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Re: 2026 Frugal Living Challenge
Morning all. First spend of the year, so far, yesterday. Not including direct debits for bills which I will update at the end of the month. £1.65 for milk. DSiL1 was going into town, so picked it up …19 -
Re: RIO mortgage clarification
These are quite specialised products. The criteria can be quirky, the affordability calculators can be fiddly to do them correctly and as mentioned by MWT there are definitely things here that will r…1 -
Re: Old Style Daily Wednesday 07 January 2026
Morning all, it's dry and +3 this morning after all the heavy rain which started at tea time yesterday. Apparently we have a storm coming in tomorrow so I'm hoping that we can get our appoi…12 -
Re: Investing in Us: Holidays, Health, and the Road to £150k
Yes agree, tell them you can't afford to pay it all back at once and they will take it over several months. So frustrating3 -
Re: RIO mortgage clarification
For some lenders the amount you want to borrow may be too low, how far below £100k is the property you want to buy?Are you look at RIO specific mortgage calculators?They will test your affordability …1 -
Re: Hanging pictures beginner questions
They rely on the paint sticking well enough to the wall that quite often isn't the case.1 -
Re: Old Style Daily Wednesday 07 January 2026
Morning all, the snow vanished quite quickly yesterday when it started raining and we have another frost this morning. I cleaned the windows yesterday, then got sidetracked by sorting out related win…11 -
Re: Old Style Daily Wednesday 07 January 2026
@Suffolksue Re cash cow. I've just looked on Trust Pilot and they have good reviews but I've not used them myself. I took some old gold and silver to my local Clay Brooks jewellers about 6 …8 -
Re: Energy myth-busting: Is it cheaper to have heating on all day?
Wondered what had bought this ancient thread back to life! Nothing relevant to the topic...1 -
Re: Weekly Flylady Thread 5th January 2026
Morning all, Well, the snow from yesterday has been replaced with rain and ice. My list for today Attend uni meetings Do the required uni work Do paid stuff Check banking and update dds Look for the …8
