    CC1 - 5,151.92 now 5,383.34
    CC2 - 4,625.87 now 0 (balance transfer to CC4)
    CC3 - 4,166.15 now 5,706.38
    CC4 - 0 now 4,358.75 (balance transfer from CC2)
    Current outstanding: 15,448.47
    Debt free by Jan 2027.

    November 2024 NSD Challenge - 6/18
    NST November 2024
    #21 1p savings challenge 2024 £382.94/£671.61
  • Worlds_Worst_Superhero
    Worlds_Worst_Superhero Posts: 161 Forumite
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    edited 10 September at 7:10PM
    *Edited as got dates mixed up*

    Sunday 1st- NSD
    Monday 2nd- NSD
    Tuesday 3rd- NSD
    Wedneday 4th-NSD

    Thursday 5th- NSD. I did do the weekly grocery shopping but I categorise this as Essential Spending, so it doesn't count.

    Friday 6th- Spend Day, buying a few things my son needs for university.

    Saturday- NSD. I did have to pay for fuel and ULEZ to drop my son off but as this was an Essential Trip, with no option for using other forms of transport, this doesn't count.

    Sunday- NSD. We had planned to go for a day hike, stopping off for lunch and a pint or two at a lovely country pub but the weather had other ideas. Stayed in and played board games with a glass of wine and veggie sausage sandwiches instead.

    That evening, as I was heading for bed I noticed the hall carpet felt wet. After a mad few minutes I managed to find the source- something in the downstairs bathroom was leaking.
    Turned off the stopcock, but it was still leaking 
    I had to take a crowbar to the panelling to find the reason......
    The inlet pipe that brings water from the main supply to our house had corroded and developed a tiny hole just before it meets with the stopcock.

    My partner is lovely, but bloody useless when it comes to anything practical. So there I am, 11 o'clock at night, wearing my most unfetching Snoopy pyjamas, lying on the wet street outside our house with my arm down the access hatch, turning off the main water supply.

    My partner was panicking, thinking we had to call an emergency plumber. I told him to turn on all the cold taps, fill as many pans and buckets as he could and drain the system.

    Ten minutes after discovering the leak, the water had stopped. Another 15 minutes of mopping up and putting down towels to soak up any residue and the panic was over. I could get out of my dirty, wet jim-jams, have a good wash and go to bed knowing that disaster was averted. I could deal with the repair job in the morning.

    Monday- Big Spend Day. I inspected the pipe, googled the problem and quickly realised that this was a job best left to the experts. Called my friendly, neighbourhood plumber.
    He came around first thing this morning and after an hour of ripping out fitted wall panels (ouch!) he'd removed the damaged pipe. It was so badly corroded it could have completely split at any moment. After an hour of serious banging, sawing and welding he'd fitted a new pipe and stopcock.

    £160 😭

    I'm trying to tell myself that it could have been so much worse, that if I had panicked or didn't know what to do we might have ended up calling an emergency plumber. Or worse still, we could have been away when it completely ruptured and returned to find out home destroyed.

    I'll have to replace the wall panels, but it's not urgent. Having all the pipes on display is not pretty, but I can live with it for a while.
    I'll also need to replace the bathroom flooring. It had to be cut away in order to rip out the wall panels.

    Me and my bank balance feel a bit sad today 😢
  • Caeraugirl
    Caeraugirl Posts: 477 Forumite
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    I'm trying to tell myself that it could@Worlds_Worst_Superhero if I had panicked or didn't know what to do we might have ended up calling an emergency plumber. Or worse still, we could have been away when it completely ruptured and returned to find out home destroyed.

    I'll have to replace the wall panels, but it's not urgent. Having all the pipes on display is not pretty, but I can live with it for a while.
    I'll also need to replace the bathroom flooring. It had to be cut away in order to rip out the wall panels.

    Me and my bank balance feel a bit sad today 😢
    Ah, @Worlds_Worst_Superhero, that sounds traumatic, but you did an amazing job both in managing the issue and in keeping the costs down! 
    #19 Save £12k in 2024 £12558.21/£12000

    November NSD Challenge 9/20
  • Caeraugirl
    Caeraugirl Posts: 477 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Claiming another two for yesterday and today.
    #19 Save £12k in 2024 £12558.21/£12000

    November NSD Challenge 9/20
  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 3,371 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    One more to add
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £32,245

    Mortgage Oct '24 £11,900 Officially ends 06/26 but plan to be MF sooner
    Total OPs 2022 - £240   2023 - £1976
    OPs so far in 2024 £1652.47


    Challenges

    EF #68  £955/£1000
    1p a Day '24 #12  £255.48/£667.  
    Christmas '24 £2
     
    Make £5 a day Nov £31.28/£150   
    NSDs Nov 6/15

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


  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 92,883 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Not one today after all. Sorry.
    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.
  • Rupacomp
    Rupacomp Posts: 302 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Another NSD today
    Savings goal by 31/12/24: £22000
    Dec 23: £6945.23
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 92,883 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Sunday 1st- NSD
    Monday 2nd- NSD
    Tuesday 3rd- NSD

    Thursday 4th- NSD. I did do the weekly grocery shopping but I categorise this as Essential Spending, so it doesn't count.

    Friday 6th- Spend Day, buying a few things my son needs for university.

