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The Cutting Down Alcohol challenge for December & 2025 :)
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Declaring early - 17/30 please 😁'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'
Jan GC: £74.77/£100
DNF: £1471.53/£6700
Garden sections: 0/21
DNF: 3/45
Save 12k in 2026: #37 £1471.53/£6700
'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'4 -
13 for me please @cathybirdIf 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 1400/1000
Buffer fund 100/100
Debt Free (again) 25/07/20254 -
October AFD challenge 20257 days =
14 days =
21 days =
28 days =
Target reached =
Target beaten =
Entire month =
October targetsBlueJ94 10/25
cathybird 17/21
Dark Sunday 14doingitanyway 13/25
Dryjan 18dustydigger 24Jellybaby 16/TF
leftatthetrafficlights 18/30
maggiem 8/10
maman 8/10
oceandreamer 14/24
PriceySOS 23redofromstart 18/20
RobM99 14/30
satchmo1 13/25
Season of Mist 16/27
sukeyboo 7/10
tiddles 1/10Watty1 12/20
Wishus 4/20WBF 6/14🌞 🌞 Newcomers welcome! 🌞 🌞3 -
16 AFDs for me please.4
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14/24 today please Cathybird4
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12/25 for me today please.What would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?4
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Declaring early- 18/30 please'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'
Jan GC: £74.77/£100
DNF: £1471.53/£6700
Garden sections: 0/21
DNF: 3/45
Save 12k in 2026: #37 £1471.53/£6700
'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'4 -
Drank the bottle of wine won last week in a raffle. Shared it so only half, and a nice evening. Probably the last of the evenings to sit outside and just be. Still 12/20Made 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 !!4 -
18 for me please CathybirdMy mortgage free diary: +++ Divide by Cucumber Error. Please reinstall universe and reboot+++
GNU Mr Redo3 -
13/25 for me today please
I volunteered a parkrun today, as tail walker, and chatted to a chap who is 79 and does parkrun most weeks, and swims 3 times a week - inspirational.What would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?4
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