February 2025 NSD challenge
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Fabulous February's No-Spend Days Challenge!
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Yes for Monday and today 😊
KKAs at 15.07.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
- OPs to mortgage = £11,338 Interest saved £5225 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030
Read 40 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 29th July
Produce tracker: £243 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.1 -
CrazyBee787 said:I don't think I am going to reach target this month another spendy day today, and I was thinking this morning how I could make it non spendy, instead I paid for parking, I paid for breakfast bap then I paid for lunch, it is all a bit naff really I should have done a lot better.10 NSDs out of 18 possible NSDs is great!
Don't beat yourself up
It's so very easy to have slips and I remember it being a real struggle the first year of NSDs and I don't think I ever reached a traget but I eventually sat down with my bank statements and ringed every unneccesary spend, totalled it and was disgusted, and that changed my mind set to beginning the month with 5 days of NSDs, a break, 5 more NSDs etc so that I could organise my spending and spending days as best as I could. That's when it got easier as I transferred the money I would have spent into an online savers account and it soon added up, plus I became far more organised with food shopping with zero waste - I only do 2 food shops each month with a tight list, and bulk shopping for household and personal absolute essentials, when needed, which has worked out far cheaper in the long run, so anything I save on shopping, I also put in the online saver account~ NSD 2025 - NSD August 0/20 (7 x💯)# Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel - Ongoing~ Totally FREE Christmas 2025 - 🎁✉️🏷🎀💐🪪🗒🧺⭐️Completed Challenges 2025:# No.36 Make £2025 in 2025 £1634.34 / £2025 (58%) (3) 💯💯+# No.12 Save £2 a Day 2025 2025: £730/ £730 💯# No.27 Save 1p A Day 2025 £667.95 / £667.95 💯# No.19 52 Week Env Challenge £1378 / £1378 💯# No.34 Save £12k in 2025 £13,429.74 / £12,000 💯 - Continuing5 -
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Off to a start =5 days =10 days =15 days =20 days =Target reached =Target beaten =February targetsAuntieL 9/18beanielou 15/19birdsfoottrefoil 5/10Caeraugirl 9/20Cassingtonbear 8/10cathybird 14/15Clarabelle73 2/15Crazybee787 10/19cuddlymarm 10/15Dizzycap 18/20Doris17 10/15emmaj30 8ET22 3/10GeorgianaCavendish 3/8Honeysucklelou2 1/10InDebtEnby 12/15Jay1 2 10/12KajiKita 14/20laura lau 14/18laurenh1 12/18LittleMissDetermined 12/16Louise600 9/10Makingabobor2 8/15Money Choices 8/10Optimistic Saver 11/20Pauper1 4/20Pinkpieuni 8/10QueenJess 12/15Saver-upper 15SecondStar 12/15short bird 12/18Thriftymissus 16/22Tjh1412 15To see the updated results for January on phone or tablet, click here🌞 🌞 Newcomers welcome! 🌞 🌞2
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WOW!I am going to declare an exceedingly early NSD Thursday before I go off back to bed, which I'm sick of seeing and laying in~ NSD 2025 - NSD August 0/20 (7 x💯)# Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel - Ongoing~ Totally FREE Christmas 2025 - 🎁✉️🏷🎀💐🪪🗒🧺⭐️Completed Challenges 2025:# No.36 Make £2025 in 2025 £1634.34 / £2025 (58%) (3) 💯💯+# No.12 Save £2 a Day 2025 2025: £730/ £730 💯# No.27 Save 1p A Day 2025 £667.95 / £667.95 💯# No.19 52 Week Env Challenge £1378 / £1378 💯# No.34 Save £12k in 2025 £13,429.74 / £12,000 💯 - Continuing2 -
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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 -
Thanks @dizzycap I am going to try to today to turn it around, it is possible if I have a straight run that I reach my target so I am going to try and i'll let you know how I get on later. Thanks.3
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Hello all, I’m all set for NSD 16 today. Thank you @Dizzycap for your congratulations- I’m hoping for a good few days ahead to reach my target x2
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One for me today please
LMD xLife gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017Sealed pot 2025 £5678 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3188/£6000 | Travel savings £1924 | Sinking pots £21262 -
Up to 12 NSDs for Feb‘When you only have two pennies left in the world, spend one on bread and the other on flowers. The bread will sustain life, the flowers will give you a reason to live.’Frugal living in 2024.
Frugal living in 2025.
261 No Spend Days in 2024!
3-month Emergency Fund: £3,500 / £3,500 - DONE!1k Pet Emergency Fund - £1,000 / £1,000 - DONE!
Nationwide 1 year 6.5% Savings - £400 / £2,4002
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