August 2025 NSD challenge
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Awesome August's No-Spend Days Challenge!
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An early call for today x1
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Declaring a 18/20 NSD Tuesday
Wishing everyone a Terrific NSD Tuesday
~ 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) - Continuing1 -
Yesterday was one for me, 7/10
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One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.1 -
Today will be another NSD for me. It's my niece's birthday but everything has already been bought for that. 12/15Frugal Living challenge 2025
Grocery Challenge August /£180
Save £12k in 2025 Challenge - Goal £30k
August NSD Challenge - 5/15NSDs2 -
Not today, I bought breakfast lunch and dinner as I was hungry when I went to get a roller tray and I also picked up some jugs, needlessly expensive £25!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.1 -
Off to a start =5 days =10 days =15 days =20 days =Target reached =Target beaten =August targetsAfdaff 7/10AuntieL 8/18beanielou 17/19Caeraugirl 8/10cathybird 16/15Changeyourlife25 3/10Crazybee787 5/19Crazycatlady2 15Dizzycap 18/20Doris17 1/15Emmel 12InDebtEnby 9/13Jay1 2 14KajiKita 13/20laurenh1 12/18LittleMissDetermined 13/15Optimistic Saver 18Pinkpieuni 2/10Prodigal50 2/15Quantaqa 12/15QueenJess 8/15Scrumpy18 10short bird 11/18thepurplepixie 15Thriftymissus 8/24VickyA 2 1/10To see the updated results for August on phone or tablet, click here🌞 🌞 Newcomers welcome! 🌞 🌞2
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CrazyBee787 said:Not today, I bought breakfast lunch and dinner as I was hungry when I went to get a roller tray and I also picked up some jugs, needlessly expensive £25!2
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cathybird said:CrazyBee787 said:Not today, I bought breakfast lunch and dinner as I was hungry when I went to get a roller tray and I also picked up some jugs, needlessly expensive £25!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.1 -
NSD Tuesday 😁Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
October 2025 NSD Challenge 10/18MFW 2025 #45
Jan 2016 Mortgage = £149,895
Current outstanding = £94,306.78
2024 Overpayment = £675.66
2025 Overpayment = £645/£7001
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