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Awesome August's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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CrazyBee787 Posts: 1,241 Forumite

14 August at 9:00AM

Not today, I have bought a boost on spare room!

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.
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Quantaqa Posts: 165 Forumite

14 August at 4:00PM

Another NSD today. 8/10 🙂

Frugal Living challenge 2025
Grocery Challenge August /£180
Save £12k in 2025 Challenge - Goal £30k
August NSD Challenge - 5/15NSDs
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InDebtEnby Posts: 189 Forumite

14 August at 4:10PM

I need to buy some KT tape soon but I'm holding off till the weekend when I'll be spending money, rather than loose a NSD.

Current No Spend Challenge: 18/13
2025 No Spend Days: 132/150
Bank Loan Original End Date: 08/2030
Current End Date: 08/2030
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cathybird Posts: 15,850 Forumite

14 August at 4:47PM edited 15 August at 3:51PM

August 2025 NSD challenge

Off to a start =

5 days =

10 days =

15 days =

20 days =

Target reached =

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August targets

Afdaff 6/10

AuntieL 2/18

beanielou 12/19

Caeraugirl 8/10

cathybird 13/15

Changeyourlife25 3/10

Crazybee787 4/19

Crazycatlady2 15

Dizzycap 14/20

Doris17 1/15

Emmel 12

InDebtEnby 9/13

Jay1 2 14

KajiKita 10/20

laurenh1 9/18

LittleMissDetermined 11/15

Optimistic Saver 18

Pinkpieuni 2/10

Prodigal50 2/15

Quantaqa 8/15

QueenJess 6/15

Scrumpy18 10

short bird 8/18

thepurplepixie 15

Thriftymissus 8/24

VickyA 2 1/10

To see the updated results for August on phone or tablet, click here

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KajiKita Posts: 8,481 Forumite

14 August at 5:12PM

NSD here 😊

KK

As at 15.10.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £229,702
- OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

Read 59books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 18th October
Produce tracker: £426 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.
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short_bird Posts: 4,066 Forumite

14 August at 5:49PM

Day 8 today: been to Hull and back...

‘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.
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QueenJess Posts: 4,621 Forumite

14 August at 9:37PM

Declaring another NSD today.

2025 decluttering: 5,256 🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅🌟🌟
2025 use up challenge: 406🥉🥈🥇💎🏆
Big kitchen declutter challenge 137/150
2025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 500
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Afdaff Posts: 39 Forumite

14 August at 10:09PM

Another one for me, 6/10 now. Having this focus is really helping me watch out for unnecessary spending.

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Dizzycap Posts: 1,245 Forumite

15 August at 6:30AM

Good morning all xxxx
Declaring an early 14/20 NSD Friday - Too busy & hot to spend today
Wishing everyone a Fabulous NSD Friday

~ NSD 2025 - NSD October 23/20 (10 x💯)
# Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel - On Rest - 2 x £25 Vouchers Redeemed, 29 FREE Books of RM Stamps & 2 x Presentation Pack.
~ Totally FREE Christmas 2025 - 🎁✉️🏷🎀💐🪪🗒🧺
⭐️Completed Challenges 2025:
# No.36 Make £2025 in 2025 £1278.68 / £2025 (4) 💯💯💯
# No.12 Save £2 a Day 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 £20,075.12 / £12,000 💯 (8) - Continuing
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QueenJess Posts: 4,621 Forumite

15 August at 7:09AM

Declaring another NSD early today.

2025 decluttering: 5,256 🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅🌟🌟
2025 use up challenge: 406🥉🥈🥇💎🏆
Big kitchen declutter challenge 137/150
2025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 500
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