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Joyful July's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • laurenh1
    laurenh1 Posts: 1,181 Forumite
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    Another 3 to add 😁 gets me to 20 I think. Tomorrow im taking kids for tea with clubcard vouchers and to the cinema with a bank reward. Won't be free but it will be a reasonably low cost day out.

    Things get a bit tighter in September when my son has the school bus to pay for so I need to keep being careful. Dreading having two at high school 😅

  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,838 Forumite
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    July totals updated here  Untitled Image       

  • Mamma2004
    Mamma2004 Posts: 174 Forumite
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    14/16 for me please 🥰

    I've been cutting down on the snacks spending this month!

  • KajiKita
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    One today 😊

    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 59 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 15th August. 
    Produce tracker: £200 of £400 in 2026

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    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
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  • Soontobeoap
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    NSD for me today


    GC 2022 = £3154.96 ,  2023 = £3334. 841
       2024 = £.3221.81 ,   2025 = £3974.24 .  2026    £1645.19/£3500, August. £88.88  /£500
    Decluttering campaign. 2026. 41/74 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 = £606.79
    NSD in M = 18,  J = 15, J = 15 A 2/10
  • Honeysucklelou2
    Honeysucklelou2 Posts: 4,985 Forumite
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    Saturday, Sunday and today were no spend days making 7/10 so far this month.

    paydbx2026 #19 £3324/£6000 . Mortgage start £148k June 23 - now £133k.
    2026 savings challenge £0/£2000
    EF £140. Savings 2 £2.17
  • Deb4
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    Early call for a NSD 18/15 my last one for July


    Make £2026 in 2026 #19
    February NSD 
  • Wanna_Bee_Free
    Wanna_Bee_Free Posts: 2,899 Forumite
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    One for yesterday

  • beanielou
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    One today.

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  • cathybird
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    Shiny new August thread up and running here image.png image.png

    I've done my best with the August emojis, the table format still isn't working (MSE is still investigating), so I have just done them as a list as best I can. xx

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