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Joyful July's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • InDebtEnby
    InDebtEnby Posts: 84 Forumite
    10 Posts Photogenic
    I've dropped the ball this month! Today has been a NSD though
  • BridgetTheCat
    BridgetTheCat Posts: 120 Forumite
    100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Unexpected day 9/8 - I resisted Takeaway Temptation tonight!
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 7,437 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    NSD here 😊

    KK
    As at 15.07.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £233,521
    - OPs to mortgage = £11,338 Interest saved £5225 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030

    Read 35 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 13th July
    Produce tracker: £205 of £300 in 2025

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,347 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    One yesterday & today.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    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.
  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,045 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    Good evening all  <3
    BridgetTheCat - Congratulations at surpassing your July NSD target! AWESOME!  <3 Super going everyone with the NSDs. Every NSD counts even if you don't reach your target, so achieve what you can  ;)
    Declaring a NSD 13/07 Monday - I did take babyface for a check up at the Vets but her treatment was part of her Pet Health Plan, so I didn't need to pay anything  <3;)
    ~ NSD 2025 - NSD July 16/20 (x💯)
    # Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel - Ongoing
    ~ Totally FREE Christmas 2025 - 🎁✉️🏷🎀💐🪪🗒🧺
    ⭐️Completed Challenges 2025:
    # No.36 Make £2025 in 2025 £1234.34 / £2025 (58%) (3) 💯💯+
    # No.12 Save £2 a Day 2025 2025: £730/ £730 💯
    # No.27 Save 1p A Day 2025 £667.95 / £667.95 💯
    # No.19 52 Week Env Challenge £1378 / £1378 💯 
    # No.34 Save £12k in 2025 £13,429.74 / £12,000 💯 - Continuing
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,581 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 15 July at 9:29PM
    July 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 = image


    July targets


    AuntieL 2/18  image 


    beanielou 14/19  image  image  image 


    BridgetTheCat 9/8  image  image  image  image


    Caeraugirl 10 


    cathybird 7/15  image  image 


    Changeyourlife25 6/10  image  image 


    Crazybee787 3/19  image 


    Crazycatlady2 3/15  image 


    cuddlymarm 15 


    CynicalPinnacle 10 


    Dizzycap 13/20  image  image  image 


    Doris17 7/15  image  image 


    InDebtEnby 3/12  image 


    IRunFar 10 


    Jay1 2 10/14  image  image  image 


    KajiKita 12/15  image  image  image 


    laurenh1 9/18  image  image 


    LittleMissDetermined 15 


    Money Choices 12 


    Optimistic Saver 6/18  image  image 


    Pinkpieuni 6/10  image  image 


    QueenJess 5/15  image  image 


    short bird 9/18   image 


    thepurplepixie 6/15   image  image 


    Thriftymissus 8/TF   image  image 


    VickyA 2 5/10   image  image 



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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,347 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    One today. 
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    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.
  • laurenh1
    laurenh1 Posts: 984 Forumite
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    Two more for me since I last posted, that’s 8 altogether. Just doing my best x 
    All anyone can do :) 
  • laurenh1
    laurenh1 Posts: 984 Forumite
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    edited 15 July at 2:44PM
    Not one today, I ended up buying a certain strawberry filled sandwich after being sucked in by the fad! I also got my kids a wallet each- they are out for a birthday party at a theme park on Sunday and they need to take money. These came from my Vinted earnings so I have gone back down the ladder to £75. Going to aim to get back to £100 again by month end x
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,347 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    laurenh1 said:
    Not one today, I ended up buying a certain strawberry filled sandwich after being sucked in by the fad! I also got my kids a wallet each- they are out for a birthday party at a theme park on Sunday and they need to take money. These came from my Vinted earnings so I have gone back down the ladder to £75. Going to aim to get back to £100 again by month end x
    REview of said sandwich?

    One today.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    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.
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