Merry Christmas everyone, hope you all have a fabulous festive season xx
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Dazzling December's No-Spend Days Challenge!
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Early call for a 23/20 NSD Christmas Day Thursday!
The front door will be bolted all day with the curtain closed across it and with me prancing around in PJ's all day even though my mother is here! # No.2 Save 1p A Day Challenge 2026 £236.68 / £667.95 (4)# No.4 Save £12k in 2026 £6,234.25 / £12,000 (4)# No.4 £2 Savers Club 2026 - (25/12 - 24/10) £100 / £200 (4)# No.8 Sealed Pot Challenge 19 - 2026 - 24/12 - 24/10 £60+ / £400 (4)# No.5 Fiver Friday Challenge 2026 £85/£230 (4)# Make £2026 in 2026 £1886.43 / £2026 (4)1 -
Nsd Christmas day here as well. Merry Christmas everyone.
Challenges
NSD - April - 12/10
1. 2026 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #61 £14,031.82/£29,000, MF target May 2026, current mortgage balance - £14,582.78
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 - £842
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One for yesterday and today 😊
KKAs at 17.04.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £216,847
- OPs to mortgage = £17,793 Estd. interest saved = £9,021 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 28 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 23rd April.
Produce tracker: £78 of £400 in 2026
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Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.1 -
Merry Christmas everyone, hope you all have a fabulous festive season xx4 -
December 2025 NSD challengeOff to a start =
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December targetsAuntieL 13/15
beanielou 21/19
cathybird 20/15
Dizzycap 24/20
InDebtEnby 11/13
KajiKita 18/18
laurenh1 5/18
leftatthetrafficlights 18/15
LittleMissDetermined 16/15
Pinkpieuni 9/10
Prodigal50 10QueenJess 15short bird 18ThriftyPrincess40 18/20
VickyA 2 8/15
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Thanks CathyB - and you 😊🎄cathybird said:
Merry Christmas everyone, hope you all have a fabulous festive season xx
KKAs at 17.04.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £216,847
- OPs to mortgage = £17,793 Estd. interest saved = £9,021 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 28 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 23rd April.
Produce tracker: £78 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.1 -
Spend day Christmas Eve but NSD today taking it to 18/20 wooop wooooop#no 3 Debts off by Xmas 2026 £2175/£15,250
NSD March 14/22 NSD April 17/22
#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 £2175
1% challenge = 14.2%
#cc1 700/4100 29%
#cc2 NatWest 600/3400 29%
#cc3 Halifax 390/2150 26%
#cc4. MBNA 485/5600 0% runs out soon
#loan1 1300/14000 7.2%
#loan2 858/11000 13%
#family loan /4000 0%#solicitors /8000
Crisis fund 320/5001 -
ThriftyPrincess40 said:Spend day Christmas Eve but NSD today taking it to 18/20 wooop wooooop@ ThriftyPrincess40 - AWESOME! Great going
Today is a NSD 24/20 Boxing Day Friday
Looking forward to the NSD New Year 2026 as I've once again, loaded myself with MSE Money Saving Challenges for 2026 and the NSD monthly challenge will definately help me to hopefully complete every challenge 
# No.2 Save 1p A Day Challenge 2026 £236.68 / £667.95 (4)# No.4 Save £12k in 2026 £6,234.25 / £12,000 (4)# No.4 £2 Savers Club 2026 - (25/12 - 24/10) £100 / £200 (4)# No.8 Sealed Pot Challenge 19 - 2026 - 24/12 - 24/10 £60+ / £400 (4)# No.5 Fiver Friday Challenge 2026 £85/£230 (4)# Make £2026 in 2026 £1886.43 / £2026 (4)2 -
Not today, as I spent yesterday after declaring it an NSD 🤷♀️😊
KKAs at 17.04.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £216,847
- OPs to mortgage = £17,793 Estd. interest saved = £9,021 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 28 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 23rd April.
Produce tracker: £78 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.1 -
One for yesterdayCurrent No Spend Challenge: 12/13
2025 No Spend Days: 50/150
Bank Loan Original End Date: 08/2030
Current End Date: 01/20301
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