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Amazing April's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • Pinkpieuni
    Pinkpieuni Posts: 269 Forumite
    100 Posts First Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic

    Nsd today for me

    Challenges

    NSD - July - xx/10

    1. 2026 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #61 £27,100/£27,100, target met June 2026, mortgage balance - £0.  mortgage @ Jan 2025 - £75,600

    2. 2026 Mortgage Free Wannabe #47 , buy to let deposit xx/20k

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

    4.52 Week Envelope Saving Challenge #2  £689/£1,378 -( 26/52)

    5. EF - £1,742

  • Wanna_Bee_Free
    Wanna_Bee_Free Posts: 2,846 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper

    4/10 for me today please Cathybird. I have lunch to take with me.

  • Optimistic_Saver
    Optimistic_Saver Posts: 386 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic

    Another one today 🥳 - NSD #7/22

    March 26:
    MBNA 6,130 - 0% Feb 28
    HAL 10,125.91 - 0% Jul 27
    BL 320 - Ends Jul 26
    Total: 16,575.91 less 7,000 Marcus savings = 9,575.91
    ⬇️ to pay down by Oct 27

    NSD March 15/22
    Make 2026 in 2026:
    173.01/2,026
    Vinted, YouGov, Bank Int & Fairer Share, Prolific, Quidco, Cheddar & SnapMyEats

    Savings accounts:
    Co-op 273.01/3,000
    Principality 600/1,200
    FD 2,000/2,000
    Santander Saver 400/2,400
    Lloyds 800/4,800
    Cahoot 50/3,000
    Invest 349.93
    🏆 ⬆️ Total: £4,472.94

    Mortgage: £54,048.73
  • LittleMissDetermined
    LittleMissDetermined Posts: 10,825 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Photogenic

    Not one today… on a whim I have agreed to go out with a local ladies social club for a drink and a bite to eat.

    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 £5189/£6000
  • Deb4
    Deb4 Posts: 390 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper

    I've not had anymore since Monday hopefully at the weekend I will have some more and next week when DS is back at school I will be back on it


    Make £2026 in 2026 #19
    February NSD 
  • ThriftyPrincess40
    ThriftyPrincess40 Posts: 474 Forumite
    100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper

    one today 💪🏻

    #no 3 Debts off by Xmas 2026 £1500/£12,500
    NSD June 23/22
    #no 13 365 days 1p challenge 2026 Jan Feb March April May June paid 
    #no 2 £2 coin savers challenge 2026
     #no 11 SPC 19 £44 banked restart
    2026 PAD challenge  £12,500
    1% challenge = £12,500
    1% - £125 12% 

    loan 6% £11000

  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,763 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 10 April at 1:05PM

    April 2026 NSD totals

    NSD-ers

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    10 days

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    20 days

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    Target

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    AuntieL

    15

    beanielou

    8/19

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    BlueKelpie26

    14

    cathybird

    8/15

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    crazybeautiful

    20

    Deb4

    4/10

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    Dizzycap

    8/10

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    doingitanyway

    12

    Doris17

    20

    ET22

    1/20

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    GreenFrogMum

    1/10

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    Honeysucklelou2

    3/10

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    InDebtEnby

    4/13

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    KajiKita

    5/20

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    laurenh1

    5/18

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    LittleMissDetermined

    6/20

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    loopylupin

    2/12

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    Mamma2004

    4/14

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    OptimisticSaver

    7/22

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    Pinkpieuni

    6/10

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    QueenJess

    4/15

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    RhiBi

    15

    Rupacomp

    1/10

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    ThriftyPrincess40

    10/22

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    VickyA 2

    2/15

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    WannaBeeFree

    4/10

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  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,912 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper

    Declaring another NSD today - only spend was essential travel to work. Very tempted to buy myself something for dinner, but resisted as my freezer is full.

    2026 decluttering: 2,908 🤑🥉 ⭐️🥈🥇 ⭐️ ⭐️💎 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️🏆⭐️
    2026 use up challenge: 550🥉 ⭐️🥈🥇 ⭐️ ⭐️💎 ⭐️🏆⭐️ 🏅👑 ⭐️
    2026 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉52 🥈100 🥇250 💎365 🏆1,000 👑3,000I 🥉25 🥈50 🥇100 💎150 🏆300 👑500
  • loopylupin
    loopylupin Posts: 103 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic

    A NSD for me, that’s 2/12

  • early call for a NSD

    #no 3 Debts off by Xmas 2026 £1500/£12,500
    NSD June 23/22
    #no 13 365 days 1p challenge 2026 Jan Feb March April May June paid 
    #no 2 £2 coin savers challenge 2026
     #no 11 SPC 19 £44 banked restart
    2026 PAD challenge  £12,500
    1% challenge = £12,500
    1% - £125 12% 

    loan 6% £11000

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