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Gallygirl's 95 month challenge - now 'only' 92 months

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  • SmlSave
    SmlSave Posts: 4,911 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Bit of a set back on MF front but hey ho, will just have to double efforts (says she, writing on her new 17" laptop :whistle:).

    :D lol :D

    Well done on the weight loss! :T
    Currently studying for a Diploma - wish me luck :)

    Phase 1 - Emergency Fund - Complete :j
    Phase 2 - £20,000 Mortgage Fund - Underway
  • setmefree2
    setmefree2 Posts: 9,072 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    gallygirl wrote: »
    Losing pounds on all front - also on a diet & have lost 3lbs in 1st week :T.


    yay.gif well done on that :T:T:T
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    OK, have set budget of 7.5k for kitchen to include absolutely everything, hadn't allowed for paint etc. on original.

    Kitchen !!!!!! below:
    UNITS LIKE THIS but with long thin handles
    WORKTOPS
    SINK
    TAP

    Floor tiles & wall tiles from clearance & lights £51 for 3 sets from Focus :) Still to choose blinds & curtains, won;t do till kitchen fitted as want to see how worktop looks - it is a different colour depending on how you look at it :D

    1k deposit paid. Best update spreadsheets :eek:

    Hope all well :j
    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"
  • setmefree2
    setmefree2 Posts: 9,072 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    All gorgeous - you and I have very similar tastes;):D

    We have a Magnet kitchen very like the one you have chosen. It's 8 years old (nearly) and is wearing really well. No problems at all....still looks like new.

    Enjoy:)
  • Tesco_points_addict
    Tesco_points_addict Posts: 3,242 Forumite
    I am in love....................I like it all, but that tap is to die for

    TPAx
    MFW - We've only gone and blooming done it!
    May 2013:j
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Tesco_points_addict wrote: »
    I am in love....................I like it all, but that tap is to die for

    TPAx

    so was the price :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
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Ohhhhhhhhh..kitchen !!!!!!.........awwwwwwwwww....


    ... off for a lie down now :D
    Currently studying for a Diploma - wish me luck :)

    Phase 1 - Emergency Fund - Complete :j
    Phase 2 - £20,000 Mortgage Fund - Underway
  • taka
    taka Posts: 3,483 Forumite
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    I love your choices! ... and now want my kitchen done up too... :rotfl:

    My kitchen is a depressing nightmare combo of elderly pine, evil paint colours (from previous owners) and artex on the walls! :eek: :wall: It needs completely replastered and the whole thing moved to the other end of the room and possibly a wall (loadbearing I think :() removed. Not a small job... 1st up is sorting my bathroom as that is a "lovely" avocado colour and falling to bits! :eek: I knew there was a reason I could afford this place when I bought it... it needs everything done! :o :rotfl:

    I'll just drool at all the lovely stuff everyone else is having done in the meantime... :rotfl:
    Mortgage free as of 12/08/20!
    MFiT-5 no 45
    You can't fly with one foot on the ground!
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Well, after many years have finally reached payout on Yougov, £50 cheque in its' way :T.

    Only £49.50 to go till the next one :cool:
    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"
  • taka
    taka Posts: 3,483 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    I just managed that after a couple of years too. Current balance = £3.50 so £46.50 and several years to go to the next one. :rotfl: I have to say I'm liking all the election questions - I don't think I've ever had so many surveys from them as in the last few months! :j :rotfl:
    Mortgage free as of 12/08/20!
    MFiT-5 no 45
    You can't fly with one foot on the ground!
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