September 2025 NSD challenge
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Splendid September's No-Spend Days Challenge!
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September targetsAfdaff 10AuntieL 12/18
beanielou 16/19
Caeraugirl 10cathybird 13/15
Changeyourlife25 2/10
Crazybee787 10/19
Crazycatlady2 15Dizzycap 16/20
Doris17 15Emmel 12InDebtEnby 8/13
KajiKita 13/20
laurenh1 11/18
LittleMissDetermined 12/15
Pinkpieuni 12/10
Prodigal50 4/10
Quantaqa 15QueenJess 13/15
Scrumpy18 10short bird 13/18
Tenar15 7/10
thepurplepixie 15Thriftymissus 24VickyA 2 9/15
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One for yesterday, pleaseCurrent No Spend Challenge: 12/13
2025 No Spend Days: 50/150
Bank Loan Original End Date: 08/2030
Current End Date: 01/20301 -
It's another for me today
LMD xLife 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 £4685/£60001 -
Declaring another NSD today.2026 decluttering: 1,120 🤑🥉 ⭐️🥈🥇 ⭐️ ⭐️💎 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️🏆⭐️
2026 use up challenge: 317🥉 ⭐️🥈🥇 ⭐️ ⭐️💎 ⭐️🏆⭐️
2026 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉52 🥈100 🥇250 💎365 🏆1,000 👑3,000I 🥉25 🥈50 🥇100 💎150 🏆300 👑1,0001 -
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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*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.1 -
NSD Thursday 😁Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
April 2026 NSD Challenge 0/15MFW 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/£10001 -
Not today I keep buying snacks I am so hungry all the time 😒0
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As expected, today was a spendy day for a top up shop which should easily take me through until some time next month with lots of free extras & bonus points today, as I also shopped for my neighbour
Back to the NSD's tomorrow 
# No.2 Save 1p A Day Challenge 2026 £236.68 / £667.95 (4)# No.4 Save £12k in 2026 £6,234.25 / £12,000 (4)# No.4 £2 Savers Club 2026 - (25/12 - 24/10) £100 / £200 (4)# No.8 Sealed Pot Challenge 19 - 2026 - 24/12 - 24/10 £60+ / £400 (4)# No.5 Fiver Friday Challenge 2026 £85/£230 (4)# Make £2026 in 2026 £1934.27 / £2026 (4)1 -
Not one today - bought an art supplier voucher for friend’s birthday 😊
KKAs at 17.04.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £216,847
- OPs to mortgage = £17,793 Estd. interest saved = £9,021 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 28 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 23rd April.
Produce tracker: £78 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 -
One for today, pleaseCurrent No Spend Challenge: 12/13
2025 No Spend Days: 50/150
Bank Loan Original End Date: 08/2030
Current End Date: 01/20301
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