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Outstanding October's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,301 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    It's a NSD 17/20 Saturday here!  :D
    ~ NSD 2025 - NSD November 22/15 (11 x💯)
    # Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel - On Rest - 2 x £25 Vouchers Redeemed, 29 FREE Books of RM Stamps & 2 x Presentation Pack.
    ~ Totally FREE Christmas 2025 - 🎁✉️🏷🎀💐🪪🗒🧺
    ⭐️Completed Challenges 2025:
    # No.36 Make £2025 in 2025 £1756.28 / £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 £21,877.08 / £12,000 💯 (11) - Continuing
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,957 Forumite
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    edited 19 October at 8:29PM
    October 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


    October targets


    AuntieL 11/18  image  image  image  


    beanielou 18/19  image  image  image   image 


    Caeraugirl 10 


    cathybird 13/15  image  image  image  


    Changeyourlife25 2/10  image 


    Crazybee787 10/12  image  image  image  


    Crazycatlady2 15 


    Dizzycap 18/20  image  image  image   image 


    doingitanyway 5/12  image  image 


    Doris17 3/15  image 


    Emmel 12 


    InDebtEnby 14/13  image  image  image   image  image


    KajiKita 14/20  image  image  image  


    laurenh1 10/18  image  image  image  


    LittleMissDetermined 13/18  image  image  image  


    Pinkpieuni 11/10  image  image  image   image  image


    Prodigal50 10 


    Quantaqa 15 


    QueenJess 7/15  image  image 


    short bird 7/18   image  image 


    Tenar15 10  


    VickyA 2 10/15   image  image  image  



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


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  • InDebtEnby
    InDebtEnby Posts: 204 Forumite
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    Another one for me 
    Current No Spend Challenge: 10/13
    2025 No Spend Days: 144/150
    Bank Loan Original End Date: 08/2030
    Current End Date: 08/2030
  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,640 Forumite
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    Gosh this month is a real struggle.  If it isn't the kids growing out of things, it is school demands for money, kids being invited to birthday parties, car service/MoT.... the list just goes on and on!
    A NSD today at least!
    2025 decluttering: 5,378 🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅🌟🌟
    2025 use up challenge: 473🥉🥈🥇💎🏆
    Big kitchen declutter challenge 139/150
    2025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 500
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,157 Ambassador
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    One today. 
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  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 8,754 Forumite
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    @QueenJess, similar here too - my dad’s birthday, my birthday, ongoing work on the house, etc …

    One today though 😊 And hoping to get a clean run this week … 🤞

    KK
    As at 15.11.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £228,473
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 68 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 26th November 
    Produce tracker: £442 of £300 in 2025

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    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • Another NSD for me today
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £3677/£6000
  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,301 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    QueenJess - Months like that seem never ending :s November is the month when I seem to payout the most with car MOT, insurance, road tax, house insurance etc etc, and that's after I've got free or made all my Chrissy pressies & cards!  :#
    It's a NSD 18/20 Sunday
    ~ NSD 2025 - NSD November 22/15 (11 x💯)
    # Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel - On Rest - 2 x £25 Vouchers Redeemed, 29 FREE Books of RM Stamps & 2 x Presentation Pack.
    ~ Totally FREE Christmas 2025 - 🎁✉️🏷🎀💐🪪🗒🧺
    ⭐️Completed Challenges 2025:
    # No.36 Make £2025 in 2025 £1756.28 / £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 £21,877.08 / £12,000 💯 (11) - Continuing
  • VickyA_2
    VickyA_2 Posts: 4,623 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Another NSD for me! 10/15

    @QueenJess
    - September and October have been like that for me! I feels never-ending.
    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 #18 £2021.83 declared
  • CrazyBee787
    CrazyBee787 Posts: 1,366 Forumite
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    10/12 Please @cathybird Thank youXX
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