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Joyous January's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • Definitely one for me today please
    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
  • NSD again 💪🏻 loving this challenge! 
    #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
  • Wanna_Bee_Free
    Wanna_Bee_Free Posts: 2,596 Forumite
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    It should be another one for me today. 
    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!
    NSD 6/12 I was going to go out for a low spend but it can wait and I can make-do with what I have for a few days  :)
    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
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,834 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    One today. 
    Still pretty wiped out. 
    Thanks for the good wishes. 
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  • 32b3in2013
    32b3in2013 Posts: 2,477 Forumite
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    Good evening

    5 NSDs for me this week, so total now 6.

    have a great week everyone.

    32b3
    SPC9 #125 - £816.85
    SPC10 #125 - £851.81
    SPC 11 #7 - £968.46
    SPC 12 #7 - £2682.90
    SPC 13 #7 - £4829.85
    SPC 17 #7 - £7313.63
  • crazybeautiful
    crazybeautiful Posts: 29 Forumite
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    edited 18 January at 6:45PM
    Another 2 NSDs so 16/25 now.

    I was gifted a bag of penne pasta and a tin of tomatoes by a family member, due to a diet change for them. I already have some in my cupboard so I probably won't need to buy any more pasta until end of Feb payday :) 
    Make £2026 in 2026 Current total £20
    Save £1 per book read in 2026 Current total £2

    Emergency fund Current total £90.60/£500

    Pay off by Xmas 2026 Current total left £1119/£1300

    January 2026 NSDs 16/25

    Decluttering 365 items 21/365
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,272 Forumite
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    Not today. 

    KK
    As at 15.01.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £222,084
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,881 Estd. interest saved = £6,203 to date
    c. 16 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 6 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 18th January 
    Produce tracker: £29 of £400 in 2026

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    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • VickyA_2
    VickyA_2 Posts: 4,651 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Another NSD and I'm now up to 10/15.  Truly, truly delighted!
    Sealed 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 declared
  • AuntieL
    AuntieL Posts: 477 Forumite
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    NSD Sunday
    Debt-free journey started August 2023. DF 02/09/2024 🥳 (except mortgage)
    January 2026 NSD Challenge 5/15

    MFW 2025 #45
    Jan 2016 Mortgage = £150,894 (23years 0months)
    Current outstanding = £92,396.89 (10years 4months)
    2024 Overpayment = £675.66
    2025 Overpayment = £710/£700
    2026 Overpayment = £44.43/ £1000
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