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  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,374 Forumite
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    It's a 3/20 NSD miserable rainy Thursday here!  :/:s:D
    ~ 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)
  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 457 Forumite
    100 Posts Second Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    NSD Thursday 😁
    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 6 December at 3:00PM
    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 5/15  image  image 

    beanielou 3/19  image 

    BogStandardBob 12 

    cathybird 3/15  image 

    Dizzycap 5/20  image  image 

    doingitanyway 12 

    Doris17 15 

    InDebtEnby 1/13  image 

    KajiKita 3/18  image 

    laurenh1 3/18  image 

    leftatthetrafficlights 4/15  image 

    LittleMissDetermined 4/15  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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  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,029 Forumite
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    @Dizzycap very miserable and rainy here too :neutral:
  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,374 Forumite
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    cathybird said:
    @Dizzycap very miserable and rainy here too :neutral:
    :s  :|  Rain stopped for 1 hour and now off again  :/
    It's a very early & another rainy call for a 4/20 NSD Friday - Not expecting any weekend spends, so hopefully ending the week almost a 3rd through my NSD December target  ;)<3
    ~ 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)
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,017 Forumite
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    I forgot to post my NSD yesterday! 😊

    Won’t be one today - buying vouchers (garden centre and cake shop) as Christmas presents 😊 🎄 

    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 Friday 😊
    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
  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,374 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    edited 6 December at 12:51AM
    It's a NSD 5/20 Saturday here! Nothing much planned mainly cuddling babyface & watching the iPlayer  <3
    ~ 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)
  • InDebtEnby
    InDebtEnby Posts: 227 Forumite
    100 Posts First Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    Finally managed one this month 
    Current No Spend Challenge: 10/13
    2025 No Spend Days: 157/150
    Bank Loan Original End Date: 08/2030
    Current End Date: 01/2030
  • LittleMissDetermined
    LittleMissDetermined Posts: 10,103 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Photogenic
    One for me today please 
    LMD x
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4055/£6000
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