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Marvellous March's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,545 Forumite
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    Declaring another NSD today.
    2025 decluttering: 4,908 🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅🌟
    2025 use up challenge: 351🥉🥈🥇💎🏆
    Mini freezer challenge 0/-20
    Big kitchen declutter challenge 115/150
    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: 156 Forumite
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    Nsd today 

    Challenges

    NSD August- 10/10

    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 £65,895 Target  MF (Jun 26) 307 days.

    Loan  - Jan 2025 £4,095 - Current balance £2,054

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

  • BadBookkeeper
    BadBookkeeper Posts: 804 Forumite
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    Still 9/15 as bought a few things online. 
    Lightbulb moment - 17/08/2017 £17,033.  Current CC debt £0.00 DFD 31/7/24 🥳. Member #8 of Fiver Friday Challenge £175/£260
  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 386 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)
    August 2025 NSD Challenge 10/18

    MFW 2025 #45
    Jan 2016 Mortgage = £149,895
    Current outstanding = £97,725
    2024 Overpayment = £675.66
    2025 Overpayment = £593/£700
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,947 Forumite
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    NSD Thursday here 😊

    KK
    As at 15.08.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,148  Interest saved £5,738 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 47 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 30th August
    Produce tracker: £353 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: 1,033 Forumite
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    9/19 please @cathybird Thank you so very muchXX
    Mission Number One: Get a job!
    Mission Number Two: Get a lodger!
    Mission Number Three: Clear debt, starting balance: £1997.17, balance now: £1939.22
    Mission Number Four: Keep Job!
    Once accomplished all four missions come back and start new missions!
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,710 Forumite
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    edited 14 March at 1:02PM
    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: 1,156 Forumite
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    edited 14 March at 1:56AM
    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 September 0/20 (9 x💯)
    # Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel - Ongoing - 1 x £25 Voucher Redeemed, 24 FREE Books of RM Stamps & Presentation Packs.
    ~ Totally FREE Christmas 2025 - 🎁✉️🏷🎀💐🪪🗒🧺
    ⭐️Completed Challenges 2025:
    # No.36 Make £2025 in 2025 £593.80 / £2025  (4) 💯💯💯
    # No.12 Save £2 a Day 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 £16,543.30 / £12,000 💯 (8) - Continuing (-30p)
  • BadBookkeeper
    BadBookkeeper Posts: 804 Forumite
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    @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.  Current CC debt £0.00 DFD 31/7/24 🥳. Member #8 of Fiver Friday Challenge £175/£260
  • Optimistic_Saver
    Optimistic_Saver Posts: 321 Forumite
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    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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