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  • Rhyddid2026
    Rhyddid2026 Posts: 621 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    edited 1 November at 1:17PM
    I've done it! Signature amended!
    I know it's still a lot of debt, but the difference in seeing it start with a 2 is amazing to me.
    I think I'm going to buy myself some prosecco and posh crisps to celebrate.
    Debts                04/01/25         01/11/25   
    Natwest2           £6,509.97       £5,700 
    NatWest CC      £7,612.74       £6,755
    Lloyds CC          £6,112.60      £4,815
    1st Direct CC     £176.03         £0
    CC total             £20,411.34     £17,270
    TSB OD             £500              £0
    1st Direct OD     £600              £0
    Car loan             £4,000           £4,000
    1st Direct Loan  £10,684.44    £8,710
    Total                   £36,195.78    £29,980
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,435 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    Well done. You are under £30k  :)
    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
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 24,462 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Wow that’s a brilliant achievement. Happy new name! 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 4,985 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    Yaaas under 30 🥂
    Enjoy your prosecco and crisps, you deserve to feel celebratory, that's a brilliant achievement 
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase

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  • Baileys_Babe
    Baileys_Babe Posts: 6,362 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    That is a great achievement, well done, enjoy your celebration 🥂
    Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
    79.5 coupons rolled over 4/75.5 coupons spent - using for secondhand purchases

    One
     income, home educating family 
  • LzzyIsGod
    LzzyIsGod Posts: 530 Forumite
    500 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Im so blooming pleased for you new named person 😉  Seriously though you've been consistent and battled through and have never given up. Superb achievement matey xx

    Have a little faith, baby, have a little faith". Oddball - Kelly's Heroes
  • FootyFanDan
    FootyFanDan Posts: 1,745 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    That is a fantastic achievement, enjoy the well earned Prosecco and crisps. 
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