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  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,436 Forumite
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    Well done OO and Popeye, not sure when the smugness kicks in - it's more relief here!
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  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    So, what has your first day of debt freedom been like then, OO?

    And smug, or not, I am sure I will be dishing out my fair share of smugness in a few months time :D It is, after all, what we have been working for.....for such a long time!
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,664 Ambassador
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    So pleased for you :)
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  • OliveOyl_2
    OliveOyl_2 Posts: 3,506 Forumite
    I'm still hanging round here anyway - just in case we have to pay back Popeyes bonus :eek:

    And the small DFW things in my life continue:
    • made a packed lunch
    • found 45p in the vending machine :D
    • posted an old mobile back to Love2Recycle (having used Martins compare thingy, and gone through Quidco ;))
    • NSD
    • Bingo won us £17.50 :beer:
    • signed up for a Mystery Shop next week, having done 2 at the weekend and with 2 on Wednesday :D
    And I'm now the official Money Saving guru at work :rotfl:
    Shame I'm leaving in January :D
  • OliveOyl_2
    OliveOyl_2 Posts: 3,506 Forumite
    beanielou wrote: »
    So pleased for you :)


    I'm so pleased for me too, the shock has worn off and I'm now thoroughly enjoying myself :D

    But I will never ever again spend money before I've received it :o

    Just need to instill that idea into the childrens heads :rolleyes: (they're not children, they in their 20's :eek:)
  • EssexHebridean
    EssexHebridean Posts: 24,424 Forumite
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    Just wanted to say well done OO - excellent news, and what a christmas present! :j:beer::j:beer::j
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    Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
    £100k barrier broken 1/4/25
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  • ampersand
    ampersand Posts: 9,672 Forumite
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    I've been lurking OO, but have to come out with a full-on WELL DONE!
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  • OliveOyl_2
    OliveOyl_2 Posts: 3,506 Forumite
    Thanks Ampersand :D I'm chuffed to bits. :D

    Has anyone seen the frontspiece of Google today :rotfl:
    And Martin is on the frontspiece of the BBC site too, giving us the 12 savings of Christmas.:money:
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    Popeye obviously moonlighting again :rotfl:
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
  • OliveOyl_2
    OliveOyl_2 Posts: 3,506 Forumite
    Poseur!


    *OliveOyl wonders how much male models make......?*
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