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Dazzling December's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 8,403 Forumite
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    NSD Tuesday here 😊

    KK
    As at 15.10.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £229,702
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 59books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 18th October 
    Produce tracker: £426 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. 
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,837 Forumite
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    edited 4 December 2024 at 5:05PM
    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 4/19  image


    BestnamesRgone 3/15  image


    Caeraugirl 15 


    cathybird 3/15  image


    Doris17 3/12  image


    Geriatricmum  


    HotDog2020 3/10  image


    Janeryan  


    KajiKita 3/15  image


    laura lau 2/15  image


    laurenh1 4/15  image


    leftatthetrafficlights 4/24  image


    LittleMissDetermined 3/16  image


    Makingabobor2 1/15  image


    Nintud 15 


    QueenJess 1/15  image


    RisingPhoenix1  


    Rupacomp  


    SecondStar 15 


    short bird 2/18   image


    TizerCat  


    winterbear95 5/TF 


    x raphael xx  





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  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,837 Forumite
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    December results updated here :):)
  • Declaring early - 4/24
    'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'

    Weight loss challenge 2024:
    Start weight: 9st 13.1lb
    End weight: 8st 13lb

    Weight loss challenge 2025: 
    Start weight: 8st 6lbs
    End weight: 

    JSF: £0/£2000

    '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'

  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 8,403 Forumite
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    Also declaring early 😊

    KK
    As at 15.10.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £229,702
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 59books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 18th October 
    Produce tracker: £426 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. 
  • It's another one for me today please @Cathybird, making it 3/16
    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 £7390 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3677/£6000 | Travel savings £1832 | Sinking pots £3107
  • laurenh1
    laurenh1 Posts: 1,027 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    NSD again today please. I did buy some jelly moulds for the kids lunch boxes but these are a replacement. My kids have lost the lids of the current ones. Had them years and they get used weekly, so can't complain! 
  • laura_lau
    laura_lau Posts: 682 Forumite
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    Starting December a bit late as I've been to Stockholm to visit a friend until Monday, so out of 4 days I had a NSD on Monday and one today.
    Happy December!
    Debt free journey started 30/08/2023:

    CC1 - 5,151.92 now 5,335.15
    CC3 - 4,166.15 now 5,345.28
    CC4 - 4,625.87 (balance transfer from CC2) now 5,717.24
    Current outstanding: 16,397.67
    Debt free by Jul 2027.

    Challenges:
    NSD Apr 2025 - 7/20
    NST Apr 2025 - 
    #31 1p savings 2025 £32.40/£667.95
    2025 Fashion on the ration - Coupons remaining 43.5/66
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,639 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    One today. 
    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.

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    ***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.
  • Doris17
    Doris17 Posts: 941 Forumite
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    Another one for me today please 3/12.

    "Make Everyday Count"



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