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  • CrazyBee787
    CrazyBee787 Posts: 1,483 Forumite
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    14/19 please @cathybird Thank youXX
    Goal 1: Get a permenant job that sticks.
    Goal 2: Aim 15 No spend days in January or above actual so far - 6/15
    Goal 3: Get a lodger
    Goal 4: Once goal 1 & 3 complete add 2.3K to the EF
    Goal 5: Once goal 4 complete save for my own car as I do need one? Do I?
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,320 Forumite
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    edited 18 April 2025 at 4:37PM
    cathybird said:
    KajiKita said:
    Not today. Paid the vet bill to spring the cat from ‘jail’ after her op!  😳😉❤️

    KK
    @KajiKita I meant to say last night, I hope the cat is all right! xx
    Umm … yes and no. She broke out of the crate during the first night and made her way upstairs to sleep with Mr KK 🙄😳 Not eating much but at least has used her tray today … Not a model patient 😂
    Thank you for asking 😊

    At least I had an NSD today 😊

    KK
    As at 15.01.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £222,084
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,881 Estd. interest saved = £6,203 to date
    c. 16 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 7 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 23rd January 
    Produce tracker: £29 of £400 in 2026

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,189 Forumite
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    edited 19 April 2025 at 3:14PM
    April 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 =


    April targets


    AuntieL 3/18  image 

    BadBookkeeper 7/15  image  image 

    beanielou 18/19  image  image  image  image 

    Caeraugirl 7/20  image  image 

    cathybird 13/15  image  image  image 

    Crazybee787 14/19  image  image  image 

    Crazycatlady2 10/15  image  image  image 

    cuddlymarm 7/15  image  image 

    Dizzycap 17/20  image  image  image  image 

    doingitanyway 1/10  image 

    ET22 6/20  image  image 

    Honeysucklelou2 10 

    InDebtEnby 6/10  image  image 

    Jay1 2 5/14  image  image 

    KajiKita 14/20  image  image  image 

    Kermit10 20 

    laura lau 6/20  image  image 

    laurenh1 8/18  image  image 

    LittleMissDetermined 9/15  image  image 

    Louise600 3/10  image 

    Makingabobor2 15 

    Money Choices 7/10  image  image 

    Optimistic Saver 13/20  image  image  image 

    Pinkpieuni 10/10  image  image  image  image 

    QueenJess 12/15  image  image  image 

    Saver-upper 15 

    SecondStar 9/15  image 

    short bird 12/18   image  image  image 

    thepurplepixie 9/10   image  image 

    Thriftymissus 14/20   image  image  image 


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  • cathybird
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    edited 18 April 2025 at 8:39PM
    KajiKita said:  Umm … yes and no. She broke out of the crate during the first night and made her way upstairs to sleep with Mr KK 🙄😳 Not eating much but at least has used her tray today … Not a model patient 😂
    Thank you for asking 😊
    @Kajikita sounds energetic, hope it's a good sign! xx 🐱
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,320 Forumite
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    cathybird said:
    KajiKita said:  Umm … yes and no. She broke out of the crate during the first night and made her way upstairs to sleep with Mr KK 🙄😳 Not eating much but at least has used her tray today … Not a model patient 😂
    Thank you for asking 😊
    @Kajikita sounds energetic, hope it's a good sign! xx 🐱
    I think the descriptor I would use is ‘feisty’! 😉😂❤️

    KK
    As at 15.01.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £222,084
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,881 Estd. interest saved = £6,203 to date
    c. 16 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 7 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 23rd January 
    Produce tracker: £29 of £400 in 2026

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • InDebtEnby
    InDebtEnby Posts: 257 Forumite
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    Another one for me 
    Current No Spend Challenge: 12/13
    2025 No Spend Days: 12/150
    Bank Loan Original End Date: 08/2030
    Current End Date: 01/2030
  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,514 Forumite
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    KajiKita said:
    cathybird said:
    KajiKita said:  Umm … yes and no. She broke out of the crate during the first night and made her way upstairs to sleep with Mr KK 🙄😳 Not eating much but at least has used her tray today … Not a model patient 😂
    Thank you for asking 😊
    @Kajikita sounds energetic, hope it's a good sign! xx 🐱
    I think the descriptor I would use is ‘feisty’! 😉😂❤️

    KK
    :D:D:D
    Today will be a spend day Saturday as I need to bulk buy items for babyface which are half price today with extra bonus points, so will buy a couple of things I need too. Might as well bite the bullet in one go ;)
    ~ NSD 2026 Challenge January 21/20 (1)
    # No.12 Save £2 a Day 2026 £60.83 / £730 (1)
    # No.2 Save 1p A Day Challenge 2026 £59.17 / £667.95 (1)
    # No.19 52 Week Env Challenge 2026 £130 / £1378 (1)
    # No.4 Save £12k in 2026  £2454.88 / £12,000 (1)
    # No.4 £2 Savers Club 2026 - 25/12 - 24/10 £30 / £200 (1)
    # No.8 Sealed Pot Challenge 19 - 2026 - 24/12 - 24/10 £50+ / £400 (1)
    # Make £2026 in 2026 £834.42 / £2026 (1)
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,892 Ambassador
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    One today. 
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  • thepurplepixie
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    Managed day 9, the rest of the week has been horribly expensive.  
  • Thriftymissus
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    edited 19 April 2025 at 10:45AM
    Number 14 for me today, wishing everyone a very happy Easter if this is something you celebrate x

    edited to add do you use JamDoughnut @Dizzycap, depending on where you’re buying stuff, could be worth your while if you’ve not signed up already?
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