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Splendid September's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,242 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    It's a 1/20 NSD Monday! Awesome  :D Wishing everyone a Super NSD xx
    ~ NSD 2025 - NSD October 21/20 (10 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
  • short_bird
    short_bird Posts: 4,066 Forumite
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    And it's Howdy! to day 1.
    ‘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.
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,846 Forumite
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    edited 2 September at 4:28PM
    September 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


    September targets


    Afdaff 10 

    AuntieL 18 

    beanielou 2/19  image 

    Caeraugirl 10 

    cathybird 15 

    Changeyourlife25 10 

    Crazybee787 1/19  image 

    Crazycatlady2 15 

    Dizzycap 1/20  image 

    Doris17 15 

    Emmel 12 

    InDebtEnby 13 

    KajiKita 1/20  image 

    laurenh1 1/18  image 

    LittleMissDetermined 1/15  image 

    Pinkpieuni 10 

    Prodigal50 15 

    Quantaqa 15 

    QueenJess 1/15  image 

    Scrumpy18 10 

    short bird 1/18   image 

    Tenar15 10  

    thepurplepixie 15  

    Thriftymissus 24  

    VickyA 2 1/15   image 


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


    🌞 🌞  Newcomers welcome! 🌞 🌞
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,846 Forumite
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    Yay it's September! I'm not kicking off the month with an NSD for once but back in the saddle tomorrow. :):)
  • Tenar15
    Tenar15 Posts: 12 Forumite
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    Hello! Long-time forum lurker here, really want to kick myself into controlling my spending more so thought I would join in, please :)  Could I start with 10?
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 8,450 Forumite
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    NSD here today 😊

    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. 
  • CrazyBee787
    CrazyBee787 Posts: 1,230 Forumite
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    1/19 Please @cathybird Thank youXX
    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.
  • VickyA_2
    VickyA_2 Posts: 4,614 Forumite
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    Hello!  Well, I'm delighted to be back, starting afresh and I've got a NSD in the bag on day 1!

    Please could I up my challenge to 15 days?  So 1/15 so far...
    Sealed Pot Challenge #021 #8 975.71 #9 £881.44 #10 £961.13 #11 £782.13 #12 £741.83 #13 £2135.22 #14 £895.53 #15 £1240.40 #16 £1805.87 #17 £1820.01 declared
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,846 Forumite
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    hi Tenar15 image and welcome image to our lovely thread! I've added you to the list, hope you enjoy the challenge! image
  • beanielou
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    One today. 
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