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Joyful July's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • Soontobeoap
    Soontobeoap Posts: 1,787 Forumite
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    Not today. Lots of paint bought to spruce. Up garden structures


    GC 2022 = £3154.96 ,  2023 = £3334. 841
       2024 = £.3221.81 ,   2025 = £3974.24 .  2026  £ 2493.92/£3500,   October £26.74/£200
    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 = £876. 79
    NSD in M = 18,  J = 15, J = 15 S10 aug
    Ocrober /15
  • Wanna_Bee_Free
    Wanna_Bee_Free Posts: 2,942 Forumite
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    One today please Cathybird

  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,960 Forumite
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    July totals updated here  Untitled Image     

  • ThriftyPrincess40
    ThriftyPrincess40 Posts: 530 Forumite
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    I’ve had NSD past 3 days

    #no 3 Debts off by Xmas 2026 £1500/£12,500 (40000 paid restart)
    NSD Oct
    #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% £11000

  • Soontobeoap
    Soontobeoap Posts: 1,787 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Photogenic Homepage Hero

    One for me today please.


    GC 2022 = £3154.96 ,  2023 = £3334. 841
       2024 = £.3221.81 ,   2025 = £3974.24 .  2026  £ 2493.92/£3500,   October £26.74/£200
    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 = £876. 79
    NSD in M = 18,  J = 15, J = 15 S10 aug
    Ocrober /15
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 101,331 Ambassador
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    One today.

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  • Deb4
    Deb4 Posts: 453 Forumite
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    Another 2 for me taking my total to 12/15


    Make £2026 in 2026 #19
    February NSD 
  • LittleMissDetermined
    LittleMissDetermined Posts: 11,036 Forumite
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    It's one for me today please
    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 £1050/£1000 | Sabbatical £5664/£6000
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 10,835 Forumite
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    edited 19 July at 7:13PM

    Not today - bought some biochar after hearing what it could do for my compost / soil 😊

    KK

    As at 26.09.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £210,560
    - OPs to mortgage = £20,180 Estd. interest saved = £10,393 to date
    c. 17 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 71 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 4th October. 
    Produce tracker: £329 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. 
  • LittleMissDetermined
    LittleMissDetermined Posts: 11,036 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Photogenic

    It's another 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 £1050/£1000 | Sabbatical £5664/£6000
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