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  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 4,782 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    How exciting, congrats whatever it is, do let us know! Enjoy your drink and music 🥂
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase

    Books read 2025: 55

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  • Sarahwithlove
    Sarahwithlove Posts: 3,406 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Hope you've won something nice in church raffle 
    *Dad loan - £5300 - £7200
    *Virgin Credit Card - £3552.50 - £0
    *Natwest - £1828.35 -£0.00

    Barclaycard - £2315.25 - £0.00

    Creation Finance - £960.32 £840
    *Total debt - £8040/£11641.17*


    Savings
    *Savings Buffer - £100/£1500
    *Emergency Fund - £1500/£1500


    New diary- https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6474943/the-three-cs-coffee-clothes-credit-cards/
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,286 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    Ooh a win. Great! I can't wait to get set up for listening to my vinyl. Enjoy  :)
    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 3501000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,358 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Well done on the win!
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • LzzyIsGod
    LzzyIsGod Posts: 497 Forumite
    100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Sounds like a very positive day!

    Have a little faith, baby, have a little faith". Oddball - Kelly's Heroes
  • rachmac3
    rachmac3 Posts: 513 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    edited 1 July at 7:22PM
    Ooooooo signature update day!
    It's not gone down as much as usual, as I had to shift one of the DD's to after payday. Still, it is coming down, it's not gone up despite the financial sinkhole that was June. I've put a few hundred back in to the emergency fund but couldn't replenish the house/diy fund. I'll just have to find household improvements that are free or very cheap this month. 
    I think this week I'll do a big review as I've been on this DFW journey for 6 months now. I really need to keep motivation going and appreciate how far I've come. 
    Debts                04/01/25         01/10/25   
    Natwest2           £6,509.97       £5,830 
    NatWest CC      £7,612.74       £6,830
    Lloyds CC          £6,112.60      £4,940
    1st Direct CC     £176.03         £0
    CC total             £20,411.34     £17,600
    TSB OD             £500              £0
    1st Direct OD     £600              £250
    Car loan             £4,000           £4,000
    1st Direct Loan  £10,684.44    £8,710
    Total                   £36,195.78    £30,310
  • rachmac3
    rachmac3 Posts: 513 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    6 month review (positive vibes only)
    £4,174.66 paid off in 6 months. I can comfortably say I've paid off 10% of my starting debt. 
    My overall credit card balance is just over 18k (from over 20k), and it's below 70% usage (68% right now, down from 78% in December).
    Emergency fund started (and spent and restarted).
    What else can I celebrate?
    Oh! One overdraft completely gone and the other down to the interest free level and cleared for most of the month. 
    My loan is now under 10k.
    My credit score is back up to 'fair'.

    My next goals are to get the Emergency fund back up to £500 and to get the Tesco credit card as close to £5,500 as possible before the 0% bt runs out in September. 

    Onwards and upwards (or downwards for the debt)! 
    Debts                04/01/25         01/10/25   
    Natwest2           £6,509.97       £5,830 
    NatWest CC      £7,612.74       £6,830
    Lloyds CC          £6,112.60      £4,940
    1st Direct CC     £176.03         £0
    CC total             £20,411.34     £17,600
    TSB OD             £500              £0
    1st Direct OD     £600              £250
    Car loan             £4,000           £4,000
    1st Direct Loan  £10,684.44    £8,710
    Total                   £36,195.78    £30,310
  • FootyFanDan
    FootyFanDan Posts: 1,732 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Amazing work, seeing those numbers drop is such a boost, and seeing that your hard work is paying off. I think having a decent emergency fund always helps, so good luck on that target.
  • LzzyIsGod
    LzzyIsGod Posts: 497 Forumite
    100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Good work @rachmac3!! You are busting it down but most importantly managed to navigate stormy waters. You should be proud of what you've achieved so far. And now onto the next milestone!!

    Have a little faith, baby, have a little faith". Oddball - Kelly's Heroes
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