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Magnificent May's No-Spend Days Challenge!
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2 more, for yesterday and today please
LMD x
Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £5189/£60003 -
1 more for today please Cathybird. 7/10
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6621582/ynab-robber-needs-help-to-execute-the-plan/p1
September NSD challenge 2/10
September AFD challenge 1/102 -
went to garden centre today - could not resist the bedding plants. At least i'll have pretty pots June to sept. Did grocery shopping and got some petrol yesterday. Splashing the £ feels a bit odd
July NSD 10/18
July Grocery challenge £76.08/£279 = £202.92 rem
w/c 8 June 4 weekly cold turkey week £59.70/£60 = £0.30 rem / June NSD 18/18 / June Grocery challenge £424.19/£270 = £154.19 over
w/c 11 May cold turkey week £49.18/£50 = £0.82 rem / May NSD 20/16 / May Grocery challenge £379.04/£310 = £69.04 over
Debt-Free April 20264 -
May 2026 NSD totals
NSD-ers
Totals
Off to
a start
5 days
10 days
15 days
20 days
25 days
Target reached
Target
beaten
ArgyllLady
13/15
beanielou
23/19
cathybird
17/15
Deb4
15/15
Dizzycap
22/20
Doris
2/10
Honeysucklelou2
1/10
InDebtEnby
10/13
KajiKita
18/20
laurenh1
17/15
LittleMissDetermined
14/20
loopylupin
8/10
Mamma2004
12/16
Pinkpieuni
1/10
QueenJess
12/17
Rupacomp
5/10
Sallyp2
15/16
Soontobeoap
13/15
ThriftyPrincess40
15/22
VickyA 2
12/15
WannaBeeFree
7/10
Everyone welcome to join!
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one for me today (Saturday) I’ll let you know sunday mid avo as may need to get a toothbrush head 🙄
#no 3 Debts off by Xmas 2026 £1500/£12,500NSD Sept 1/18
#no 13 365 days 1p challenge 2026 Jan Feb March April May June July 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% £110004 -
Early call for a 22/20 NSD Sunday. Wishing everyone a Super NSD Sunday xx
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Not yesterday as I bought cucumber plants for my greenhouse (and some pretty bedding plants) but declaring early for today as I need to get back on it again! 😂
KK
As at 18.08.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £211,813
- OPs to mortgage = £19,809 Estd. interest saved = £10,180 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 64 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 2nd September.
Produce tracker: £315 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.4 -
Not for me today. I need to buy paint for sheds screws to fix garden bench and a new saw. So B and Q here we come. Hopefully back to it tomorrow.
GC 2022 = £3154.96 , 2023 = £3334. 841
2024 = £.3221.81 , 2025 = £3974.24 . 2026 £ 2295.02/£3500, September £79.00/£150
Decluttering campaign. 2026. 42/74 storage places, book cases, drawers cupboards and sheds. Also tidying / clearing front and back gardens , giving bathroom and kitchen a bit of a spruce up. Me🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅⭐⭐⭐ ⭐DH🏅🏅🏅
Make £600 in 2026 = £726. 79
NSD in M = 18, J = 15, J = 15 September 1/151 -
One today. I will resist the ice cream man!
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One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 13 months left.2 -
Please can I change mine
NSD for me as DH has managed to fix bench with stuff he already had. No B and Q trip today now. 🙂
GC 2022 = £3154.96 , 2023 = £3334. 841
2024 = £.3221.81 , 2025 = £3974.24 . 2026 £ 2295.02/£3500, September £79.00/£150
Decluttering campaign. 2026. 42/74 storage places, book cases, drawers cupboards and sheds. Also tidying / clearing front and back gardens , giving bathroom and kitchen a bit of a spruce up. Me🏅🏅🏅🏅🏅⭐⭐⭐ ⭐DH🏅🏅🏅
Make £600 in 2026 = £726. 79
NSD in M = 18, J = 15, J = 15 September 1/154
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