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  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,428 Forumite
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    oh dear - have £27 to see me through to friday... doesn't sound too bad but £21 is spoken for already! maybe shouldn't have had that takeaway last night... still it's better than needing £27 and having £21 I suppose...
    Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000
    Mortgage 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)
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,643 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    But you will have food n petrol?
    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.
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  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,349 Forumite
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    Hadn't realised quite how close you were to your dfd SS, so excited for you too :j :j :D:D:D
    Mortgage Total: £51,549 / £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1079
  • LouiseJ
    LouiseJ Posts: 11,156 Forumite
    Yeahhhhh final countdown:T
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    But these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.
  • penguin83
    penguin83 Posts: 4,817 Forumite
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    Soooo close now Skint - you'll have to change your name to loaded spice! x x
    Pay Debt by Xmas 16 - 0/12000
    There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.
  • will be borrowing a fiver at this rate...
    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:
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,643 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    will be borrowing a fiver at this rate...

    Was thinking more a tenner:rotfl:
    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.
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,428 Forumite
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    beanielou wrote: »
    But you will have food n petrol?

    Yes, I have food and petrol money but will need milk n stuff during the week. it'll be quiet...but it's only five days.:o

    loaded spice Penguin? nah... not quite so skint spice maybe.:D will be a great relief once the debt money starts going towards savings - flat falling about my ears so it'll be getting done up and flogged asap! so still no excess fun stuff really!:o

    now down to £4 for the rest of the week... so I'm afraid I'll be lending nowt!
    Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000
    Mortgage 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)
  • beanielou wrote: »
    Was thinking more a tenner:rotfl:

    Good idea:rotfl:
    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:
  • penguin83
    penguin83 Posts: 4,817 Forumite
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    Thats exactly what we plan to do as soon as we are debt free, just need the house to not fall down in the next 2 years before we can start doing stuff to it! xx
    Pay Debt by Xmas 16 - 0/12000
    There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man.
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