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Dazzling December's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • Hello December! Can I list my target as 15, please :)
    ‘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.

    261 No Spend Days in 2024!

    3-month Emergency Fund: £3,500 / £3,500 - DONE!
    1k Pet Emergency Fund - £1,000 / £1,000 - DONE!

    Nationwide 1 year 6.5% Savings - £400 / £2,400
  • beanielou
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    One today. 
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    "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.
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  • Off to a flying start with NSD 1.
    Thanks for running the thread again. 
    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  £410/£3000
    .
    Fiver Friday '25 #10 £15

    Studies/surveys  July £58.64

    Decluttering items 748

    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


  • Nintud
    Nintud Posts: 554 Forumite
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    15 for me please. Today should have been a NSD, but I’ve had to book a last minute flight for mid-week to visit ill Dad. Will probably be Tuesday when I get my first NSD, we’re using the emergency UHT milk, and that will be gone after my morning coffee.
    MBNA 237.47/13997.47
    Santander 300/10550
    Nationwide 60/460
    Very 943/943 paid off 01/02/25
    Santander OD 0/2900
    Nationwide OD 100/200
    Mortgage 18430/125194
    EF 300/1000
    Declutterred via Vinted 53/2025
    NSD Feb 2/7
    SPC2025 #11
    52 wk envelope challenge #6 28/virtual
    Debt repaid 2025 2437.60/38650.60
    MFW 2025 1036/107800
    Make £2025 in 2025 458/2025
    Friday Fiver 35/260 virtual pot.

    - - - -
    What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash. (L Ellis)
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,589 Forumite
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    edited 2 December 2024 at 3:49PM
    December 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 


    December targets


    AuntieL 15 


    beanielou 1/19  image


    BestnamesRgone 1/15  image


    Caeraugirl 15 


    cathybird 1/15  image


    Doris17 1/12  image


    Geriatricmum  


    HotDog2020 1/10  image


    Janeryan  


    KajiKita 1/15  image


    laura lau 15 


    laurenh1 2/15  image


    leftatthetrafficlights 1/24  image


    LittleMissDetermined  


    Makingabobor2 1/15  image


    Nintud 15 


    QueenJess 15 


    RisingPhoenix1  


    Rupacomp  


    SecondStar 15 


    short bird 1/18   image


    TizerCat  


    winterbear95 5/TF 


    x raphael xx  





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  • cathybird
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    December results updated here :):)
  • short_bird
    short_bird Posts: 4,008 Forumite
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    Day 1: some folks very kindly bought my lunch.
    ‘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.
  • Good morning! Can I aim for 16 in December please?

    I already have 2 from yesterday and today 
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    Sealed pot 2025 £5678 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3188/£6000 | Travel savings £1924 | Sinking pots £2126
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,488 Forumite
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    Forgot to bookmark this thread! Here now 😊
    One for yesterday but not sure about today yet ….

    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 36 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 19th July
    Produce tracker: £205 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. 
  • laurenh1
    laurenh1 Posts: 986 Forumite
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    another one for today please CB x 
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