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Re: They want to take my allotment away from me.
Ha ha no, I moved house and got a garden that's four times the size of my old allotment!3 -
Re: Getting FIREd up 😀
If anyone has any tips for not laying awake at night thinking about work, which can be enacted sooner than retirement, then I would be interested in hearing them! Even when I did manage to drop off, …4 -
Re: Pay off mortgage and start having even more fun 😁
Thanks everyone 😊 I am very lucky enough to have had another lovely day today for my birthday. Best friend and I went to Port Lympne animal park in kent and i have to say it was fantastic, £28 to ge…2 -
Re: 2026: The Final Year
Today’s little win: I grabbed all the interest from our various savings pots and chucked that at the credit cards - £40. We are edging closer to that first £1k paid off!! Thank you to those who have …3 -
Re: 2026: The Final Year
It’s great that you’ve allocated the CT money off the CC. It makes a real difference to overpayments having those 2 free months doesn’t it.1 -
Re: 2026: The Final Year
I have just been reading your diary and you are doing great. One of the things I have found useful is to have a CC pot - as soon as I spend on the credit card, I put that amount in the pot so I don&#…1 -
Re: Octopus Virtual Power Plant
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81906919#Comment_81906919 Octopus will act in their best interests, not yours - that is what they are paying you for. However, given what they …3 -
Re: Where to scrap / sell electrical transformer boxes
If you know a competent person turn it into the base of "punk" style lamp.1 -
Re: Octopus Tracker
Time to ditch the tracker? Depends which way you think this line is most likely to go, probably Ugh, I realise it should have been the UK prices but both graphs are pretty much the same and I don…3 -
Re: National Insurance and new style ESA
Class 2 contributions do count, even though they were voluntary. It is only Class 3 voluntary contributions which don't count.1
