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  • redofromstart
    redofromstart Posts: 6,018 Forumite
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    8/20 AFDs for me please Cathybird
  • satchmo1
    satchmo1 Posts: 3,372 Forumite
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    8 for me today please. I wasn't sure if DH and I would toast his birthday with vino, but we were good and toasted with pints of lime 🍋‍🟩 and soda 
    What would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?
  • sukeyboo
    sukeyboo Posts: 2,388 Forumite
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    3/10 for yesterday please cathybird 
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,044 Forumite
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    edited 9 April at 8:10PM
    April AFD challenge 2025

    7 days = image 

    14 days = image 

    21 days = image 

    28 days = image 

    Target reached = image 

    Target beaten = image 

    Entire month = image 



    April targets


    Arkers TF  


    BlueJ94 2/25 


    cathybird 9/21  image 


    CuppaTea TF 


    Dark Sunday 3/14 


    doingitanyway 9/20  image 


    Dryjan 1/18 


    dustydigger 21 


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    maman 5/10 


    ManPants 30 


    mrosie 1/15 


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    NeverendingDMP  


    oceandreamer 4/10 


    PriceySOS 22 


    redofromstart 9/20  image 


    RobM99 7/29   image 


    satchmo1 9/28   image 


    Season of Mist 28  


    sukeyboo 4/10  


    tiddles 3/15  


    Watty1 4/20  


    WBF 2/14  



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


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  • sukeyboo
    sukeyboo Posts: 2,388 Forumite
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    Declaring early for today on 4/10 please cathybird 
  • satchmo1
    satchmo1 Posts: 3,372 Forumite
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    9/28 for me today please
    What would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?
  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 7,639 Forumite
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    Am indeed on 4/20
    Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became

    In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!
  • BlueJ94
    BlueJ94 Posts: 3,040 Ambassador
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    sorry I disappeared lots going on here put me down for 2/25
     I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Debt Free Wannabe boards and spending & discounts boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts 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 and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.

    Debt owed;

    *update pending as I've no idea* 

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  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,537 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    9/20 for me 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 350/1000
    Buffer fund 100/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/07/2025
  • redofromstart
    redofromstart Posts: 6,018 Forumite
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    9/20 for me please Cathybird
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