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Amazing April's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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cathybird Posts: 15,370 Forumite

15 April at 4:53PM edited 16 April at 9:11PM

April 2025 NSD challenge

Off to a start =

5 days =

10 days =

15 days =

20 days =

Target reached =

Target beaten =

April targets

AuntieL 3/18

BadBookkeeper 7/15

beanielou 16/19

Caeraugirl 7/20

Cassingtonbear 10

cathybird 12/15

Crazybee787 11/19

Crazycatlady2 9/15

cuddlymarm 6/15

Dizzycap 15/20

doingitanyway 1/10

ET22 6/20

Honeysucklelou2 10

InDebtEnby 3/10

Jay1 2 4/14

KajiKita 12/20

Kermit10 20

laura lau 6/20

laurenh1 8/18

LittleMissDetermined 6/15

Louise600 3/10

Makingabobor2 15

Money Choices 5/10

Optimistic Saver 13/20

Pinkpieuni 8/10

QueenJess 11/15

Saver-upper 15

SecondStar 9/15

short bird 10/18

thepurplepixie 8/10

Thriftymissus 11/20

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Pinkpieuni Posts: 85 Forumite

15 April at 6:08PM

Nsd today

Challenges
NSD May - 1/10
Pay off all your debts by Christmas 2025 #7 £5,200/£6,500 (CC - 0% to June 2026)

52 Week Envelope Saving Challenge #7 £530/£1,378 -(20/52)

The Save £12k in 2025 challenge #4 £9,235/£30,500
2025 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #61 £7,424/£38,000
Mortgage - Jan 2025 £75,600- current bal £66,614.39 Target 16 months to MF (Jun 26).
Loan - Jan 2025 £4,095 - Current balance £3,066.16
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Crazycatlady2 Posts: 1,056 Forumite

15 April at 7:43PM

Can I add Thursday, Monday and Tuesday please 😊

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laurenh1 Posts: 967 Forumite

15 April at 9:53PM

One today please xx

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thepurplepixie Posts: 3,665 Forumite

15 April at 10:10PM

Well no good today and GC called in panic uni taking next terms rent for halls tomorrow and he doesn't get his loan yet. I've spent the last hour playing with savings accounts and current account overdrafts to scrape it together. Feeling major stress but thankfully my spending has been low which helped so those NSDs came through for us. I was scraping for pennies

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beanielou Posts: 94,644 Ambassador

16 April at 7:26AM

One today.

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cuddlymarm Posts: 2,157 Forumite

16 April at 7:35AM

Good morning
Another one for me today please

May NSD 1/15
May PAD £40
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QueenJess Posts: 4,328 Forumite

16 April at 8:15AM

Fell off the wagon there for a couple of days and bought myself a couple of new to me clothes for the summer. Declaring a NSD today.

2025 decluttering: 1,257🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🏅🌟🏅
2025 use up challenge: 104🥉🥈🥇💎
Net physical things in/(out): +37
Mini kitchen challenge 16/50
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Thriftymissus Posts: 206 Forumite

16 April at 12:57PM

Hello, number 11 for me today.

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Dizzycap Posts: 868 Forumite

16 April at 1:08PM edited 16 April at 1:08PM

It's a NSD Wednesday 15/20 - Love it!
Wishing everyone a Wonderful NSD Wednesday

~ NSD 2025 - NSD May 3/20 (4 x💯)
# No.27 Save 1p A Day 2025 £603.29 / £667.95 (90%)
# No.34 Save £12k in 2025 £9423.18 / £12,000 (78.5%)
# No.19 52 Week Env Challenge £1170.23 / £1,378 (85%)
~ Totally FREE Christmas 2025 - 🎁✉️🏷🎀💐🪪🗒🧺
~ Decluttering Awards 2025: 🏅🏅☕️⭐️💐🏅⭐️⭐️☕️☕️

⭐️Completed Challenges 2025:
# No.36 Make £2025 in 2025 £567.79 / £2025 (28%) (3) 💯💯+
# No.12 Save £2 a Day 2025 2025: £730/ £730 💯
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