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December 2025 NSD Challenge 1/15
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NSD Thursday 😁MFW 2025 #45
Jan 2016 Mortgage = £150,894 (23years 0months)
Current outstanding = £93,038.66 (10years 5months)
2024 Overpayment = £675.66
2025 Overpayment = £710/£700
2026 Overpayment = /£10001 -
It's a 11/15 NSD Thursday!
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday will be NSD's for me, but I will going to do some shopping for my elderly neighbour at some point over the weekend but I shall be spending their money! ~ 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.8 Sealed (Christmas) Pot Challenge 19 - 2026 - 24/12/25 - 24/10/26 £50+ / £400 (1)# No.4 £2 Savers Club 2026 - 25/12/25 - 24/10/26 £0 / £200 (1)2 -
Not today bacon sarnie XX1
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NSD here 😊
KKAs at 15.12.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £227,385
- OPs to mortgage = £12,881 Estd. interest saved = £6,203 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 80 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 25th December
Produce tracker: £457 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.1 -
November 2025 NSD challengeOff to a start =
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November targetsAuntieL 8/18
beanielou 12/19
BogStandardBob 4/12
cathybird 9/15
Changeyourlife25 10Crazybee787 6/12
Dizzycap 11/15
doingitanyway 1/12
Doris17 6/15
InDebtEnby 6/13
KajiKita 11/20
laurenh1 12/18
leftatthetrafficlights 11/15
LittleMissDetermined 9/12
Pinkpieuni 5/10
Prodigal50 10QueenJess 15short bird 18VickyA 2 4/15woodyemm 10To see the updated results for November on phone or tablet, click here
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Another one for meCurrent No Spend Challenge: 10/13
2025 No Spend Days: 157/150
Bank Loan Original End Date: 08/2030
Current End Date: 01/20301 -
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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****
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***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.1 -
One here today 😊
KKAs at 15.12.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £227,385
- OPs to mortgage = £12,881 Estd. interest saved = £6,203 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 80 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 25th December
Produce tracker: £457 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.1 -
One today. Aiming for a spend free weekend as my last week in November is full of xmas parties & spendy x1
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6/12 Please @cathybird thank youXX1
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