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Marvellous March's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,646 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Declaring another NSD today.
    2025 decluttering: 5,544 🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅🌟🌟
    2025 use up challenge: 513🥉🥈🥇💎🏆 👑
    Big kitchen declutter challenge 143/150
    2025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 500
  • Pinkpieuni
    Pinkpieuni Posts: 205 Forumite
    100 Posts First Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Nsd today 

    Challenges

    NSD - Dec 8/10

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

    2025 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #61 £42,801.82/£38,000

    Mortgage -  Jan 2025 £75,600-Current bal £29,851.26 Target  MF - Jun 26, 193 days away.


    2026 Challenges

    NSD - January 

    1. 2026 Mortgage-Free Wannabes # £ /£29,000, MF target June 2026, current mortgage balance - £29,851.26

    2. Loan  - Jan 2026 £1,029.22 - Current balance £1,029.22

    3.52 Week Envelope Saving Challenge #2 £/£1,378 -( /52)

  • BadBookkeeper
    BadBookkeeper Posts: 848 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 500 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Name Dropper
    Still 9/15 as bought a few things online. 
    Lightbulb moment - 17/08/2017 £17,033.  DFD 31/7/24 🥳. 

    Round 2 - 8/12/25 £3,660 
  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 456 Forumite
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    NSD #8 yesterday (Wednesday). Not one today and I got my hair cut 😄
    Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
    December 2025 NSD Challenge 1/15

    MFW 2025 #45
    Jan 2016 Mortgage = £150,894 (23years 0months)
    Current outstanding = £93,038.66 (10years 5months)
    2024 Overpayment = £675.66
    2025 Overpayment = £710/£700
    2026 Overpayment = /£1000
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 8,983 Forumite
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    NSD Thursday here 😊

    KK
    As at 15.12.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £227,385
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,822 Estd. interest saved = £6,166 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 78 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 21st December 
    Produce tracker: £453 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. 
  • CrazyBee787
    CrazyBee787 Posts: 1,394 Forumite
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    9/19 please @cathybird Thank you so very muchXX
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,026 Forumite
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    edited 14 March at 12:02PM
    March 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


    March targets


    AuntieL 8/18  image  image 

    BadBookkeeper 9/15  image  image 

    beanielou 13/19  image  image  image 

    birdsfoottrefoil 10 

    BuzzyBees101 15 

    Caeraugirl 7/20  image  image 

    Cassingtonbear 3/10  image

    cathybird 2/TF  image

    Clarabelle73 15 

    Crazybee787 9/19  image  image 

    cuddlymarm 6/15  image  image 

    Dizzycap 13/20  image  image  image 

    Doris17 4/15  image

    emmaj30 8 

    ET22 5/20  image  image 

    GeorgianaCavendish 8  

    Honeysucklelou2 2/10  image

    InDebtEnby 4/15  image

    Jay1 2 6/12  image  image 

    KajiKita 8/20  image  image 

    laura lau 4/20  image

    laurenh1 9/18  image  image 

    LittleMissDetermined 8/16  image  image 

    Louise600 10 

    Makingabobor2 15 

    Money Choices 10 

    Moneycraver05 5/10  image  image 

    Optimistic Saver 8/22  image  image 

    Pauper1 20 

    Pinkpieuni 6/10  image  image 

    QueenJess 11/15  image  image  image 

    Saver-upper 15 

    SecondStar 5/15  image  image 

    short bird 9/18   image  image 

    Thriftymissus 12/16   image  image  image 

    Tjh1412 15 


    To see the updated results for March on phone or tablet, click here :)


    🌞 🌞  Newcomers welcome! 🌞 🌞
  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,363 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    edited 14 March at 12:56AM
    Well done everyone! We're blasting NSD March out of the water :D
    Declaring a very early NSD Friday 13/20 - H Appointments Day :/:|
    Wishing everyone a Fantastic NSD Friday <3
    ~ NSD 2025 - NSD December 20/20 (12 x💯)
    # Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel - On Rest - 2 x £25 Vouchers Redeemed, 29 FREE Books of RM Stamps & 2 x Presentation Pack.
    ~ Totally FREE Christmas 2026 
    # No.36 Make £2025 in 2026 £0 / £2026 (1)
    # No.12 Save £2 a Day 2026 £0 / £730 (1)
    # No.2 Save 1p A Day 2026 £0 / £667.95 (1)
    # No.19 52 Week Env Challenge 2026 £0 / £1378 (1)
    # No.34 Save £12k in 2026 £0 / £12,000 (1)
  • BadBookkeeper
    BadBookkeeper Posts: 848 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 500 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Name Dropper
    @cathybird mine should still be 9/15.  Spend day today as out for tea.  So still 9/15! Happy Friday 🥳
    Lightbulb moment - 17/08/2017 £17,033.  DFD 31/7/24 🥳. 

    Round 2 - 8/12/25 £3,660 
  • Optimistic_Saver
    Optimistic_Saver Posts: 321 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Today will be another NSD, so 8/22 
    Thanks so much for running this thread @cathybird
    From Jan 25:
    4,419.92-1,957.50
    4,538-3,260
    3,240.18-3,240.18
    BL 1,900-1,120
    Total: 12,182.91-9,577.68
    🏆 ⬇️ by £2,605.23

    NSD July 4/18
    #58 1p: 226.97/667.95 212/365
    #18 52: 1,063.89/1,378 27/52
    #32 Make 2025: 941.31/2,025
    #20 12k: 5,145.85/5,000

    Vin 86.50
    YG YL 100
    Prol SB 311.81
    Bank 364.32
    Quid 100.03
    Ched 49.77
    Snap 20
    Books 4.02

    Monzo 2,232.17
    TSB 700/2,700
    FD 1,100/3,500
    Atom 200
    Prin 600/1,224.74
    Invest 313.68
    🏆 ⬆️ Total: £5,145.85

    Trading: £793.73
    Mortgage: £58,471.88
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