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Amazing April's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • Wanna_Bee_Free
    Wanna_Bee_Free Posts: 2,734 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper

    5/10 for yesterday please Cathybird

  • Pinkpieuni
    Pinkpieuni Posts: 246 Forumite
    100 Posts First Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic

    Another one today.

    Challenges

    NSD - April - 8/10

    1. 2026 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #61 £13,437.76/£29,000, MF target May 2026, current mortgage balance - £15,177

    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 - £900

  • ThriftyPrincess40
    ThriftyPrincess40 Posts: 320 Forumite
    100 Posts Name Dropper

    one for me again today 👍

    #no 3 Debts off by Xmas 2026 £2175/£15,250
    NSD March 14/22 NSD April 8/22
    #no 13 365 days 1p challenge 2026 90/365
    £40.95/£667.95 
    #no 2 £2 coin savers challenge 2026 £24
     #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: 99,171 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!

    One today.

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  • Optimistic_Saver
    Optimistic_Saver Posts: 354 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic

    Yesterday was a bit spendy - back on track today with NSD #9/22

    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
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,483 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic

    April 2026 NSD totals

    NSD-ers

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    AuntieL

    15

    beanielou

    11/19

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    BlueKelpie26

    14

    cathybird

    9/15

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    Deb4

    5/10

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    Dizzycap

    9/10

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    Doris17

    20

    ET22

    1/20

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    GreenFrogMum

    1/10

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    Honeysucklelou2

    3/10

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    InDebtEnby

    6/13

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    KajiKita

    8/20

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    laurenh1

    7/18

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    LittleMissDetermined

    7/20

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    loopylupin

    3/12

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    Mamma2004

    6/14

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    OptimisticSaver

    9/22

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    Pinkpieuni

    8/10

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    QueenJess

    6/15

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    RhiBi

    15

    Rupacomp

    1/10

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    ThriftyPrincess40

    12/22

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    WannaBeeFree

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  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,739 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper

    Not one for me today - spent on some garden compost that wasn't strictly necessary. Back to it tomorrow.

    2026 decluttering: 1,099 🤑🥉 ⭐️🥈🥇 ⭐️ ⭐️💎 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️🏆⭐️
    2026 use up challenge: 302🥉 ⭐️🥈🥇 ⭐️ ⭐️💎 ⭐️🏆
    2026 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉52 🥈100 🥇250 💎365 🏆1,000 👑3,000I 🥉25 🥈50 🥇100 💎150 🏆300 👑1,000
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