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Fabulous February's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,096 Forumite
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    edited 20 February at 2:53PM
    @ Thriftymissus - Well done as it's really not easy to resist at times <3 The same temptation for me today :o My neighbour asked if I was going to Sains would I pick them up some milk and bread, I have some cash I'm holding for them as they're ill at the moment, so I don't need to spend and recoup ;)
    I needed an inspiration to pop to Sains to pick up some FREE flat packed boxes for sending out sold decluttered items in, so it was a win-win. Well, they had a double pack of custard vanillas in the fresh bakery department and I had to really resist as I knew I really didn't need them!  :s:'( I walked out with only the items I went in for and no extras o:):D
    On the flip side, I had 2 scratch cards in my Lidl App which gave me 2 FREE sweet treats and a £2 off a £2 spend voucher, so I popped into Lidl on the way back got FREE milk, bread & 2 sweet treats and didn't need to spend a single penny! - That's my kind of NSD shopping :D:D
    ~ NSD 2025 - NSD August 3/20 (x💯)
    # Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel - Ongoing - 1 x £25 Voucher Redeemed, 20 FREE Books of RM Stamps & Presentation Packs.
    ~ Totally FREE Christmas 2025 - 🎁✉️🏷🎀💐🪪🗒🧺
    ⭐️Completed Challenges 2025:
    # No.36 Make £2025 in 2025 £1934.34 / £2025 (95.5%) (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 £14,986.67 / £12,000 💯 - Continuing
  • Jay1_2
    Jay1_2 Posts: 161 Forumite
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    Oh @Thriftymissus and @Dizzycap most of my money goes on food. Like today, I had to pay for a prescription and I can't remember whether I was going to count that as still not spending... rather than looking up what I'd written previously I went to buy biscuits as well! 🙄
    And I hate cooking especially the clearing up after cooking so I buy things that are already processed. Not economic. 😬
    Toodle-pip :hello:
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,641 Forumite
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    edited 20 February at 10:22PM
    February 2025 NSD challenge


    Off to a start = image 

    5 days = image 

    10 days = image 

    15 days = image 

    20 days = image 

    Target reached = image 

    Target beaten = image 


    February targets


    AuntieL 9/18  image  image 


    beanielou 16/19  image  image  image  image 


    birdsfoottrefoil 5/10  image  image 


    Caeraugirl 10/20  image  image  image 


    Cassingtonbear 9/10  image  image 


    cathybird 16/15  image  image  image  image  image  image 


    Clarabelle73 2/15  image 


    Crazybee787 12/19  image  image  image 


    cuddlymarm 11/15  image  image  image 


    Dizzycap 19/20  image  image  image  image 


    Doris17 10/15  image  image  image 


    emmaj30 8 


    ET22 3/10  image 


    GeorgianaCavendish 3/8   image 


    Honeysucklelou2 1/10  image 


    InDebtEnby 13/15  image  image  image 


    Jay1 2 11/12  image  image  image 


    KajiKita 15/20  image  image  image  image 


    laura lau 14/18  image  image  image 


    laurenh1 13/18  image  image  image 


    LittleMissDetermined 13/16  image  image  image 


    Louise600 9/10  image  image 


    Makingabobor2 8/15  image  image 


    Money Choices 8/10  image  image 


    Optimistic Saver 14/20  image  image  image 


    Pauper1 4/20 


    Pinkpieuni 10/10  image  image  image  image 


    QueenJess 13/15  image  image  image 


    Saver-upper 15 


    SecondStar 14/15  image  image  image 


    short bird 13/18   image  image  image 


    Thriftymissus 17/22   image  image  image  image 


    Tjh1412 15 



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  • Pinkpieuni
    Pinkpieuni Posts: 148 Forumite
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    NSD today.
    Thanks,Pink

    Challenges

    NSD July- 15/10

    Pay off all your debts by Christmas 2025 #7 £6,500/£6,500 - All gone, paid off.

    52 Week Envelope Saving Challenge #7  £848/£1,378 -(32/52)

    The Save £12k in 2025 challenge #4 £12,317/£30,500

    2025 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #61 £13,852/£38,000 (mortgage offset)

    Mortgage -  Jan 2025 £75,600- current bal £66,136 Target  MF (Jun 26) 338 days.

    Loan  - Jan 2025 £4,095 - Current balance £2,309

    "Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves"

  • CrazyBee787
    CrazyBee787 Posts: 906 Forumite
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    12/19 Please @cathybird Thank youXX
  • SecondStar
    SecondStar Posts: 641 Forumite
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    Up to 14 NSDs :)
    ‘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 - £600 / £2,400
  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,096 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    Jay1_2 said:
    Oh @Thriftymissus and @Dizzycap most of my money goes on food. Like today, I had to pay for a prescription and I can't remember whether I was going to count that as still not spending... rather than looking up what I'd written previously I went to buy biscuits as well! 🙄
    And I hate cooking especially the clearing up after cooking so I buy things that are already processed. Not economic. 😬
    I hate food shopping, cooking & washing up! I organise 2 shops each month to make sure the fridge and feeezer are full. I batch cook and freeze homemade dinners in plastic containers for myself and my daxie (babyface) who has serious digestive issues and food allergies :/ I buy 2 loafs of bread and split up into 4 slice portions and freeze, the same goes for milk and cheese. I also bake babyface biscuit treats in a batch cooking session once a fortnight.
    All I need to do each morning is get out a frozen container of food for babyface and myself, leave out for an hour before putting in the fridge, and then ding in the microwave when it's dinner time. All I have to wash up is 2 plastic containers, a pet bowl, a knife & fork or spoon, and wipe over the microwave - Job done! :D:D
    ~ NSD 2025 - NSD August 3/20 (x💯)
    # Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel - Ongoing - 1 x £25 Voucher Redeemed, 20 FREE Books of RM Stamps & Presentation Packs.
    ~ Totally FREE Christmas 2025 - 🎁✉️🏷🎀💐🪪🗒🧺
    ⭐️Completed Challenges 2025:
    # No.36 Make £2025 in 2025 £1934.34 / £2025 (95.5%) (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 £14,986.67 / £12,000 💯 - Continuing
  • short_bird
    short_bird Posts: 4,017 Forumite
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    Day 13 for me...
    ‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’ David Lynch.
    "It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.” David Lynch.
  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,096 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    edited 20 February at 8:57PM
    @ CrazyBee787 - well done with the NDS  <3:p
    Well Done Everyone with all the NSDs <3o:)B)
    Loving looking at all the angel gifs <3o:)
    It's Monster Munch gif tomorrow - Isn't that just funky funny?! <3:D
    ~ NSD 2025 - NSD August 3/20 (x💯)
    # Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel - Ongoing - 1 x £25 Voucher Redeemed, 20 FREE Books of RM Stamps & Presentation Packs.
    ~ Totally FREE Christmas 2025 - 🎁✉️🏷🎀💐🪪🗒🧺
    ⭐️Completed Challenges 2025:
    # No.36 Make £2025 in 2025 £1934.34 / £2025 (95.5%) (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 £14,986.67 / £12,000 💯 - Continuing
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,649 Forumite
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    Not today. 

    KK 
    As at 15.07.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
    - OPs to mortgage = £11,816 Interest saved £5,28 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

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    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
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