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The Little Cottage by the Sea

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  • Rhyddid2026
    Rhyddid2026 Posts: 723 Forumite
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    Well you can see from my diary I'm hardly the most stable so it might not completely pass!😂
    I didn't mean anything by the wages comment, I just got registered and chartered 18 months ago after going back to uni at 40. People (family mostly) seem to think because I went to uni that means I'm loaded but the majority of my debt is related to studying. I also look 'financially dumb'. I do love my job though, so it's all worth it really.

    Debts                04/01/25         01/12/25   
    Natwest2           £6,509.97       £5,600 
    NatWest CC      £7,612.74       £6,680
    Lloyds CC          £6,112.60      £4,690
    1st Direct CC     £176.03         £144.20
    CC total             £20,411.34    £17,114
    TSB OD             £500              £0
    1st Direct OD     £600              £0
    Car loan             £4,000           £4,000
    1st Direct Loan  £10,684.44    £8,160
    Total                   £36,195.78    £29,274.20
    EF £1,002.83
    HF  £
    203.99
  • No offence over the wages. I know how ridiculously privileged I am in the grand scheme of things.
    Unsecured debt at Worst June 2024 - £47,772.48
    Current unsecured debt Oct 2025 - £17,421.63
    Debt gone forever - 17 months - £30,350.85 (63%)
    Debt free date goal March 2027

  • Rhyddid2026
    Rhyddid2026 Posts: 723 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    edited 21 November at 6:29PM
    And also you worked hard and made sacrifices to get to a place where that was possible!
    Debts                04/01/25         01/12/25   
    Natwest2           £6,509.97       £5,600 
    NatWest CC      £7,612.74       £6,680
    Lloyds CC          £6,112.60      £4,690
    1st Direct CC     £176.03         £144.20
    CC total             £20,411.34    £17,114
    TSB OD             £500              £0
    1st Direct OD     £600              £0
    Car loan             £4,000           £4,000
    1st Direct Loan  £10,684.44    £8,160
    Total                   £36,195.78    £29,274.20
    EF £1,002.83
    HF  £
    203.99
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