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So sorry no pearls of wisdom BTW!I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
It is weird but a good thing when all mates in same situation. I have a few friends who are the same and everyone deals with it differently, one couple seem to constantly buy themselves hols another loves Jacob joins or quiet nights in. I personally prefer a quiet night with friends and love freebie nights at theatre and pictures.Blackadder: Am I jumping the gun, Baldrick, or are the words 'I have a cunning plan' marching with ill-deserved confidence in the direction of this conversation?
Still lurking around with a hope of some salvation:cool:0 -
Eh Z~Whats this plant a tree thingy
Enjoy your hols?
Well you know - plant a small sapling and keep watching it grow everytime you look at it - bit like savings.
I did enjoy my holidays - spent not doing all that much. And now talking of holidays spent not doing much...Easter..!"Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
:j:j I'm off till Tuesday! Halle-bluddy-lujah!
Beanie, hope things settle down with DS soon, not that long now and he'll be 18 and it'll be totally up to him!and just be glad you don't have the neighbours from hell...
Bob - what's a jacobs join? Jacobs Creek I am familiar with but not a join...
Z - :wave: you sound as happy about your Easter break as I am.Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £36,210
Money making challenge £38/400
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)0 -
skint_spice wrote: »:j:j I'm off till Tuesday! Halle-bluddy-lujah!
Everybody dance now! :dance:skint_spice wrote: »Bob - what's a jacobs join? Jacobs Creek I am familiar with but not a join...
Is it not two crackers stuck together..?skint_spice wrote: »Z - :wave: you sound as happy about your Easter break as I am.
I am... :dance:"Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
Not one to rub it in...............but I am off for 2 weeks for Easter.
Yeeee Haaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.0 -
Lucky you Lou! I'm very, very jealous.Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £36,210
Money making challenge £38/400
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)0 -
ever set yourself stupid MS rules? since the clocks changed I have been determined not to turn the lights on until 8pm - makes reading between 7 and 8pm rather difficult at the minute but it's probably saving me oooo 0.1p per day! nuts!Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £36,210
Money making challenge £38/400
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)0 -
skint_spice wrote: »ever set yourself stupid MS rules? since the clocks changed I have been determined not to turn the lights on until 8pm - makes reading between 7 and 8pm rather difficult at the minute but it's probably saving me oooo 0.1p per day! nuts!
You've got to keep a sense of proportion. Eyestrain is very un MSE..."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
You've got to keep a sense of proportion. Eyestrain is very un MSE...
Cause you might need new specs:eek:I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0
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