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Nifty November's No-Spend Days challenge!

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  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 438 Forumite
    100 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    NSD Sunday 😁
    Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
    October 2025 NSD Challenge 10/18

    MFW 2025 #45
    Jan 2016 Mortgage = £149,895
    Current outstanding = £94,306.78
    2024 Overpayment = £675.66
    2025 Overpayment = £645/£700
  • Didn't go out yesterday or today so 8 for me today 😁
    'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'

    Weight loss challenge 2024:
    Start weight: 9st 13.1lb
    End weight: 8st 13lb

    Weight loss challenge 2025: 
    Start weight: 8st 6lbs
    End weight: 

    Nov GC: £41.46/£350

    DNF: 1/45

    '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'

  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 8,679 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    One 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 65 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 16th November 
    Produce tracker: £442 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. 
  • VickyA_2
    VickyA_2 Posts: 4,620 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Late to the November party, but it's been quite a few days/week or so!  Anyway, I'm able to add 4 NSDs straight away, so it's 4/15 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 #18 £2021.83 declared
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,927 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 10 November at 10:01PM
    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 8/19  image  image 


    BogStandardBob 3/12  image 


    cathybird 4/15  image 


    Changeyourlife25 10 


    Crazybee787 3/12  image 


    Dizzycap 8/15  image  image 


    doingitanyway 1/12  image 


    Doris17 6/15  image  image 


    InDebtEnby 3/13  image 


    KajiKita 6/20  image  image 


    laurenh1 8/18  image  image 


    leftatthetrafficlights 8/15  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  



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


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  • It's one 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 £3677/£6000
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,051 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.
  • InDebtEnby
    InDebtEnby Posts: 199 Forumite
    100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I'm struggling to not spend now that I don't have structured days after going on reduced hours.

    I think I need to look at prepaying for activities so that I can gain some NSDs.
    Current No Spend Challenge: 6/13
    2025 No Spend Days: 140/150
    Bank Loan Original End Date: 08/2030
    Current End Date: 08/2030
  • Pinkpieuni
    Pinkpieuni Posts: 188 Forumite
    100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Nsd yesterday. 

    Challenges

    NSD - Nov  6/10

    Pay off all your debts by Christmas 2025 #7 £6,500/£6,500 - All gone, paid off.

    52 Week Envelope Saving Challenge #7  £1,378/£1,378 -(52/52)

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

    2025 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #61 £34,501.82/£38,000

    Mortgage -  Jan 2025 £75,600-Current bal £38,405.76 Target  MF (Jun 26) 240 days.

    Loan  - Jan 2025 £4,095 - Current balance £1,544.37

    "Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves"

  • Doris17
    Doris17 Posts: 960 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    NSD for me please. 6/15

    "My Life Is About The Journey Not The Destination"



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