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Friday was day 5.‘Keep your eye on the donut and not on the hole.’ David Lynch.
"It’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.” David Lynch.1 -
Declaring an early 7/20 NSD SaturdayWishing everyone a Super NSD Saturday!
# No.2 Save 1p A Day 2026 £59.17 / £667.95 (1)# No.4 Save £12k in 2026 £0 / £12,000 (1)# No.4 £2 Savers Club 2026 - 25/12 - 24/10 £20 / £200 (1)# No.8 Sealed Pot Challenge 19 - 2026 - 24/12 - 24/10 £50+ / £400 (1)# No.5 Fiver Friday Challenge for 2026 £25/£230 (1)1 -
I don't count monthly DD either, as they are usual/expected part of life: savings & bills; except food. I do however, count anything that I spend on my bank card or use cash for, so food; general HH supplies; dog supplies etc, as I do like to monitor my spendingthepurplepixie said:Day 4 for me although money went out of my account for annual DD for car but I don't count DDs for regular bills like insurance, council tax, phone etc. I do count everything else except travel which isn't much as I have my pensioner bus pass. As it's going to be a fairly rainy day here today, I'm intending to go through my bank statements and check my spending receipts for May; not that I've got many against my accounts for any errors and to see where, if possible, any reduction in spending can be made # No.2 Save 1p A Day 2026 £59.17 / £667.95 (1)# No.4 Save £12k in 2026 £0 / £12,000 (1)# No.4 £2 Savers Club 2026 - 25/12 - 24/10 £20 / £200 (1)# No.8 Sealed Pot Challenge 19 - 2026 - 24/12 - 24/10 £50+ / £400 (1)# No.5 Fiver Friday Challenge for 2026 £25/£230 (1)1 -
One for me today
LMD xLife gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2025 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£60001 -
Won’t be one today. Having lunch with my friend and it’s my turn to pay 😊
KKAs at 15.12.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £227,385
- 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 80 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 25th December
Produce tracker: £457 of £300 in 2025
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Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.1 -
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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.1 -
One for me today 6/15.
"My Life Is About The Journey Not The Destination"1 -
Terrible start to June, and today no better, I purchased one rocky road while I was out, on the upside it was rather yummy!Goal 1: Get a permenant job that sticks.
Goal 2: Aim 15 No spend days in January or above actual so far - 0
Goal 3: Get a lodger
Goal 4: Once goal 1 & 3 complete add 1K to the EF
Goal 5: Once goal 4 complete save for my own car as I do need one.2 -
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June targetsAuntieL 2/18
BadBookkeeper 1/15
beanielou 7/19
Caeraugirl 10cathybird 6/15
Crazybee787 1/19
Crazycatlady2 2/15
cuddlymarm 4/15
Dizzycap 8/20
Doris17 6/15
InDebtEnby 1/10
Jay1 2 1/14
KajiKita 4/20
laurenh1 15library0602 10LittleMissDetermined 4/15
Optimistic Saver 5/18
Pinkpieuni 3/10
Quantaqa 2/12
QueenJess 2/15
SecondStar 15short bird 5/18
thepurplepixie 4/15
Thriftymissus 6/21
VickyA 2 2/10
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Early call for a NSD 8/20 SundayWishing everyone a Saucy NSD Sunday!
# No.2 Save 1p A Day 2026 £59.17 / £667.95 (1)# No.4 Save £12k in 2026 £0 / £12,000 (1)# No.4 £2 Savers Club 2026 - 25/12 - 24/10 £20 / £200 (1)# No.8 Sealed Pot Challenge 19 - 2026 - 24/12 - 24/10 £50+ / £400 (1)# No.5 Fiver Friday Challenge for 2026 £25/£230 (1)1
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