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Diary of a Poor Person aged 46 1/2

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  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 28,974 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Are you charging your dad commission on the ebaying lol? You seem chirpier again.... £5K overdrawn -how much more do you expect to go out before OH gets paid?
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
    2) £1.6K Net savings after CCs 14/8/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £25.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 31.1/£127.5K target 24.4% 15/8/25
    4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
    5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/25
  • mrscmr
    mrscmr Posts: 2,903 Forumite
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    ah SH ... i expect to take the o/d to the max... no choice unfortunately! im chirppy!
    Highest Debt £581,000 Nov 08 and now owe nothing! yes really! I have learnt my lesson the hard way!
    :heart2:Ebay Challenge 2011 - Still supporting from afar!
    Long haulers supporters DFW #223
  • Mrsc I say go for it. You have a good way with your writing. Get it into book form. Make it a best seller and make a fortuNE. Start it with a woman in despair at the debt. Flashbacks to how the debt got to be there. Then the journey forward. Sound familiar lol
    5 Year plan. April 2020 to June 2025- CC and mortgage free by time I'm 60
    Currently CC £23,674.36 /£14,895.41/£14315.42
    Mortgage £28,214.65/ £26,254.71/ £25,746.43
    By end 2020 I want CC at £ 19,000.00.
    By end 2021 I want CC at £10,000.00
  • mrscmr
    mrscmr Posts: 2,903 Forumite
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    that kind, thanks milliionaire in training! i would class myself as a failed millionaire! ha ha ... well maybe one day i might get out of debt!
    Highest Debt £581,000 Nov 08 and now owe nothing! yes really! I have learnt my lesson the hard way!
    :heart2:Ebay Challenge 2011 - Still supporting from afar!
    Long haulers supporters DFW #223
  • millionaire_in_training
    millionaire_in_training Posts: 5,818 Forumite
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    edited 2 September 2009 at 8:11PM
    och you will . I reckon we all will. Debts die with us dont they?:rotfl:
    5 Year plan. April 2020 to June 2025- CC and mortgage free by time I'm 60
    Currently CC £23,674.36 /£14,895.41/£14315.42
    Mortgage £28,214.65/ £26,254.71/ £25,746.43
    By end 2020 I want CC at £ 19,000.00.
    By end 2021 I want CC at £10,000.00
  • mrscmr
    mrscmr Posts: 2,903 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    gosh u typing in scottish... wow im impressed!
    Highest Debt £581,000 Nov 08 and now owe nothing! yes really! I have learnt my lesson the hard way!
    :heart2:Ebay Challenge 2011 - Still supporting from afar!
    Long haulers supporters DFW #223
  • I'm multi lingual. Scottish, English, gibberish etc etc.
    5 Year plan. April 2020 to June 2025- CC and mortgage free by time I'm 60
    Currently CC £23,674.36 /£14,895.41/£14315.42
    Mortgage £28,214.65/ £26,254.71/ £25,746.43
    By end 2020 I want CC at £ 19,000.00.
    By end 2021 I want CC at £10,000.00
  • mrscmr
    mrscmr Posts: 2,903 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    such a gift! :-)
    Highest Debt £581,000 Nov 08 and now owe nothing! yes really! I have learnt my lesson the hard way!
    :heart2:Ebay Challenge 2011 - Still supporting from afar!
    Long haulers supporters DFW #223
  • Purpleroses
    Purpleroses Posts: 4,125 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    just caught up with your diary! I say go for it too! You definatey have a good way with words.
  • mrscmr
    mrscmr Posts: 2,903 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    aww... purple roses... lovely of you to say so... and so very purple! thanks for popping into chaos!

    well i have found the perfect thing to do on a summers [ah ok wet summers] eve... listing on ebay! loads and loads of embroidery kits. i wish i had a real fire place - would love to light a fire and listen to it crackle!

    x
    Highest Debt £581,000 Nov 08 and now owe nothing! yes really! I have learnt my lesson the hard way!
    :heart2:Ebay Challenge 2011 - Still supporting from afar!
    Long haulers supporters DFW #223
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