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  • CrazyBee787
    CrazyBee787 Posts: 1,402 Forumite
    1,000 Posts First Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    4/12 Please @cathybird Thank you XX
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,022 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    One today 😊

    KK
    As at 15.12.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £227,385
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,822 Estd. interest saved = £6,166 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 79 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 24th December 
    Produce tracker: £453 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. 
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,032 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 11 November at 4:49PM
    November 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


    November targets


    AuntieL 6/18  image  image 


    beanielou 9/19  image  image 


    BogStandardBob 4/12  image 


    cathybird 5/15  image  image 


    Changeyourlife25 10 


    Crazybee787 4/12  image 


    Dizzycap 10/15  image  image  image  


    doingitanyway 1/12  image 


    Doris17 6/15  image  image 


    InDebtEnby 4/13  image 


    KajiKita 7/20  image  image 


    laurenh1 9/18  image  image 


    leftatthetrafficlights 10/15  image  image  image  


    LittleMissDetermined 7/12  image  image 


    Pinkpieuni 5/10  image  image 


    Prodigal50 10 


    QueenJess 15 


    short bird 18  


    VickyA 2 4/15  


    woodyemm 10  



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  • InDebtEnby
    InDebtEnby Posts: 227 Forumite
    100 Posts First Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Finally another one for me.
    Current No Spend Challenge: 10/13
    2025 No Spend Days: 157/150
    Bank Loan Original End Date: 08/2030
    Current End Date: 01/2030
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,493 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Early call for today. 
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    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*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • Declaring early as I'm going nowhere today - 10/15
    'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'

    Jan GC: £0/£100
    DNF: £0/£6700
    Garden sections: 0/21

    DNF: 3/45

    'It's the small compromises you keep making over time that start to add up and get you to a place you don't want to be'

  • laurenh1
    laurenh1 Posts: 1,059 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    One today, not one yesterday as I treated my husband to a spa voucher for Christmas. An extra gift but he has been working so hard and a lot so it feels needed. X 
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,493 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    One today. 
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    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*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • NSD for yesterday please
  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,377 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    edited 11 November at 2:49PM
    Been trying to post on the MASE forum but body character number issues again...... Here's my screen shot for today xxx
    ~ NSD 2026 - NSD January 0/20 (1)
    # Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel 2026 - On Rest
    # No.36 Make £2026 in 2026 £0 / £2026 (1)
    # No.12 Save £2 a Day 2026 £0 / £730 (1)
    # No.2 Save 1p A Day 2026 £0 / £667.95 (1)
    # No.19 52 Week Env Challenge 2026 £0 / £1378 (1)
    # No.4 Save £12k in 2026 £0 / £12,000 (1)
    # No.16 Sealed (Christmas) Pot Challenge 19 - 2026 - 24/12/25 - 24/10 2026 £50+ / £400 (1)
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