August 2025 NSD challenge
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Awesome August's No-Spend Days Challenge!
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Day 13 today.‘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 -
NSD here and have hard boiled some eggs for our lunches tomorrow 😉😊
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 2 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 4th January
Produce tracker: £10 of £400 in 2026
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.1 -
@Thriftymissus life does happen! Some months are like that xxx
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August targetsAfdaff 8/10
AuntieL 9/18
beanielou 18/19
Caeraugirl 8/10
cathybird 17/15
Changeyourlife25 3/10
Crazybee787 5/19
Crazycatlady2 15Dizzycap 20/20
Doris17 1/15
Emmel 12InDebtEnby 12/13
Jay1 2 14KajiKita 16/20
laurenh1 12/18
LittleMissDetermined 16/15
Optimistic Saver 18Pinkpieuni 4/10
Prodigal50 2/15
Quantaqa 13/15
QueenJess 11/15
Scrumpy18 10short bird 13/18
thepurplepixie 15Thriftymissus 9/24
VickyA 2 1/10
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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 today, 8/10.1
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Another one for meCurrent No Spend Challenge: 5/13
2025 No Spend Days: 5/150
Bank Loan Original End Date: 08/2030
Current End Date: 01/20301 -
Declaring a NSD today.2026 decluttering: 53 🤑🥉
2026 use up challenge: 24
2026 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉52 🥈100 🥇250 💎365 I 🥉25 🥈50 🥇100 💎1501 -
It's another for me today, there'll be spending at some point this weekend so I am saving myself
LMD x
Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4220/£60001 -
Good morning all
Declaring an early NSD 20/20 Friday - Full house
Wishing everyone a Fantastic NSD Friday!
# No.2 Save 1p A Day Challenge 2026 £59.17 / £667.95 (1)# No.4 Save £12k in 2026 £2454.88 / £12,000 (1)# No.4 £2 Savers Club 2026 - 25/12 - 24/10 £26 / £200 (1)# No.8 Sealed Pot Challenge 19 - 2026 - 24/12 - 24/10 £50+ / £400 (1)# No.5 Fiver Friday Challenge 2026 £25/£230 (1)# Make £2026 in 2026 £602.92 / £2026 (1)1
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