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  • Afternoon, just a quick one today as nothing much has been happening here.

    The Comet engineer has been and has said that the dispenser drawer unit need changing as it is faulty and is apparently a common fault with the model we have, the good news is that we don’t have to pay for it to be replaced as we only bought it in April.

    My £2 coin fund is now up to £20 so getting there slowly and I am up to my fifth NSD this month so far.

    I have been using the tumble dryer this past few days to get on top of the washing, once I am back on top and the ironing is back up to date again I will go back to using the airers again.

    I have listed a couple more books on Amazon so hopefully they will sell.

    Checked the banking and as long as we are very, very careful between now and Thursday we should be okay.

    That’s all folks….more of an update tomorrow.
  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    Everything above sounds really positive.catch you tomorrow then.
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,137 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    sounds like you are having a good week tea - great news
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £169.8K Equity 37.1%
    2) £1.5K Net savings after CCs 11/2/26 (but owed £1.4K) so £2.9K
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £34.8K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.3K) = 40.6/£127.5K target 31.8% 16/11/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 62.7K or 49.2%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £5.2K updated 16/1/26
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Newbie
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
    edited 19 October 2009 at 12:00PM
    A new week already!?! I am very sporadic with my updates at the moment aren’t I? Sorry but don’t have very much to report at the moment.

    My £2 coins are slowly building up and I am one step closer to the total, I now have £26.

    Have been walking a lot with the kids except for today, I have got to go see DD’s classroom supervisor for a 10 minute discussion about how she’s settling in and also this week we have got DS’s parent’s evening.

    Trying desperately to curb spending especially as we go away next week camping.


    Plan for today:
    • Wash up - Done
    • Hoover upstairs - Done downstairs as well
    • Clean glass - Done
    • Iron 10 items of clothing
    I need to pick up DD at 12 so have to get my bum in gear.

    Total spent today: £14.14 this was for birthday cards and pull ups, no more should get spent today or tomorrow.
  • shaun40400
    shaun40400 Posts: 4,134 Forumite
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    hi ho tea
    glad to see you had a normal week whilst i was away:o

    camping in oct not in the uk i hope:eek: damp dump syndrome:rotfl:

    catch you later s xx
    WAS DEBT FREE & STILL BAAARRRRRKING :cool:
    hello my name is shaun,,,and im not so addicted to farmville,still addicted to football:o:o

    BAAAARRRRRRRRRRKING er insanely so :o
  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    You're braver than me ..camping!!!...but it'll be fun no doubt.
  • camping in oct not in the uk i hope:eek: damp dump syndrome:rotfl:

    Yes we are planning to, not for too long just a few days. Whilst we are up North we are going to visit my mum too and say hello to her.
    You're braver than me ..camping!!!...but it'll be fun no doubt.

    :rotfl:It'll be interesting.....
  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    Well done on the jobs.
    Pack plenty of jumpers as it's a bit chilly at the moment.
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,137 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    good luck with the camping - rather you than me
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £169.8K Equity 37.1%
    2) £1.5K Net savings after CCs 11/2/26 (but owed £1.4K) so £2.9K
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £34.8K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.3K) = 40.6/£127.5K target 31.8% 16/11/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 62.7K or 49.2%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £5.2K updated 16/1/26
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,137 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hi tea- where have you gone to?
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £169.8K Equity 37.1%
    2) £1.5K Net savings after CCs 11/2/26 (but owed £1.4K) so £2.9K
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £34.8K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.3K) = 40.6/£127.5K target 31.8% 16/11/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 62.7K or 49.2%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £5.2K updated 16/1/26
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