    Saturday- NSD. I did have to pay for fuel and ULEZ to drop my son off but as this was an Essential Trip, with no option for using other forms of transport, this doesn't count.

    Sunday- NSD. We had planned to go for a day hike, stopping off for lunch and a pint or two at a lovely country pub but the weather had other ideas. Stayed in and played board games with a glass of wine and veggie sausage sandwiches instead.

    That evening, as I was heading for bed I noticed the hall carpet felt wet. After a mad few minutes I managed to find the source- something in the downstairs bathroom was leaking.
    Turned off the stopcock, but it was still leaking 
    I had to take a crowbar to the panelling to find the reason......
    The inlet pipe that brings water from the main supply to our house had corroded and developed a tiny hole just before it meets with the stopcock.

    My partner is lovely, but bloody useless when it comes to anything practical. So there I am, 11 o'clock at night, wearing my most unfetching Snoopy pyjamas, lying on the wet street outside our house with my arm down the access hatch, turning off the main water supply.

    My partner was panicking, thinking we had to call an emergency plumber. I told him to turn on all the cold taps, fill as many pans and buckets as he could and drain the system.

    Ten minutes after discovering the leak, the water had stopped. Another 15 minutes of mopping up and putting down towels to soak up any residue and the panic was over. I could get out of my dirty, wet jim-jams, have a good wash and go to bed knowing that disaster was averted. I could deal with the repair job in the morning.

    Monday- Big Spend Day. I inspected the pipe, googled the problem and quickly realised that this was a job best left to the experts. Called my friendly, neighbourhood plumber.
    He came around first thing this morning and after an hour of ripping out fitted wall panels (ouch!) he'd removed the damaged pipe. It was so badly corroded it could have completely split at any moment. After an hour of serious banging, sawing and welding he'd fitted a new pipe and stopcock.

    £160 😭

    I'm trying to tell myself that it could have been so much worse, that if I had panicked or didn't know what to do we might have ended up calling an emergency plumber. Or worse still, we could have been away when it completely ruptured and returned to find out home destroyed.

    I'll have to replace the wall panels, but it's not urgent. Having all the pipes on display is not pretty, but I can live with it for a while.
    I'll also need to replace the bathroom flooring. It had to be cut away in order to rip out the wall panels.

    Me and my bank balance feel a bit sad today 😢
    Well done.  I don't think that was too expensive actually.
    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.
  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 252 Forumite
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    Sunday 1st- NSD
    Monday 2nd- NSD
    Tuesday 3rd- NSD

    Thursday 4th- NSD. I did do the weekly grocery shopping but I categorise this as Essential Spending, so it doesn't count.

    Friday 6th- Spend Day, buying a few things my son needs for university.

    Saturday- NSD. I did have to pay for fuel and ULEZ to drop my son off but as this was an Essential Trip, with no option for using other forms of transport, this doesn't count.

    Sunday- NSD. We had planned to go for a day hike, stopping off for lunch and a pint or two at a lovely country pub but the weather had other ideas. Stayed in and played board games with a glass of wine and veggie sausage sandwiches instead.

    That evening, as I was heading for bed I noticed the hall carpet felt wet. After a mad few minutes I managed to find the source- something in the downstairs bathroom was leaking.
    Turned off the stopcock, but it was still leaking 
    I had to take a crowbar to the panelling to find the reason......
    The inlet pipe that brings water from the main supply to our house had corroded and developed a tiny hole just before it meets with the stopcock.

    My partner is lovely, but bloody useless when it comes to anything practical. So there I am, 11 o'clock at night, wearing my most unfetching Snoopy pyjamas, lying on the wet street outside our house with my arm down the access hatch, turning off the main water supply.

    My partner was panicking, thinking we had to call an emergency plumber. I told him to turn on all the cold taps, fill as many pans and buckets as he could and drain the system.

    Ten minutes after discovering the leak, the water had stopped. Another 15 minutes of mopping up and putting down towels to soak up any residue and the panic was over. I could get out of my dirty, wet jim-jams, have a good wash and go to bed knowing that disaster was averted. I could deal with the repair job in the morning.

    Monday- Big Spend Day. I inspected the pipe, googled the problem and quickly realised that this was a job best left to the experts. Called my friendly, neighbourhood plumber.
    He came around first thing this morning and after an hour of ripping out fitted wall panels (ouch!) he'd removed the damaged pipe. It was so badly corroded it could have completely split at any moment. After an hour of serious banging, sawing and welding he'd fitted a new pipe and stopcock.

    £160 😭

    I'm trying to tell myself that it could have been so much worse, that if I had panicked or didn't know what to do we might have ended up calling an emergency plumber. Or worse still, we could have been away when it completely ruptured and returned to find out home destroyed.

    I'll have to replace the wall panels, but it's not urgent. Having all the pipes on display is not pretty, but I can live with it for a while.
    I'll also need to replace the bathroom flooring. It had to be cut away in order to rip out the wall panels.

    Me and my bank balance feel a bit sad today 😢
    Oh my goodness! I’m glad you were able get a plumber before it got worse. Sounds like it’s been a nightmare. 
    Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳

    November 2024 update:
    NSD Challenge 7/15
    EF £626.47

    MFW 
    Jan 2016 Mortgage outstanding = £149,895
    Current outstanding = £101,153
    Mortgage final payment = May 2038 (originally Jan 2041)
    2024 Overpayment = £547.64
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