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  • InDebtEnby
    InDebtEnby Posts: 228 Forumite
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    Another one for me. I had to talk myself out of getting a McDonald's 
    Current No Spend Challenge: 11/13
    2025 No Spend Days: 158/150
    Bank Loan Original End Date: 08/2030
    Current End Date: 01/2030
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,038 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 24 November at 10:59PM
    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 13/18  image  image  image  


    beanielou 22/19  image  image  image   image  image  image  image


    BogStandardBob 4/12  image 


    cathybird 16/15  image  image  image   image  image  image


    Changeyourlife25 10 


    Crazybee787 5/12  image  image 


    Dizzycap 21/15  image  image  image   image  image  image  image


    doingitanyway 1/12  image 


    Doris17 6/15  image  image 


    InDebtEnby 9/13  image  image 


    KajiKita 19/20  image  image  image   image 


    laurenh1 19/18  image  image  image   image  image  image


    leftatthetrafficlights 18/15  image  image  image   image  image  image


    LittleMissDetermined 14/12  image  image  image   image  image


    Pinkpieuni 9/10  image  image 


    Prodigal50 10 


    QueenJess 15 


    short bird 18  


    VickyA 2 11/15   image  image  image  


    woodyemm 10  



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  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,383 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    edited 23 November at 11:48PM
    Another one for me. I had to talk myself out of getting a McDonald's 
    Well done!  :)  <3
    It's a very early call for a 21/15 NSD Monday. I was expecting it to be a spendy day, but I found some bulk hidden essential supplies that I'd forgotten about which will last me through until late February :o  Don't ask! -  It's a win-win all round  :D
    ~ Totally FREE Christmas 2026
    ~ NSD 2026 - NSD January 0/20 (1)
    # Spectos/Royal Mail Monitoring and Posting Panel 2026 - 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.4 £2 Savers Club 2026 - 25/12 - 24/10 £0 / £200 (1)
    # No.8 Sealed Pot Challenge 19 - 2026 - 24/12 - 24/10 £50+ / £400 (1)
  • It's one for me today please
    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 £4055/£6000
  • CrazyBee787
    CrazyBee787 Posts: 1,407 Forumite
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    cathybird said:
    Sorry to hear that @CrazyBee787 - I agree with @Dizzycap, maybe take a short break and come back in the New Year? you'd obviously be most welcome back xxx :)
    I will think on it thank you, I know it can help me when I try. Thank youXX
  • 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.

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    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

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    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 458 Forumite
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    NSD Monday 😁
    Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
    December 2025 NSD Challenge 1/15

    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 = /£1000
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,033 Forumite
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    Another one today. One more for target … 🤞

    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 = £12,881 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. 
  • Pinkpieuni
    Pinkpieuni Posts: 207 Forumite
    100 Posts First Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Nsd today. 

    Challenges

    NSD - Dec 9/10

    The Save £12k in 2025 challenge #4 £12,317/£30,500

    2025 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #61 £42,801.82/£38,000

    Mortgage @ Jan 2025 £75,600-Current bal £29,851.26 Target  MF - Jun 26, 187 days away.


    2026 Challenges

    NSD - January 

    1. 2026 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #61 £ /£29,000, MF target June 2026, current mortgage balance - £29,851.26

    mortgage @ Jan 2025 - £75,600

    2. Loan  - Jan 2026 £1,029.22 - Current balance £1,029.22

    3.52 Week Envelope Saving Challenge #2 £/£1,378 -( /52)

  • VickyA_2
    VickyA_2 Posts: 4,634 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Thank you for the best wishes.  I'm hopefully out the other side of being poorly, but it's really knocked me.

    However, I'm delighted to say that I've been blessed with another NSD! 11/15  o:) 
    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
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