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Re: The Cutting Down Alcohol challenge for October & 2025 :)
9 for me please4 -
Re: Payment a Day - Chapter 2025
Evening all, been a bit AWOL, but PADding in the background and kept forgetting to declare it... 😬. £171.19 to various savings, sinking funds and savings challenges since the start of the month. I'll…2 -
Re: Sealed Pot Challenge ~ 19
Welcome back @CapricornLass Amazing display @AntoMac. So poignant. £7 potted thanks to payable cashback from TopCashback!3 -
Re: Letter before claim
Same thing, they have several acronyms. LOC/LBC/LBA/LBCCC1 -
Re: I've reduced by food shop by 63% just by switching to non branded food.
Fewer beans? A can of Stockwell beans is 420g, costs 28p and has 9.5g of sugar. A can of Heinz beans is 415g, costs £1.40 and has 8.9g of sugar. Maybe the Stockwell can has more juice and less beans…1 -
Re: Taking State Pension and Continuing Employement
Happy days. Note: you can try to mitigate tax issues if you want.Depending on the numbers, you might want to stick your earnings from part-time work into a SIPP who will claim tax relief (but only i…1 -
Re: NHS pension loss after less than two years employment
OP I think you should consider making the complaint. If you did not get any communication after you left the scheme saying what your options were then I think they have messed up (I haven't checked i…2 -
Re: Bold leap into retirement
One of my plans for retirement was to catch up on all the films I had missed out on. Working shifts and then having family responsibility I just didn't have time to go to the cinema so made the decis…6 -
Re: Buying a little piece of Middle England; Manifesting my way to mortgage free.
Yup, a room is just a room! We have a tiny quirky room that we use as our 'tens-es' room ie where we go for our ten o clock morning cuppa lol, radio, a book, sun coming through the stained glass, gor…2 -
Re: Buying a little piece of Middle England; Manifesting my way to mortgage free.
You could get a Sphynx 😬 or a Siberian. I filled the room with Billy bookcases from Ikea. You could have a couple of really comfy armchairs or a very small sofa. If you have a chimney and a woodburn…3
