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Fiver Friday Challenge 2025

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  • Coxy11
    Coxy11 Posts: 6,016 Forumite
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    Hi all,
    I'm baaaacccckkk! Finished my walking challenge on Saturday, then spent a lovely albeit emotional weekend with the family in Cornwall, followed by a 7+ hour drive home yesterday zzzzzzzzz
    I've updated my total so I now have £80 in my pot.
    Shame about the car repair bill @sams247 but what luck that you had some funds to hand to deal with it!
    Totals updated to here - please shout if anything looks amiss x

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,748 Ambassador
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    Well done coxy. Be proud. 
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  • Matron_Midge
    Matron_Midge Posts: 840 Forumite
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    #2 Good Friday £5 and tomorrow’s transferred. Think I’ll have £80 in now too. Woohoo
  • sams247
    sams247 Posts: 1,367 Forumite
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    Hiya.   #13 sent my £5 over to savings today, making a total of £25 
      To those who are given much, much is expected
        Fiver Friday #8 £5
      1. Coxy11
        Coxy11 Posts: 6,016 Forumite
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        Hi all,
        Was working on Friday and then the weekend just ran away from me!
        I transferred my latest £5 and now have £85.
        Well done to everyone else sticking with it - those fivers are mounting up!
        Totals updated to here.
        Coxy 
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      2. Makingabobor2
        Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,547 Forumite
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        I somehow seem to have £90 now. Think that's more than I should have, but will keep it at that for now
        Making the debt go down and savings go up

        LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £27,644....its going down

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      3. sams247
        sams247 Posts: 1,367 Forumite
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        edited 2 May 2025 at 7:43AM
        My £5 sent to Piggy account, so thats a nice £30 thus far...
          To those who are given much, much is expected
            Fiver Friday #8 £5
          1. beanielou
            beanielou Posts: 97,748 Ambassador
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            All out of sync. So £15 sent 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.

            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.
          2. Coxy11
            Coxy11 Posts: 6,016 Forumite
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            And another Friday rolls around so another fiver into my pot - now at £90. 

            Well done to all those sticking with it. Doesn’t matter if you’re religiously saving £5 a week or putting something away as and when, it all counts. 

            Have a good weekend all. 
            Coxy 
            Cross-stitch WIP: Haberdashery Shop Fiver Friday challenge 2026 founding member 😊 Read 26 books in 2026 1/26 Currently reading The Trial by Rob Rinder
          3. BadBookkeeper
            BadBookkeeper Posts: 848 Forumite
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            Paid £25 across to my fiver Friday pot yesterday for the month of May so now at £110 🥳
            Lightbulb moment - 17/08/2017 £17,033.  DFD 31/7/24 🥳. 

            Round 2 - 8/12/25 £3,660 
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