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Awesome August's No-Spend Days Challenge!

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  • loopylupin
    loopylupin Posts: 122 Forumite
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    Another NSD

  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,838 Forumite
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    August totals updated here  image.png   image.png

  • Honeysucklelou2
    Honeysucklelou2 Posts: 4,985 Forumite
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    Wednesday and Thursday were both NSDs making 2/10 thus far.

    paydbx2026 #19 £3324/£6000 . Mortgage start £148k June 23 - now £133k.
    2026 savings challenge £0/£2000
    EF £140. Savings 2 £2.17
  • LittleMissDetermined
    LittleMissDetermined Posts: 10,904 Forumite
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    Another one for me today

    LMD x

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  • VickyA_2
    VickyA_2 Posts: 4,744 Forumite
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    Another one on Wednesday: 4/15 now. 😍

    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
  • Doris17
    Doris17 Posts: 1,087 Forumite
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    NSD for me please 5/10


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  • loopylupin
    loopylupin Posts: 122 Forumite
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    sadly not today, didn’t take lunch to work so bought a sandwich.

  • Jazee
    Jazee Posts: 9,685 Forumite
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    3rd for me today.

    Spend less now, work less later.
  • beanielou
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    One today.

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  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 10,595 Forumite
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    Not today

    KK

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    - 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

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