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

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  • setmefree2
    setmefree2 Posts: 9,072 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Enjoy your holiday GG tsg_smiley_beach.gif
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Stuart, thanks for your offer but I don't want to come back to find a Jag sitting on my drive :eek:.

    Currently in hotel bedroom, done a 15 minute swim (didn't want to risk more as shoulders felt v tight & I can get bad headaches if I overdo it), feeling v virtuous :). Watching cup final, win win situation - want Man U to win as British but want them to lose as they're Man U :D, also Barca are from my (not) soon (enough) to be homeland :cool:

    Checked euro purse this morning and found £20 I must have put in as UK airport money last time. So, as that's extra money, I've tried & failed to transfer to offset - Egg external links are always down at night, but will try again in the morning :A.

    Why was I checking euro purse :confused:. Because I'm off on HOLIDAY tomorrow :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"
  • gallygirl wrote: »
    HOLIDAY

    Have a good one!
    MFW: Nov 2008 £156k, Jun 2015 £129k, Jun 2017 £114k.
  • StuartGMC
    StuartGMC Posts: 2,175 Forumite
    Enjoy the holiday!
  • Holiday.....whats one of those?????

    TPAx
    MFW - We've only gone and blooming done it!
    May 2013:j
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Am back :(

    But had a great time :)

    Sold a book on GM so £3 coming my way :)

    With quidco & MS money plus the £20 I found plus a bit extra from current account I've managed to pay in around £280 to offset :)

    That means I've paid in £26.07 more than waxman, so all my extra payments now will be matched by him :)

    Updated all spreadsheets, snowballs etc. Need a lie-down now. So many transactions going in & out I decided to deal with each one completely rather than keep a running total of what transfers were needed, so offset got 4 payments in (3 from the same account) and one out. Pleased to see my mortgage spreadsheet was accurate to within 50p :)

    Overall debt dropped from 148.8k to 147.7k during month, quite pleased with that as had quite a few big bills :)

    Offset now crept over 11k again :)

    Snowball still says June 15 to pay off all 3 mortgages. Hmmmm, original target was Aug 16, may change it waxman's 55th which is March 2015 :)

    Picked up a few mystery shops for next week :)

    So, lots of :) but am afraid the :( outweighs them all :o. Will catch up on all other threads tonight when in better mood :rolleyes:
    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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    Glad you had a good time gally, shame you had to come back to the UK but at leasts its good weather to come back to :)

    Nice to see lots of smilies in your post :)

    See you soon
    Currently studying for a Diploma - wish me luck :)

    Phase 1 - Emergency Fund - Complete :j
    Phase 2 - £20,000 Mortgage Fund - Underway
  • evab_2
    evab_2 Posts: 2,336 Forumite
    Welcome back x
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    :hello:Still here, but PC in hospital _pale_ - needs some drivers & other stuff which has dropped off :confused: (I did look behind PC but couldn't see anything :o). So, apologies if I am ignoring your diaries, hopefully PC discharged tomorrow so I will catch up then :lovethoug.

    Have picked up a few MS for next week - hmmmm, one is a joint shop but the 2 shops are 300 miles apart - think I need to email the company :rotfl:. Quite a few garages with food so I will be stocking up!

    34 sleeps till next HOLIDAY :rotfl:
    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"
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    :confused: how did we cope without computers :confused:

    No take up on rental enquiries :(

    Can't wait to get my PC back, SOOOOOOO many spreadsheets to update. Have transferred 2 lots of money into offset this morning, but also £1500 out - FD minimum credit each month, I leave it in till £300 ISA transfer takes place then transfer £1200 back. Lot of fuss for 7% interest on ISA (as a regular saver it only actually equates to about 3.6APR) but couldn't find anything better at the time.

    Glad to see interest rate stayed the same, I know there has been no mention of it rising (last I heard the 'experts' :rolleyes: reckon it could be well into next year), but I'm a little paranoid because our daily interest is so low our overpayments are really having an effect (can't say how much of an effect as haven't got spreadsheets :()

    Miserable day here, so much for gardening :rolleyes:. Still, 4 MS to do, all in different towns, round trip of around 40 miles but was going to 2 of them anyway. :)

    Need a new ink cartridge already, still, as is MS printing which uses the ink I suppose that just shows how much work I've had. Cheapest place is usually Cartridge People and they are doing offer with compatible cartridges - £8.99 for one or £7.49 if buy 3, instead of normal £14.99. Have had bad experiences with refilled but may take a chance on these as half price. Can't order though as fiddled about looking for voucher code so don't want to go through quidco as cookies probably there. Normally I look on one machine & order on other, or look on Firefox on PC & order on IE but we are only allowed IE on laptop & I do not intend to clear my cookies :eek:, would never remember all my log ins :o.

    Have a dry day all :beer:
    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"
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