Get yourself a 'Mortgage Pig'

Welshlassie

Well Flossie the Mortgage Sheep has just arrived and now has pride of place on our kitchen window sill. Will be preparing her speak bubble a bit later today. I have just raided all the tables and cubble holes my dh always leaves money and forgets about so £4.58 has just gone in, alone with the £2 for my lunch I didn't buy yesterday becasue I was wrking at home and the £76 insurance refund we received. She's looking quite fat already.

nellis10

Welshlassie wrote:

Well Flossie the Mortgage Sheep has just arrived and now has pride of place on our kitchen window sill. Will be preparing her speak bubble a bit later today. I have just raided all the tables and cubble holes my dh always leaves money and forgets about so £4.58 has just gone in, alone with the £2 for my lunch I didn't buy yesterday becasue I was wrking at home and the £76 insurance refund we received. She's looking quite fat already.

Well done you!! I had a go at our chairs in the living room and found 14p of Irish coins....:rolleyes: Oh and a penny!!! :T

Back to the drawing board I fear!! :rotfl:

halloweenqueen_2

Flossies off to a good start, never mind nellis!

swizzle_2

Took my children to MCdonald`s today- used LV which I got from pinecone reasearch so that` the first £4.00 in the pig!

halloweenqueen_2

Goof for you swizzle! BTW if you want to make mcdonalds at home look on www.topsecretrecipes.com for clones of their sauces and things. You can buy the 'skinny' chips quite cheap as well. It is nice just to sit and have the kids eat without any washing up involved though!!

halloweenqueen_2

Woohooo!! Down into the seventies at last!!I know I still owe £79K but it was a bit of a boost to see it go from an eight at the front to a seven!!

mummytummy

Well done HQ, just waiting for my statement to come through and then I'll change sig, got a rough idea what balance is but nice to see it in black and white and going down - however slowly it may seem at times:D

halloweenqueen_2

I'm quite impatient to get rid of the mortgage, I'm hoping to get rid in 5 years which I think will be the earliest while still having a decent standard of living!
Thats if the interest rates don't rocket and I'm paying extra just to stand still.
I think it will seem a bit better now I'm heading towards the 60K, it was a psychological boost to finally get rid of that 8 in the front!!

nellis10

AT LAST!!! I got enough points at pigsback to order my piggybank!!!:j

mind you I had exhausted all my freebie signup and was still 30 points short!! :mad:

So I had to buy a DVD from CDWOW...£5.99 for a childrens one for christmas stocking filler...so didn't feel too bad!!!

YAY...can't wait to get it....one thing for those of you who already ahve it...is it s little piggybank or a big one? ie will it comfortably hold notes or just coins? (she asks as if she has a wodge of cash to put in it rather than a few coppers she found at the bottom of the chair!!!) :rotfl:

halloweenqueen_2

Its not a bad size - I didn't fill mine completely and it held £45 in change!
You have to belong 10 days before you can order any rewards, buts it doesn't take too long to get here and its a cute little thing. If you print out a colouring curly for one of the kids to colour in they may win one!