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Joyful July's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • Wanna_Bee_Free
    Wanna_Bee_Free Posts: 2,852 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper

    One for me yesterday

  • InDebtEnby
    InDebtEnby Posts: 348 Forumite
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    One for yesterday

    Current No Spend Challenge: 9/13
    2025 No Spend Days: 89/150
    Bank Loan Original End Date: 08/2030
    Current End Date: 01/2030
  • Soontobeoap
    Soontobeoap Posts: 1,730 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Photogenic Homepage Hero

    One for me today. 2/15 thank you


    GC 2022 = £3154.96 ,  2023 = £3334. 841
       2024 = £.3221.81 ,   2025 = £3974.24 .  2026    £1362.47/£3500, July £193
    .12/£250
    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 = £572.79
    NSD in M = 18,  J = 15, J = 10/15
  • ThriftyPrincess40
    ThriftyPrincess40 Posts: 479 Forumite
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    one today for me

    #no 3 Debts off by Xmas 2026 £1500/£12,500
    NSD June 23/22
    #no 13 365 days 1p challenge 2026 Jan Feb March April May June 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

  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 100,571 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!

    One today.

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  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,780 Forumite
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    edited 5 July at 3:50PM

    July 2026 NSD totals

    NSD-ers

    Totals

    Off to

    a start

    5 days

    10 days

    15 days

    20 days

    25 days

    Target reached

    Target

    beaten

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    beanielou

    4/19

    cathybird

    4/15

    crazybeautiful

    15

    Deb4

    2/15

    Dizzycap

    10

    Doris17

    3/10

    FrugalAspirations

    7

    Honeysucklelou2

    1/10

    InDebtEnby

    1/13

    KajiKita

    2/20

    laurenh1

    2/18

    LittleMissDetermined

    4/20

    loopylupin

    12

    Mamma2004

    1/16

    OptimisticSaver

    2/15

    Peony40

    15

    Pinkpieuni

    10

    QueenJess

    2/15

    Rupacomp

    13

    Sallyp2

    1/18

    Soontobeoap

    3/15

    Tenar15

    1/10

    ThriftyPrincess40

    3/22

    VickyA 2

    3/15

    WannaBeeFree

    2/10

    Everyone welcome to join!  image.png

  • LittleMissDetermined
    LittleMissDetermined Posts: 10,857 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Photogenic

    NSD 4 of 4 today

    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 £5189/£6000
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 10,439 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Fifth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic

    Not one today. Had to buy a new charger …. 🤷‍♀️

    KK

    As at 16.07.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £213,042
    - 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 51 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 20th July. 
    Produce tracker: £180 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. 
  • VickyA_2
    VickyA_2 Posts: 4,735 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker

    Apologies for the radio silence at the end of June, however I'm now back!

    I'm delighted to announce that, so far, I'm on 3/15 😍

    Sealed Pot Challenge #021 #8 975.71 #9 £881.44 #10 £961.13 #11 £782.13 #12 £741.83 #13 £2135.22 #14 £895.53 #15 £1240.40 #16 £1805.87 #17 £1820.01 #18 £2021.83 declared
  • Soontobeoap
    Soontobeoap Posts: 1,730 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Photogenic Homepage Hero

    One for me today please.i am going to continue working in The garden using what I have before I buy any other products needed like paint and wood restorer


    GC 2022 = £3154.96 ,  2023 = £3334. 841
       2024 = £.3221.81 ,   2025 = £3974.24 .  2026    £1362.47/£3500, July £193
    .12/£250
    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 = £572.79
    NSD in M = 18,  J = 15, J = 10/15
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