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Re: Buffy and the Mortgage adventure
Glad to see you back Buffy. So sorry to hear about your Mum. Looking forward to following your journey - you can do this!3 -
Re: Lost my phone with lebara sim, how do I stop any more money coming out of account?
Which would have Lebara chasing them for money due, & unpaid markers on their credit history.1 -
Re: Lost my phone with lebara sim, how do I stop any more money coming out of account?
We’re both being as vague as each other! I meant cancel the DD or CCA with the bank, and I suspect that you mean exactly the same. :)1 -
Re: The Piano Diary
Thanks @debtfreewannabe321, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas with your family. DS arrived on Christmas Eve at around 2pm. We had a great Christmas Day with him and FIL. He needed to catch up on s…1 -
Re: Learning to walk before I run
I slightly regretted the small dinosaur cooking project by the time I had finished cooking and the dishwasher went on for the third time... I ended up with 4x 500g bags of turkey (2.5 dark meat, 1.5 …11 -
Re: Wilful negligence
You could consider suing the boyfriend for negligence, but it's a relatively high bar. And in the event that you were to win, does he have enough assets that you'll be able to recover anyth…2 -
Re: ISA clarification
It's a £20,000 limit across both accounts. i.e.the annual allowance, so that'll be £16,000 and £4,000 in 2025/261 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
inod and rt - food and/or soup evoking recherche du temps perdu..... inod - your boiled potatoes with soup put me in mind of 'boil in the bag cod in parsley sauce', that mum started buying …7 -
Buffy and the Mortgage adventure
Good morning, I don't know if anyone will remember me here as I have been away for a while. I am about to get a mortgage finally and money is going to be very tight. Squeaky tight! I am buying m…9 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
Homemade soup is a luxury! Full of goodness for the body and love for the spirit! As a kid my Gran would make chicken noodle soup and I'd kick up a fuss while everyone else had first and seconds…6
