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The Cutting Down Alcohol challenge for August & 2025 :)

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  • wishus
    wishus Posts: 1,285 Forumite
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    Hi @cathybird, I did not make my target, but I did reach 8 days out of 20. I'll do better in September. Same again please!
    Keep reading books!
    August grocery challenge Budget £150. Spent so far: £109.32. Remaining: £40.68
  • Dryjan
    Dryjan Posts: 66 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary 10 Posts Name Dropper
    7 for August please @cathybird
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,718 Forumite
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    edited Today at 2:48PM
    August AFD challenge 2025

    7 days = image 

    14 days = image  

    21 days = image 

    28 days = image 

    Target reached = image 

    Target beaten = image 

    Entire month = image 


    August targets


    BlueJ94 14/25  image  image  

    cathybird 31/21  image  image   image  image  image  image  image 

    Dark Sunday 7/14  image 

    doingitanyway 25/25  image  image   image  image 

    Dryjan 7/TF  image 

    dustydigger 31/24  image  image   image  image  image  image  image 

    Jellybaby 25/28  image  image   image 

    maggiem 9/10   image 

    maman 15/10  image  image   image  image 

    ManPants 31 

    marahouti 25 

    oceandreamer 13/24  image 

    PriceySOS 11/23  image 

    redofromstart 31/20  image  image   image  image  image  image  image 

    RobM99 31/30   image  image   image  image  image  image  image 

    satchmo1 27/25   image  image   image  image  image 

    Season of Mist 31/31   image  image   image  image  image 

    sukeyboo 13/10   image  image  image 

    tiddles 18/20   image  image  

    Watty1 19/20   image  image  

    Wishus 8/20   image 

    WBF 11/14   image 


    To see August's results on phone or tablet, click here. See 2025 results here :)


    🌞 🌞  Newcomers welcome! 🌞 🌞

  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,718 Forumite
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    Annual AFD challenge 2025

    50 days = image 

    100 days = image 

    150 days = image 

    200 days = image 

    250 days = image 

    300 days = image 

    Target reached = image 

    Target beaten = image

    2025 targets


    cathybird   217/275   image  image  image  image 

    Dark Sunday   70/160 image   

    Dryjan   109/TF   image  image 

    dustydigger   209/300   image  image  image  image 

    maggiem   87/200   image 

    maman   114/TF   image  image 

    marahouti   163/325   image  image  image 

    oceandreamer   168/200   image  imageimage 

    PriceySOS   180/TF   image  imageimage 

    redofromstart   209/300   image  image  image  image 

    RobM99   243/325   image  image  image  image 

    Satchmo1   222/TF   image  image  image  image 

    sukeyboo   114/TF   image  image 

    tiddles   178/257   image  imageimage 

    Watty1   131/300 image  image   

    WBF   66/168   image 

    To see the updated results for 2025 on phone or tablet, click here :)


    🌞 🌞  Newcomers welcome! 🌞 🌞

  • Dark_Sunday
    Dark_Sunday Posts: 250 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Poor month due  to long hol. 7/14 @cathybird
    Jan. 2025 Final LBM (3-yr plan)
    Net Debt: £16,042
    AFD Aug 2/14
    #12 £2025 in 2025: £5,397.10 / £2,025

  • sukeyboo
    sukeyboo Posts: 2,327 Forumite
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    maman said:
    I like it when the month starts on a Monday.👍🏼
    Me too 😁 - declaring early for today on 1/10 please cathybird 
  • BlueJ94
    BlueJ94 Posts: 2,833 Ambassador
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    25 for September goal please! 

    Starting off 1/25
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    Salad Money - £616.47/£1200 JAJA - £679.70/ £900 Zable - £338.60/£1300 = £1,634.77

  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,086 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    I had one drinking day but still met my 25/25 target for August  :)
    Claiming my 1/25 for September please @cathybird :)
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 800/1000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
  • maman
    maman Posts: 29,832 Forumite
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    Off the mark with 1/10 AFDs please@cathybird. 
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