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Nifty November's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,612 Forumite
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    Shiny new December thread up and running here :):)
  • laurenh1
    laurenh1 Posts: 987 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: 7,573 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 15.07.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
    - OPs to mortgage = £11,338 Interest saved £5225 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030

    Read 39 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 27th July
    Produce tracker: £227 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. 
  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,480 Forumite
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    Declaring a final NSD today. Didn’t quite meet my target for this month.
    2025 decluttering: 3,550🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅
    2025 use up challenge: 309🥉🥈🥇💎🏆
    Big kitchen declutter challenge 92/150
    2025 decluttering goals Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 500
  • Caeraugirl
    Caeraugirl Posts: 586 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.
    #21 Save £12k in 2025 £12577.35/£20000

    July NSD Challenge 0/10
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,479 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*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • leftatthetrafficlights
    leftatthetrafficlights Posts: 2,056 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! 
    DNF: £708.92/£1000
    JSF: £708.58/£1000

    Winter season grocery budget: £600.85/£900

    Weight loss challenge 2024: 11/24lbs
    1st quarter start:9st 13.1lb
    2nd quarter start:9st 9.2 lb
    3rd quarter start: 9st 6.8 lb
    4th quarter start: 9st 10.2 lb
    End weight: 8st 13lb

    '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 £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  £450/£3000
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    Fiver Friday '25 #10 £15

    Studies/surveys  July £72.46

    Decluttering items 753

    Books read    12
    Jigsaws done  8

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


  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,479 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*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • 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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