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Payment a Day - Chapter 2026

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  • Good morning 
    £112 sent to savings today
    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 £4220/£6000
  • cuddlymarm
    cuddlymarm Posts: 2,294 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Good morning 
    Just £10 today off the CC

    Pay off by Xmas 2026 £175/£2324.67
    January NSDs 9/15
    January PADs £520
    January grocery challenge £92.66/150
  • AntoMac
    AntoMac Posts: 3,043 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    £48 between debt and envelope challenge please
    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: 570 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    £5 today to savings 
    Save £25,000 in 2025: #45-£524.15/25, 000

    PAD 2025: £609.19/6100
  • Keedie
    Keedie Posts: 3,040 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Keedie said:
    Morning All,

    The total PAD for 14 January 2026 was £189.99

    Life is not always easy, but sometimes perspective helps...
    Jim Rohn Quote Either you run the day or the day runs you
    That's a good quote. Need to remember that one and print it out and stick it on the front of my diary I think. 
    It's one of my favourite quotes. I have it on the wall by my desk, to remind me to keep soldiering on.
    Debt Free Diary:- The Mental Debt Struggle
    (Original Debt on 15/07/2016 was £33,056.76) 🙈 but Debt Free on 09/02/2025 🎉
  • Keedie
    Keedie Posts: 3,040 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Morning All,

    The total PAD for 15 January 2026 was £178.75

    Wealth is not always financial, but the principle remains the same...

    101 Inspirational Personal Finance Quotes And Sayings To Build Wealth  Our  Life On FIRE

    Debt Free Diary:- The Mental Debt Struggle
    (Original Debt on 15/07/2016 was £33,056.76) 🙈 but Debt Free on 09/02/2025 🎉
  • SuperSavingD
    SuperSavingD Posts: 615 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    £5.00 to cc

    Thank you 
  • £10 of cc today 
    #no 3 Debts off by Xmas 2026 £633.58/£15,250
    NSD Jan 17/20
    #no 13 365 days 1p challenge 2026
    £17.70/£667.95 paid 59/365 
    #no 2 £2 coin savers challenge 2026 £12
     #no 11 SPC 19 £44 banked restart £19.66
    2026 PAD challenge  £660
    1% challenge = 5%

    #cc1 200/4100 29%
    #cc2 NatWest 210/3400 29%
    #cc3 Halifax 60/2150 26%
    #cc4. MBNA 80 /5600 0% runs out soon
    #loan1 /14000  7.2%
    #loan2 /11000 13%
    #family loan /3000 0%
    #solicitors /3500
  • rsdiscos
    rsdiscos Posts: 829 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Hi all
    Sorry for being AWOL - I've been padding each day but not managing to get on the laptop to share the news.
    Total pads of £24.95
    Plan to PAD Everyday 2026
    Credit Card - £2864.24 int free to 31/05/26) -
    PAD Totals
    Jan 2026 - £184.05 6.43% paid!
  • Bounty123
    Bounty123 Posts: 126 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Morning,
     £1 to cc for me today.
    2026 MFW No:23
    MFiT-T7 12
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