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Nifty November's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,496 Forumite
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    Shiny new December thread up and running here :):)
  • laurenh1
    laurenh1 Posts: 1,129 Forumite
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    Another 2 NSDs to report.today won't be one as I'm going Christmas shopping. I'll aim for 15 in December please CB as I have so much on. See you all in December xx 
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,937 Forumite
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    cathybird said:
    @KajiKita I love the sheep :smiley: 
    Me too 🤩❤️ Thank you for finding and sharing the sheep 😊

    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 26 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 12th April. 
    Produce tracker: £78 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. 
  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,750 Forumite
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    Declaring a final NSD today. Didn’t quite meet my target for this month.
    2026 decluttering: 1,099 🤑🥉 ⭐️🥈🥇 ⭐️ ⭐️💎 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️🏆⭐️
    2026 use up challenge: 302🥉 ⭐️🥈🥇 ⭐️ ⭐️💎 ⭐️🏆⭐️
    2026 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉52 🥈100 🥇250 💎365 🏆1,000 👑3,000I 🥉25 🥈50 🥇100 💎150 🏆300 👑1,000
  • Caeraugirl
    Caeraugirl Posts: 606 Forumite
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    edited 30 November 2024 at 10:50AM
    Claiming a final spend today - not to target either but 17/20 is a better total than if I'd not been doing this challenge, so I'm still taking it a s a win! Thanks @cathybird for keeping us going, see you in December.
    #15 Save £12k in 2026 £4500/£12000


  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,263 Ambassador
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    KajiKita said:
    I got a sheep in a skipping rope! 🤩🥳🎉🥰❤️

    KK
    I am befuddled. 
    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*** in ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.
  • leftatthetrafficlights
    leftatthetrafficlights Posts: 2,343 Forumite
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    edited 30 November 2024 at 3:47PM
    beanielou said:
    KajiKita said:
    I got a sheep in a skipping rope! 🤩🥳🎉🥰❤️

    KK
    I am befuddled. 
    It's the 'target reached' emoji @beanielou 😉 

    Declaring at 23/24 for November - hopefully I'll hit my target in December! 
    'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'

    Jan GC: £74.77/£100
    DNF: £1471.53/£6700
    Garden sections: 0/21

    DNF: 3/45

    Save 12k in 2026: #37 £1471.53/£6700

    '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'

  • Declaring for today.....just scraped in by the skin of my teeth.  Onward to December now. 
    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  £1600/3000
    .

    Studies/surveys April.....£54.22

    Decluttering items 1402/
    2025.  195/2026
    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-up


  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,263 Ambassador
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    beanielou said:
    KajiKita said:
    I got a sheep in a skipping rope! 🤩🥳🎉🥰❤️

    KK
    I am befuddled. 
    It's the 'target reached' emoji @beanielou 😉 

    Declaring at 23/24 for November - hopefully I'll hit my target in December! 
    Thank you.  
    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*** in ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.
  • short_bird
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    Friday was day 17 and today day 18
    ‘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.
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