Starting Total - £8586.09
Current Total - £7999.85
Paid to Date - £586.24 / 6.8%
Overpayments to Date - £46
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Could I please join? With a target of £4000 which is nearly 50% of my debt? Some of that being 'paid' will actually hopefully be 'cleared' by negotiating settlements later in the year if thats ok to do? X3
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Good evening
I had another vented sale completed today, so made another payment to CC.
Total for number 25 now - £8866.77/£15,000.
Have a great weekend everyone
32b3SPC9 #125 - £816.85
SPC10 #125 - £851.81
SPC 11 #7 - £968.46
SPC 12 #7 - £2682.90
SPC 13 #7 - £4829.85
SPC 17 #7 - £7313.634 -
Hi
#18 update
March payments £965
Year to date £2,895/£14,600LBM 02/01/2021 (£52,000) + (£27,000 2023 home repairs)
Now 05/12/2025 (£14,724)
81.5% of debt cleared
HSBC Mortgage = £43,630 (4.69% 105 repayments to go)
HSBC loan = £1,208 (5.3% APR) £302/mth (4 repayments to go)
Admiral loan = £13,516 (2.7% APR) £321/mth (42 repayments to go)
Emergency Fund = £1500/20004 -
Thanks Thriftymissus.Thriftymissus said:#33 Thriftymissus
Paid off £225 overnight, out of £7881 I have now paid off just over half, with £3935 remaining. There was £110 remaining on one account and that’s now closed. Regular direct debits are set up for the rest.@ir@IrishRose12 there’s no tax on personal sellers selling things that are used items from home, it applies if you’re selling things you’ve bought to sell xx
My problem is a lot of my stuff is still brand new with tags
I'm literally just trying to declutter all the stuff in the house that I don't use, or have never used and never will used. So although some of my items have been used, it's the New stuff I have more of and am worried about.
Pay all debt off by Christmas 2025 £815.45/£3,000£1 a day challenge 2025 - £180/£730 Declutter a bag a week in 2025 11/52Lose 25lb - 10/25lbs Read 1 book per week - 5/52Pay off credit card debt 18%/100%4 -
Decided to throw extra money at the debt and paid off one of the CC cards. That's HMRC and CC1 out of the way. This one is 0% until July 26, with a high limit, so I'll keep it, just took it out for some bathroom reno expenses to help with my cash flow as it was a lot of money to spend all at once hence using a mix of savings and CC.
Now I'll hit the one on 0% until May 26. It's M&S and I sometimes use it for bigger shopping to get some points, so not really in a hurry to pay it off completely but want to at least get the balance down to under £1k, not long to go.
Glad I've joined, this thread is truly inspiring and giving me the needed kick.#nonumber £5100/£8000 (64%)Mortgage: £173,700 Sep 22 £158,300 Dec 25
MF Date: Sep 52 Mar 52
CC Debt: £15,250 Nov 25 £12,000 Dec 25
2026 Challenges:
MFiT-T7 #5
DFbyXMAS #7
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Good evening
I hope everyone is having a good weekend
Another vinted sale has completed so I made another payment.
Total for number 25 now - £8883.77/£15,000.
Keep going everyone, we are near a quarter of the way through the year.
32b3SPC9 #125 - £816.85
SPC10 #125 - £851.81
SPC 11 #7 - £968.46
SPC 12 #7 - £2682.90
SPC 13 #7 - £4829.85
SPC 17 #7 - £7313.633 -
Just paid another £677.00 off my Lloyds CC - £4,739.00 to go!
Now on target to be debt free by October 2025.Debt Free - 4th June 20254 -
Morning all, payday today so £2300 added towards my total so I am now:
#10 £5160 / £15120
MPS x
I AM DEBT FREE!!!!!! (as at 24.10.25)
November 2022 - £46,626.96 / November 2025 - £0.00
Debt paid off - £46,626.96 (100%)
Completed Challenges:
#10 DFBXMAS25 £15120.00 / £15120.00 (100% paid off) COMPLETED!
#15 DFBXMAS24 £16972.80 / £14000.00 (121.23% paid off) COMPLETED!
#41 DFBXMAS23 £14751.96 / £12000.00 (122.93% paid off) COMPLETED!
MissPennySave's Debt Free Diary - DFW Diary5 -
#11 £160.47 paid today and that’s clears a credit card, now onto the 2nd one.Total now £1796.64/£4746.64
£2950 to go.Thank you and good luck to everyone smashing their debts.5 -
8875/16000
I cant wait till all this is over
About 35k March 24
<then many hours working, little sleep, much grumbling>
Now:
£13577 Jan 25
£11100 End Jan 254
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