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Marvellous March's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,976 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic

    One today 😊

    KK

    As at 17.04.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £216,847
    - OPs to mortgage = £17,793 Estd. interest saved = £9,021 to date
    c. 16 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 28 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 23rd April. 
    Produce tracker: £78 of £400 in 2026

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    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,925 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!

    A NSD please 1/12

    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 1400/1000
    Buffer fund 100/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/07/2025
  • VickyA_2
    VickyA_2 Posts: 4,700 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker

    Monday is NSD #2! 2/15 🤩

    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
  • Wanna_Bee_Free
    Wanna_Bee_Free Posts: 2,749 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper

    One for me today :)

  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,515 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 4 March at 1:00AM

    March 2026 NSD totals

    NSD-ers

    Totals

    Off to

    a start

    5 days

    10 days

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    AuntieL

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    beanielou

    3/19

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    BlueKelpie26

    14

    cathybird

    15

    Changeyourlife25

    10

    crazybeautiful

    2/20

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    cuddlymarm

    15

    Deb4

    2/15

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    Dizzycap

    3/10

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    doingitanyway

    1/12

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    Doris17

    1/20

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    Honeysucklelou2

    10

    ilovetea

    20

    InDebtEnby

    13

    KajiKita

    2/20

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    laurenh1

    2/18

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    LittleMissDetermined

    2/20

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    loopylupin

    12

    Mamma2004

    14

    Optimistic Saver

    2/22

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    Pinkpieuni

    1/10

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    RhiBi

    1/15

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    Rupacomp

    10

    Thriftymissus

    2/25

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    ThriftyPrincess40

    3/22

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    VickyA 2

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    WannaBeeFree

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  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,799 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!
    edited 3 March at 5:15AM

    It's a very early call for a 3/10 NSD Tuesday. Wishing everyone a tariffic NSD Tuesday xxxxx

    ~ NSD 2026 Challenge April 21/20 (4)
    # No.12 Save £2 a Day 2026 £243.32 / £730 (4)
    # No.2 Save 1p A Day Challenge 2026 £236.68 / £667.95 (4)
    # No.19 52 Week Env Challenge 2026 £520 / £1378 (4)
    # No.4 Save £12k in 2026  £6,234.25 / £12,000 (4)
    # No.4 £2 Savers Club 2026 - (25/12 - 24/10) £100 / £200 (4)
    No.8 Sealed Pot Challenge 19 - 2026 - 24/12 - 24/10 £60+ / £400 (4)
    # Make £2026 in 2026 £1886.43 / £2026 (4)
  • ThriftyPrincess40
    ThriftyPrincess40 Posts: 339 Forumite
    100 Posts Name Dropper

    NSD number 3 for me today

    #no 3 Debts off by Xmas 2026 £2175/£15,250
    NSD March 14/22 NSD April 17/22
    #no 13 365 days 1p challenge 2026 90/365
    £40.95/£667.95 
    #no 2 £2 coin savers challenge 2026
     #no 11 SPC 19 £44 banked restart
    2026 PAD challenge  £2175
    1% challenge = 14.2%

    #cc1 700/4100 29%
    #cc2 NatWest 600/3400 29%
    #cc3 Halifax 390/2150 26%
    #cc4. MBNA 485/5600 0% runs out soon
    #loan1 1300/14000  7.2%
    #loan2 858/11000 13%
    #family loan /4000 0%
    #solicitors /8000

    Crisis fund 320/500
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,341 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!

    One today. So no 3 on the 3rd!

    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.
  • Pinkpieuni
    Pinkpieuni Posts: 252 Forumite
    100 Posts First Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic

    Nsd today, thank you @cathybird

    Challenges

    NSD - April - 12/10

    1. 2026 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #61 £14,031.82/£29,000, MF target May 2026, current mortgage balance - £14,582.78

    mortgage @ Jan 2025 - £75,600

    2. Loan  - Jan 2026 £1,029.22 - bal £0- fully paid 

    3.52 Week Envelope Saving Challenge #2  £106/£1,378 -( 1/52)

    4. EF - £842

  • Wanna_Bee_Free
    Wanna_Bee_Free Posts: 2,749 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper

    Small spend tonight at the quiz so it won't be one today.

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