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Awesome August's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,919 Ambassador
    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 2026 Challenge May 10/20 (5)
    # No.12 Save £2 a Day 2026 £304.15 / £730 (5)
    # No.2 Save 1p A Day Challenge 2026 £295.85 / £667.95 (5)
    # No.4 Save £12k in 2026 - £7495.78 / £12,000 (5)
    £10-a-Day Challenge 2026 - £163.16 / £1825 (5)
    No.8 Sealed Pot Challenge 19 (24/10) 286.45 / £400 (5)
    # No.27 - Top Up EP 2 £865 / £2880 (5).
    # Make £2026 in 2026 - Completed
  • 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...
    2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4861/£6000
  • Not yesterday as I went to karaoke, probably no more til next week as I'm camping this weekend.
    Current No Spend Challenge: 5/13
    2025 No Spend Days: 56/150
    Bank Loan Original End Date: 08/2030
    Current End Date: 01/2030
  • I've totally lost track....not sure I even started on the track.....giving up this month and try again September 🤣
  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 502 Forumite
    500 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    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)
    April 2026 NSD Challenge 0/15

    MFW 2025 #45
    Jan 2016 Mortgage = £150,894 (23years 0months)
    Current outstanding = £90,256.60 (10years 1month)
    2024 Overpayment = £675.66
    2025 Overpayment = £710/£700
    2026 Overpayment = £357.72/£1000
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 10,085 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Fifth 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 17.04.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £216,847
    - OPs to mortgage = £18,925 Estd. interest saved = £9,670 to date
    c. 16 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 31 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 7th May. 
    Produce tracker: £108 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. 
  • Quantaqa
    Quantaqa Posts: 197 Forumite
    100 Posts First Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Another one for me today 10/15 🙂.
    Frugal Living challenge 2026
    Ssve £12k in 2026
    Grocery Challenge January 2026



  • CrazyBee787
    CrazyBee787 Posts: 1,433 Forumite
    1,000 Posts First Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Not today curtain pole and veg samosasXX
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,578 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 16 August 2025 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: 4,802 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Declaring another NSD today.
    2026 decluttering: 1,156 🤑🥉 ⭐️🥈🥇 ⭐️ ⭐️💎 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️🏆⭐️
    2026 use up challenge: 335🥉 ⭐️🥈🥇 ⭐️ ⭐️💎 ⭐️🏆⭐️
    2026 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉52 🥈100 🥇250 💎365 🏆1,000 👑3,000I 🥉25 🥈50 🥇100 💎150 🏆300 👑1,000
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