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Awesome August's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • ThriftyPrincess40
    ThriftyPrincess40 Posts: 522 Forumite
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    NSD yesterday and today and I think tmw will be too 👍🏻

    #no 3 Debts off by Xmas 2026 £1500/£12,500
    NSD 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% £11000

  • laurenh1
    laurenh1 Posts: 1,197 Forumite
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    Apologies I have been AWOL, Summer hols is keeping me very busy/spendy. I have another 6 to add but seems unlikely I will hit my target given the things I have booked in now. However I am still in budget which I think is more important (what I keep telling myself) Keeping kids entertained for 7 weeks is expensive 😂

  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 101,203 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!

    One today.

    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

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  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,924 Forumite
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    @laurenh1 you actually sound as though you're doing brilliantly with all of it! xx image.png

  • LittleMissDetermined
    LittleMissDetermined Posts: 10,987 Forumite
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    One for me 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 me
    2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
    EF £1000/£1000 | Sabbatical £5574/£6000
  • Jazee
    Jazee Posts: 9,716 Forumite
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    Morning. I had a NSD yesterday.

    Spend less now, work less later.
  • laurenh1
    laurenh1 Posts: 1,197 Forumite
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    Thanks @cathybird.

    One today but probably my last until Tuesday.

  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 101,203 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!

    One today.

    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb.     ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 13 months left.
  • Doris17
    Doris17 Posts: 1,090 Forumite
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    NSD for me please 14/10


    "My Life Is About The Journey Not The Destination"



  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 10,771 Forumite
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    Yesterday and 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 67 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 18th 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. 
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