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SmlSave MFW diary - where to start?

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  • Radish72
    Radish72 Posts: 2,075 Forumite
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    Shame that you have lost money on your house, here's hoping someone falls in love it and offers double the asking price

    I will also confess to making lasagna last week, enough for 2 meals but we also ended up scoffing it all and then had a chippy tea the next night as we had no lasagna to eat :)
    Mortgage Aug 12 £165K, Aug 19 £0
    ISA challenge start 2019 £3000/£1500 (50%)
  • SmlSave
    SmlSave Posts: 4,911 Forumite
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    Glad to hear it's not just us who pig out Radish :) Least it's homemade stuff though.

    I've logged back into Toluna and am trying to get my points up - takes a while though!

    I also must join the grocery challenge again, now we have Smlet we can't really just have pancakes, beans on toast, cheese toasties for dinner for a week. I'm on our last can of tomatoes!

    Fruit, oh my fruit costs a bomb esp. when you can go through a punnet of £2 strawberries everyother day! Smlet has discovered that strawberries also grow in the garden so he plucks off a green one. hands to to me and looks expectant like i can magically make it ripe! :) At least the raspberries and tayberries are ripening now. Made choolate and rasperry pancakes for tomorrow's breakfast.

    The credit card was terrible this month (I've just paid it) £80 spent on enjoying myself - no, nothing to show for it. £60 on legwarmers and 2 fluffy, personalised embroided nappies - sooooo lovely i must buy more....... and the rest on food.

    Still no one wants to see the house......
    Currently studying for a Diploma - wish me luck :)

    Phase 1 - Emergency Fund - Complete :j
    Phase 2 - £20,000 Mortgage Fund - Underway
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    SmlSave wrote: »
    £80 spent on enjoying myself - no, nothing to show for it. £60 on legwarmers and 2 fluffy, personalised embroided nappies - sooooo lovely i must buy more.

    Why are you buying yourself nappies :eek:
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • SmlSave
    SmlSave Posts: 4,911 Forumite
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    Well they are beautiful gally :)

    The 80 was spent on food and cinema and stuff - the 60 on nappies was on top of that!
    Currently studying for a Diploma - wish me luck :)

    Phase 1 - Emergency Fund - Complete :j
    Phase 2 - £20,000 Mortgage Fund - Underway
  • SmlSave
    SmlSave Posts: 4,911 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Did a car boot this weekend and made £70 :) pays for the EPC and a domino's.
    Currently studying for a Diploma - wish me luck :)

    Phase 1 - Emergency Fund - Complete :j
    Phase 2 - £20,000 Mortgage Fund - Underway
  • Well done on the car boot sale smlsave :j:j
    Credit card £4461.15Home mortgage £137117Buy to let mortgage £83,000
  • SmlSave
    SmlSave Posts: 4,911 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Thanks wanna, i was really chuffed with the car boot.

    I have freecycled a load of stuff so the clear out is going quite well, but somehow there always seems to be more stuff!

    We have a viewing for the house tomorrow - whoo hoo! :D
    Currently studying for a Diploma - wish me luck :)

    Phase 1 - Emergency Fund - Complete :j
    Phase 2 - £20,000 Mortgage Fund - Underway
  • Radish72
    Radish72 Posts: 2,075 Forumite
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    Good luck for today and well done of the de-cluttering

    Always good to have less to move, something my BF didn't seem to grasp :)
    Mortgage Aug 12 £165K, Aug 19 £0
    ISA challenge start 2019 £3000/£1500 (50%)
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