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Joyous January's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,497 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    edited 13 January at 3:53AM
    It's an 11/20 NSD Tuesday  :D
    ~ NSD 2026 Challenge January 17/20 (1)
    # No.12 Save £2 a Day 2026 £60.83 / £730 (1)
    # No.2 Save 1p A Day Challenge 2026 £59.17 / £667.95 (1)
    # No.19 52 Week Env Challenge 2026 £130 / £1378 (1)
    # No.4 Save £12k in 2026  £2454.88 / £12,000 (1)
    # No.4 £2 Savers Club 2026 - 25/12 - 24/10 £30 / £200 (1)
    No.8 Sealed Pot Challenge 19 - 2026 - 24/12 - 24/10 £50+ / £400 (1)
    # Make £2026 in 2026 £787.42 / £2026 (1)
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,835 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    One today. 
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  • NSD Tuesday for me too
    #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
  • It will be a NSD for me today. I am off to a meeting soon, then at home for the rest of the day.
    12/20
  • 9/12 NSDs! 

    Thanks @cathybird
     <3 
    I'm always in it. It's just the depth that varies.

    Immediate Problem: Overdraft: £752.59 * Paypal £671.07 * Creation £592.74 = £2,016.04
    Phase 1: Vanquis CC £4100.11 * Tesco CC £3996.60 * Capital One CC £3800 = £11,896.71
    Phase 2: Zopa Loan: £12,755
     
  • Teamjarjar
    Teamjarjar Posts: 71 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hello everyone - is it too late to join in?? If it isn’t, I’d like to aim for 5 NSD out of the days that are left in January. 
    2019 wins: Meal at Five Guys
  • Wanna_Bee_Free
    Wanna_Bee_Free Posts: 2,596 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Not one for me today. Bought slippers for OH birthday next week - rock'n roll! Also quiz tonight small admission charge. 
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6621582/ynab-robber-needs-help-to-execute-the-plan/p1
    January NSD challenge 12/10
    January AFD challenge 3/14
    2026 Art pass savings £29.50
    2026 Railcard savings £0
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,700 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    A NSD for me please, so 4/12 and a third of way there...
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 350/1000
    Buffer fund 100/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/07/2025
  • Thriftymissus
    Thriftymissus Posts: 312 Forumite
    100 Posts First Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    Number 11 for me today. 
    Picked up 2 free full bottles of shampoo from Olio, used Boots points for lunch. Not counting parking at medical appointment. 
  • Doris17
    Doris17 Posts: 1,003 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    NSD for me please 12/15

    "My Life Is About The Journey Not The Destination"



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