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Pay a debt by Xmas 08

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  • clearmydebts
    clearmydebts Posts: 6,485 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker I've been Money Tipped!
    Hi Doodledo,

    Not much happening for me either and I too am counting down the days to payday and OH's 1st pay packet in a year. Yay!

    I have joined Slice the Pie (not doing well) and also dooyoo (much better). I am going for vouchers with dooyoo though as I want to start getting Xmas presents so there isn't much left to get at Xmas.

    Hope everyone else is getting on alright.
    Total (Aug 19):€58,567 Now:€26,947
    DFD:Nov 22/June 22
    Mortgage: €199,712
    MFD: March 2042/July 2034
  • novagirl
    novagirl Posts: 1,578 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    I'm counting down to pay day as well! Have sold a few things on ebay though so just waiting on some cheques to appear from some buyers :)
  • doodledo_2
    doodledo_2 Posts: 4,676 Forumite
    I get paid next Friday but will need to use some of our spare cash for spending money on hols so can't see any overpayments happening next month either.

    September is going to be my month, lots of overpayments and lots ebaying.
    Proud to be dealing with my debts - DFW No: 712

    03/09/09 - DEBT FREE AT LAST :D
    Racing Hypno to Save - £10/£5000
  • garnettgirl
    garnettgirl Posts: 91 Forumite
    I'm not sure I'm going to be going forwards this month.

    MOT next Saturday, tax a couple of days later.

    House insurance and Car insurance bothe up for renewal in August and Nationwide are looking top bet for the house insurance through quidco. Still need to do some work on the car insurance quote.
    Pay off a Debt by Christmas 2008 Challenge: £1500 overdraft
    Total paid off: £235
    Comping: July wins: The Who tribute band tickets (£24), MP3 download, Man Utd DVD (£17), Life's too F'ing short book (£13)
  • Purpleroses
    Purpleroses Posts: 4,125 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    finally got paid woohoo!! still owed some but it was such a relief. decided to throw £100 at the credit card, i'll never get it cleared at the rate i'm going. going to ebay everything i can this weekend and do a bootsale (weather permitting)
  • Hi Doodledo can i please join.

    I want to pay off my HSBC CC - £1780 and seriously dent my barclaycard - £3070 by xmas 2008.

    Worked out that if i can live on £200 for the month then i can pay £500 towards HSBC. But i know something will come up!
  • juicygirl
    juicygirl Posts: 658 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Hi all,

    Payday for me so I've made an overpayment to my card of just over £100:j. Will edit my sig as soon as it shows on my account.

    Hope everyone is doing well. Starting to think my target was a little unrealistic :rolleyes: but I'm going to keep going for it anyway xxx
  • Broken_hearted
    Broken_hearted Posts: 9,553 Forumite
    Must try harder lol. Have plenty budgeted for August just need willpower.
    Barclaycard 3800

    Nothing to do but hibernate till spring






  • How are you all managing to pay off your debts by christmas? Any ideas? This is all new to me.
    This is not a signature.... or is it?
    Clydesdale loan £955 £174.42 saved. £780.58 to go.
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hi guys - paid a chunk off my egg debt today - now stands at £1209.....will def be gone by Christmas!

    Keep up the good work everyone x
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
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