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Payment a Day - Chapter 2026

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  • angelicious
    angelicious Posts: 601 Forumite
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    £5 today to savings 
    Save £25,000 in 2025: #45-£524.15/25, 000

    PAD 2025: £609.19/6100
  • rsdiscos said:
    Morning all! 

    £6.68 today

    I can't believe that in just 22 days, I have PADDED over £200 - which is a whole lot better than the minimum payment of about £28! 


    Absolutely brilliant!  Just goes to show the power of PADding :D 
    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
  • Keedie
    Keedie Posts: 3,072 Forumite
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    Morning All,

    Apologies for the delay...

    The total PAD for 20 January 2026 was £104.09
    The total PAD for 21 January 2026 was £181.41

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  • st182
    st182 Posts: 214 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 100 Posts Photogenic
    Todays PAD, back to CC1:

    £2.08

    keep up that hard work everyone  B)
    Pay Off Debts by Xmas 2026; £0 / £6201.56
  • Back with another £3 to savings
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
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  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,626 Forumite
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    Keedie said:
    Morning All,

    Apologies for the delay...

    The total PAD for 20 January 2026 was £104.09
    The total PAD for 21 January 2026 was £181.41

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    Lovely picture
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

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  • debtfreein26
    debtfreein26 Posts: 21 Forumite
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    Keep going everyone - it's been a tough month!

    I have done a bit of sorting with my money and today I'm making a £260 payment to CC1  B) Future PADs will not be so big for a while but that feels pretty good!
    Pay off by xmas 2026/2026 PAD - £754.54/£7959.74
    Make £2026 - £208.65

    CC1 - £693.74/£5617.72
    CC2 - £60.80/£2432.02
  • SuperSavingD
    SuperSavingD Posts: 653 Forumite
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    rsdiscos said:
    Morning all! 

    £6.68 today

    I can't believe that in just 22 days, I have PADDED over £200 - which is a whole lot better than the minimum payment of about £28! 


    That’s good going
  • SuperSavingD
    SuperSavingD Posts: 653 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper
    Keep going everyone - it's been a tough month!

    I have done a bit of sorting with my money and today I'm making a £260 payment to CC1  B) Future PADs will not be so big for a while but that feels pretty good!
    Great pad to your cc
  • SuperSavingD
    SuperSavingD Posts: 653 Forumite
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    £3.00 to savings today.  
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