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  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 457 Forumite
    100 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    NSD Tuesday 😁
    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
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,029 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 4 December at 3:10PM
    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 3/15  image 


    beanielou 3/19  image 


    BogStandardBob 12 


    cathybird 1/15  image 


    Dizzycap 2/20  image 


    doingitanyway 12 


    Doris17 15 


    InDebtEnby 13 


    KajiKita 2/18  image 


    laurenh1 3/18  image 


    leftatthetrafficlights 4/15  image 


    LittleMissDetermined 3/15  image 


    Pinkpieuni 1/10  image 


    Prodigal50 10 


    QueenJess 15 


    short bird 18  


    VickyA 2 15  



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


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  • 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.
  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,374 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    It's a 2/20 NSD Wednesday here  :)
    ~ 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 £40+ / £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
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,017 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    One here 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. 
  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 457 Forumite
    100 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    NSD Wednesday 😁
    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
  • One for me today
    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
  • 4/15 for me today please 😁 
    '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 for me today, putting me on 3 I think. Will aim for 5 by the end of the week x
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