April 2025 NSD challenge
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Amazing April's No-Spend Days Challenge!
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3 more for me from Wed, Thu and today. Sorry, real life is very busy!
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Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017Sealed pot 2025 £5678 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3188/£6000 | Travel savings £1924 | Sinking pots £21262 -
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"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.2 -
Declaring another NSD today.2025 decluttering: 3,208🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅
2025 use up challenge: 263🥉🥈🥇💎🏆
Mini kitchen challenge 44/50
Big kitchen declutter challenge 60/150
2025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎100 🏆2502 -
Sticking on 3/15 out tonight to an escape room, never done that before so hoping it’s fun & also out for tea. Have a good weekend 😎Lightbulb moment - 17/08/2017 £17,033. Current CC debt £0.00 DFD 31/7/24 🥳. Member #8 of Fiver Friday Challenge £150/£2602
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Not today, Lunch out.2
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Nsd today.
Challenges
NSD July- 8/10
Pay off all your debts by Christmas 2025 #7 £6,500/£6,500 - All gone, paid off.
52 Week Envelope Saving Challenge #7 £742/£1,378 -(28/52)
The Save £12k in 2025 challenge #4 £12,317/£30,500
2025 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #61 £10,224/£38,000 (mortgage offset)
Mortgage - Jan 2025 £75,600- current bal £66,136 Target MF (Jun 26) 351 days.
Loan - Jan 2025 £4,095 - Current balance £2,531
"Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves"
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Off to a start =
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April targetsAuntieL 1/18
BadBookkeeper 3/15
beanielou 4/19
Caeraugirl 2/20
Cassingtonbear 10cathybird 1/15
Crazybee787 3/19
Crazycatlady2 3/15
cuddlymarm 1/15
doingitanyway 10Dizzycap 4/20
ET22 2/20
Honeysucklelou2 10InDebtEnby 1/10
Jay1 2 1/14
KajiKita 3/20
Kermit10 20laura lau 2/20
laurenh1 1/18
LittleMissDetermined 3/15
Louise600 1/10
Makingabobor2 15Money Choices 10Optimistic Saver 3/20
Pinkpieuni 3/10
QueenJess 4/15
Saver-upper 15SecondStar 1/15
short bird 2/18
Thriftymissus 3/20
To see the updated results for April on phone or tablet, click here
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3/20 NSDs including today.Thanks so much @cathybirdFrom 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: 5,146.79/5,000
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 314.62
🏆 ⬆️ Total: £5,146.79
Trading: £175.64
Mortgage: £58,471.882 -
Hello Cathybird, me again! Please can I join?
I'd like to aim for 10 NSDs for April please.
Thank you, so much If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
Emergency fund 0/1000
Buffer fund 0/100
Debt March -1,119 (April) -889 (April) -498 (April) -378 (May) -875 July (190)3 -
I spent on Tuesday the 2nd. And today.
But Wednesday the 3rd was an NSD 🥳Toodle-pip :hello:1
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