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Payment a Day - Chapter 2026

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  • AntoMac
    AntoMac Posts: 3,370 Forumite
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    £107 PAD for today to credit card

    27/5/17 Mort 64705 BTs 1904031/12/17 Mort 59815 BT 1673007/04/20 Mort 49208 BT 1572128/07/20 Mort 47387 BT 1263414/11/20 Mort 45905 BT 10134 20/05/21 Mort 42335 BT 686811/08/22 Mort 32050 BT 2915Sealed Pot Challenge 16 Number 5
  • AntoMac
    AntoMac Posts: 3,370 Forumite
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    £491.60

    Total for 6 May 26. Great stuff

    27/5/17 Mort 64705 BTs 1904031/12/17 Mort 59815 BT 1673007/04/20 Mort 49208 BT 1572128/07/20 Mort 47387 BT 1263414/11/20 Mort 45905 BT 10134 20/05/21 Mort 42335 BT 686811/08/22 Mort 32050 BT 2915Sealed Pot Challenge 16 Number 5
  • Keedie
    Keedie Posts: 3,175 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker

    I wholeheartedly agree @AntoMac. It definitely makes all the difference. I paid off thousands of pounds of debt and built savings through PADding little and as often as I could. It's definitely a good habit/tool for money management.

    Debt Free Diary:- The Mental Debt Struggle
    (Original Debt on 15/07/2016 was £33,056.76) 🙈 but Debt Free on 09/02/2025 🎉
    Career Loan £355/£3,000 (11.83% accumulated)
  • Bounty123
    Bounty123 Posts: 259 Forumite
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    edited 8 May at 5:12AM

    £1 PAD to cc for today.

    2026 MFW No:23
    MFiT-T7 12
  • angelicious
    angelicious Posts: 753 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker

    £43 today to savings

    Save £25,000 in 2025: #45-£524.15/25, 000

    PAD 2025: £609.19/6100
  • LittleMissDetermined
    LittleMissDetermined Posts: 10,761 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Photogenic

    100% agree Ant! It helped me become debt free and now it feeds my savings every day.

    £5 for me today to the sabbatical savings

    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 £5011/£6000
  • AntoMac
    AntoMac Posts: 3,370 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker

    £328

    Total for 7 May 26

    27/5/17 Mort 64705 BTs 1904031/12/17 Mort 59815 BT 1673007/04/20 Mort 49208 BT 1572128/07/20 Mort 47387 BT 1263414/11/20 Mort 45905 BT 10134 20/05/21 Mort 42335 BT 686811/08/22 Mort 32050 BT 2915Sealed Pot Challenge 16 Number 5
  • angelicious
    angelicious Posts: 753 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker

    £74 today to emergency savings

    Save £25,000 in 2025: #45-£524.15/25, 000

    PAD 2025: £609.19/6100
  • ThriftyPrincess40
    ThriftyPrincess40 Posts: 432 Forumite
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    edited 9 May at 9:03AM

    🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳. with very very good news finally!!! My abuser has finally paid me out of the house (not a fair amount but at least it’s better than nothing and I have no further ties to him) freedom means so much! 💪🏻 with that money I have paid; 

    £12978 loan off 

    £1690 cc3 off 

    £2742 cc2 off

    £3290 cc1 off 

    £2587 cc4 partial pay off 

    £3500 fam loan off 

    £1100 fam loan off 

    Total paid off £28,087

    Oh and paid £8000 solicitors off so total £36087

    I’m left with £13000 debt so would like to make that my next target.

    #no 3 Debts off by Xmas 2026 £1444/£12,500
    NSD June 6/22
    #no 13 365 days 1p challenge 2026 120/ 365
    #no 2 £2 coin savers challenge 2026
     #no 11 SPC 19 £44 banked restart
    2026 PAD challenge  £12,500
    1% challenge = £12,500
    1% - £125 @11.5%

    #cc4. MBNA 630/2000 0% runs out soon
    #loan2 814/ 10,500 13%


  • ThriftyPrincess40
    ThriftyPrincess40 Posts: 432 Forumite
    100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper

    how do I put a strike through on my amounts on my signature?

    #no 3 Debts off by Xmas 2026 £1444/£12,500
    NSD June 6/22
    #no 13 365 days 1p challenge 2026 120/ 365
    #no 2 £2 coin savers challenge 2026
     #no 11 SPC 19 £44 banked restart
    2026 PAD challenge  £12,500
    1% challenge = £12,500
    1% - £125 @11.5%

    #cc4. MBNA 630/2000 0% runs out soon
    #loan2 814/ 10,500 13%


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