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!
LMD x
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 £7390 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3677/£6000 | Travel savings £1832 | Sinking pots £31072 -
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Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"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: 5,256 🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅🌟🌟2025 use up challenge: 406🥉🥈🥇💎🏆Big kitchen declutter challenge 137/1502025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 5002
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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 £220/£260. PAD member.2
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Not today, Lunch out.Missions: -
1) Build up an emergency fund (EF) £2000/£3500 By end of 2025!
2) Pay off Mortgage Starting £58000 (11/04/2017) - Current balance £46985.67 (21/10/2025) Unknown time frame? Start coming soon. ( another 5 years?)
3) Improve the number of no spend days.2 -
Nsd today.
Challenges
NSD - Oct 13/10
Pay off all your debts by Christmas 2025 #7 £6,500/£6,500 - All gone, paid off.
52 Week Envelope Saving Challenge #7 £1,378/£1,378 -(52/52)
The Save £12k in 2025 challenge #4 £12,317/£30,500
2025 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #61 £27,324.59/£38,000
Mortgage - Jan 2025 £75,600-Current bal £46,226.10 Target MF (Jun 26) 252 days.
Loan - Jan 2025 £4,095 - Current balance £1,799.89
"Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves"
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Off to a start =
5 days =
10 days =
15 days =
20 days =
Target reached =
Target beaten =
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: 5,145.85/5,000
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: £58,471.882 -
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 3501000
Buffer fund 0/100
Debt Free (again) 25/0720253 -
I spent on Tuesday the 2nd. And today.
But Wednesday the 3rd was an NSD 🥳Toodle-pip :hello:1
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