December 2025 NSD challenge
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Dazzling December's No-Spend Days Challenge!
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Another NSD - now up to 5/15Sealed 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 declared1
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Off to a start =
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December targetsAuntieL 7/15
beanielou 10/19
BogStandardBob 12cathybird 9/15
Dizzycap 9/20
Frisby40 15InDebtEnby 3/13
KajiKita 7/18
laurenh1 5/18
leftatthetrafficlights 6/15
LittleMissDetermined 8/15
Pinkpieuni 3/10
Prodigal50 10QueenJess 15short bird 18VickyA 2 5/15
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🌞 🌞 Newcomers welcome! 🌞 🌞1 -
Early call for a 9/20 NSD Thursday # 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 £1836.43 / £2026 (4)1
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Not yesterday but will be one today.KKAs at 17.03.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £219,071
- 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 26 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 12th 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 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.2 -
Could I join? I do at least 15 a month but got caught out today with parking#no 3 Debts off by Xmas 2026 £2175/£15,250
NSD March 14/22 NSD April 8/22
#no 13 365 days 1p challenge 2026 90/365
£40.95/£667.95
#no 2 £2 coin savers challenge 2026 £24
#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 -
NSD Thursday 😁Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
April 2026 NSD Challenge 0/15MFW 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/£10001 -
Definitely not one today, the car is in for service and new brakes - goodness knows how much that will set me back!
LMD xLife gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £4685/£60001 -
Not today - buying decor end panels for the temporary-about to-become-permanent kitchen island
KKAs at 17.03.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £219,071
- 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 26 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 12th 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 -
@Frisby40 yes you'd be most welcome to join! I've added you to the list I put your target as 15 since that's the figure you mentioned but we are nearly halfway through December, so would that be right for this month? Also, if you let me know your tally for the month so far I'll add that too. 1
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