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Awesome August's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,241 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    Good morning all & a cooler & fresher morning  <3
    Declaring a 15/20 NSD Saturday  :) Wishing everyone a Super NSD Saturday  ;)
    ~ NSD 2025 - NSD October 19/20 (9 x💯)
    # Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel - On Rest - 2 x £25 Vouchers Redeemed, 29 FREE Books of RM Stamps & 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
  • LittleMissDetermined
    LittleMissDetermined Posts: 9,878 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Photogenic
    It’s one for me today. No plans at all 🙌
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    Sealed pot 2025 £7390 | EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3677/£6000 | Travel savings £1832 | Sinking pots £3107
  • InDebtEnby
    InDebtEnby Posts: 185 Forumite
    100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Not yesterday as I went to karaoke, probably no more til next week as I'm camping this weekend.
    Current No Spend Challenge: 16/13
    2025 No Spend Days: 130/150
    Bank Loan Original End Date: 08/2030
    Current End Date: 08/2030
  • Crazycatlady2
    Crazycatlady2 Posts: 1,077 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    I've totally lost track....not sure I even started on the track.....giving up this month and try again September 🤣
  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 419 Forumite
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    Hi @cathybird, please can I log two more NSDs - for today and Wednesday. I did spend on these days as my dog had to have emergency surgery (thankfully he’s recovering) so I would class these as essential. 
    Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
    October 2025 NSD Challenge 10/18

    MFW 2025 #45
    Jan 2016 Mortgage = £149,895
    Current outstanding = £94,306.78
    2024 Overpayment = £675.66
    2025 Overpayment = £645/£700
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 8,441 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Not today - haircut 😊
    (My undercuts are sharp again and the rest of my mane is wildly shaggy again - happy sigh … 😊)

    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.
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  • Quantaqa
    Quantaqa Posts: 165 Forumite
    100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Another one for me today 10/15 🙂.
    Frugal Living challenge 2025
    Grocery Challenge August /£180
    Save £12k in 2025 Challenge - Goal £30k
    August NSD Challenge - 5/15NSDs 
  • CrazyBee787
    CrazyBee787 Posts: 1,224 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Not today curtain pole and veg samosasXX
    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.
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,841 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 16 August at 3:51PM
    August 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


    August targets


    Afdaff 6/10  image  image 

    AuntieL 5/18  image  image 

    beanielou 14/19  image  image  image 

    Caeraugirl 8/10  image  image 

    cathybird 14/15  image  image  image 

    Changeyourlife25 3/10  image 

    Crazybee787 4/19  image 

    Crazycatlady2 15 

    Dizzycap 15/20  image  image  image   image 

    Doris17 1/15  image 

    Emmel 12 

    InDebtEnby 9/13  image  image 

    Jay1 2 14 

    KajiKita 11/20  image  image  image 

    laurenh1 10/18  image  image  image 

    LittleMissDetermined 12/15  image  image  image 

    Optimistic Saver 18 

    Pinkpieuni 2/10  image 

    Prodigal50 2/15  image 

    Quantaqa 10/15  image  image  image 

    QueenJess 7/15  image  image 

    Scrumpy18 10 

    short bird 9/18   image  image 

    thepurplepixie 15  

    Thriftymissus 8/24   image  image 

    VickyA 2 1/10   image 


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


    🌞 🌞  Newcomers welcome! 🌞 🌞
  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,617 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    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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