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Amazing April's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • NSD today 💪🏻 back on it!

    #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
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,480 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 2 April at 1:47PM

    April 2026 NSD totals

    NSD-ers

    Totals

    Off to

    a start

    5 days

    10 days

    15 days

    20 days

    Target reached

    Target

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    AuntieL

    15

    beanielou

    2/19

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    BlueKelpie26

    14

    cathybird

    1/15

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    crazybeautiful

    20

    Deb4

    1/10

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    Dizzycap

    2/10

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    doingitanyway

    12

    Doris17

    20

    ET22

    20

    GreenFrogMum

    1/10

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    Honeysucklelou2

    10

    InDebtEnby

    13

    KajiKita

    1/20

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    laurenh1

    1/18

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    LittleMissDetermined

    2/20

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    loopylupin

    12

    Mamma2004

    1/14

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    OptimisticSaver

    2/22

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    Pinkpieuni

    10

    RhiBi

    15

    Rupacomp

    10

    ThriftyPrincess40

    1/22

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    VickyA 2

    15

    WannaBeeFree

    10

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  • Wanna_Bee_Free
    Wanna_Bee_Free Posts: 2,732 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper

    Not one for me today. Happy April counting everyone!

  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,906 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic

    One today 😊

    KK

    As at 17.03.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £219,071
    - 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 25 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 5th April. 
    Produce tracker: £73 of £400 in 2026

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • Optimistic_Saver
    Optimistic_Saver Posts: 353 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic

    One for me today, please - NSD #1/22

    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
  • Mamma2004
    Mamma2004 Posts: 108 Forumite
    100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic

    1/14 for me today please 🥰

  • Dizzycap
    Dizzycap Posts: 1,740 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Second Anniversary Photogenic Debt-free and Proud!

    A very early call for a 2/10 NSD Thursday. Wishing everyone a thriving NSD xx No spends expected over the Easter period😉

    ~ NSD 2026 Challenge April 8/10 (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 £1834.64 / £2026 (4)
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,142 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!

    One today.

    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.

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    "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.
  • Optimistic_Saver
    Optimistic_Saver Posts: 353 Forumite
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    Another one today - NSD #2/22

    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: 10,548 Forumite
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    It's one for me today

    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 £4685/£6000
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