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Dazzling December's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • Nsd Thursday.

    Challenges

    NSD - May - 1/10

    1. 2026 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #61 £19,133.06/£29,000, MF target June 2026, current mortgage balance - £9,569.36

    mortgage @ Jan 2025 - £75,600

    2. Loan  - Jan 2026 £1,029.22 - bal £0- fully paid 

    3.52 Week Envelope Saving Challenge #2  £106/£1,378 -( 1/52)

    4. EF - £1,292

  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,913 Ambassador
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    Early call for a 16/20 NSD Thursday!  :):D
    ~ NSD 2026 Challenge May 9/10 (5)
    # No.12 Save £2 a Day 2026 £304.15 / £730 (5)
    # No.2 Save 1p A Day Challenge 2026 £295.85 / £667.95 (5)
    # No.4 Save £12k in 2026 - £7495.78 / £12,000 (5)
    £10-a-Day Challenge 2026 - £89.85 / £1825 (5)
    No.8 Sealed Pot Challenge 19 (24/10) 286.45 / £400 (5)
    # No.27 - Top Up EP 2 £350 / £2880 (5).
    # Make £2026 in 2026 - Completed
  • It's a NSD for me today :)
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4861/£6000
  • 18/15 for me today please 😁 
    'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'

    Jan GC: £74.77/£100
    DNF: £1471.53/£6700
    Garden sections: 0/21

    DNF: 3/45

    Save 12k in 2026: #37 £1471.53/£6700

    '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'

  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,556 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*** in ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,576 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 19 December 2025 at 5:55PM
    December 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


    December targets


    AuntieL 10/15  image  image  image  


    beanielou 15/19  image  image  image   image 


    cathybird 14/15  image  image  image  


    Dizzycap 17/20  image  image  image   image 


    InDebtEnby 6/13  image  image 


    KajiKita 12/18  image  image  image  


    laurenh1 5/18  image  image 


    leftatthetrafficlights 18/15  image  image  image   image  image  image


    LittleMissDetermined 13/15  image  image  image  


    Pinkpieuni 6/10  image  image 


    Prodigal50 10 


    QueenJess 15 


    short bird 18  


    ThriftyPrincess40 14/20  image  image  image  


    VickyA 2 8/15   image  image 



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


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  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 10,076 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Fifth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Not today - bought two decor end panels and took out £180 cash to pay the furniture cleaner tomorrow. 

    KK
    As at 17.04.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £216,847
    - OPs to mortgage = £18,925 Estd. interest saved = £9,670 to date
    c. 16 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 31 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 7th May. 
    Produce tracker: £108 of £400 in 2026

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 502 Forumite
    500 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    NSD Thursday 😁
    Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
    April 2026 NSD Challenge 0/15

    MFW 2025 #45
    Jan 2016 Mortgage = £150,894 (23years 0months)
    Current outstanding = £90,256.60 (10years 1month)
    2024 Overpayment = £675.66
    2025 Overpayment = £710/£700
    2026 Overpayment = £357.72/£1000
  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,913 Ambassador
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    It's a 17/20 NSD Friday! Not expecting to spend over the weekend as we're resting  :D
    ~ NSD 2026 Challenge May 9/10 (5)
    # No.12 Save £2 a Day 2026 £304.15 / £730 (5)
    # No.2 Save 1p A Day Challenge 2026 £295.85 / £667.95 (5)
    # No.4 Save £12k in 2026 - £7495.78 / £12,000 (5)
    £10-a-Day Challenge 2026 - £89.85 / £1825 (5)
    No.8 Sealed Pot Challenge 19 (24/10) 286.45 / £400 (5)
    # No.27 - Top Up EP 2 £350 / £2880 (5).
    # Make £2026 in 2026 - Completed
  • Thanks for letting me join x further 2 NSD including today 💪🏻❤️
    #no 3 Debts off by Xmas 2026 £15,250 PAID 
    NSD April 25/22 May 5/22
    #no 13 365 days 1p challenge 2026 90/365
    £40.95/£667.95 
    #no 2 £2 coin savers challenge 2026
     #no 11 SPC 19 £44 banked restart
    2026 PAD challenge  £15,250
    1% challenge = 100% paid RESTART   / £13000
    1% - 

    #cc1 4100 PAID
    #cc2 NatWest 3400 PAID 
    #cc3 Halifax 2150 PAID 
    #cc4. MBNA 3200/5600 0% runs out soon
    #loan1 14000  PAID 
    #loan2 858/11000 13%
    #family loans 4600 PAID 
    #solicitors 8000 PAID

    Crisis fund 500/1000
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