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Amazing April's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,780 Forumite
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    edited 29 April at 6:55AM

    Not one today as I booked the kids into a workshop for half term. Not strictly necessary, but I am looking forward to a couple of hours of quiet 😂

    2026 decluttering: 1,145 🤑🥉 ⭐️🥈🥇 ⭐️ ⭐️💎 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️🏆⭐️
    2026 use up challenge: 324🥉 ⭐️🥈🥇 ⭐️ ⭐️💎 ⭐️🏆⭐️
    2026 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉52 🥈100 🥇250 💎365 🏆1,000 👑3,000I 🥉25 🥈50 🥇100 💎150 🏆300 👑1,000
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 10,011 Forumite
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    Another one for Monday and today please. It’s been a good month for me. (Which it flipping needs to be with all the car costs! 😳🙄😢😂😉). Need another one next month too.

    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. 
  • Deb4
    Deb4 Posts: 345 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper

    NSD for yesterday taking me to 16/10


    Make £2026 in 2026 #19
    February NSD 
  • Honeysucklelou2
    Honeysucklelou2 Posts: 4,932 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper

    catching up…9th, 15th, 16th, 17th and 28th were NSDs making a total this month of 8/10.

    paydbx2026 #19 £1499/£6000 . Mortgage start £148k June 23 - now £133k.
    2026 savings challenge £0/£2000
    EF £140. Savings 2 £2.17
  • laurenh1
    laurenh1 Posts: 1,136 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper

    One for today :)

  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,416 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!

    One today.

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  • Pinkpieuni
    Pinkpieuni Posts: 254 Forumite
    100 Posts First Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic

    One for me today.

    Challenges

    NSD - April - 12/10

    1. 2026 Mortgage-Free Wannabes #61 £18,683.06/£29,000, MF target June 2026, current mortgage balance - £10,482.78

    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

  • Deb4
    Deb4 Posts: 345 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper

    Number 16 for me today, tomorrow won't be one, this month has gone really well as there was 2 weeks of the Easter holidays


    Make £2026 in 2026 #19
    February NSD 
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,538 Forumite
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    edited 29 April at 9:57PM

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  • Mamma2004
    Mamma2004 Posts: 123 Forumite
    100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic

    22/14 for me today please 🥰

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