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Thanks sweetpeas
Started my listing on ebay so hopefully should start making a little dosh next week! Off to do more qype reviews, think managing the 40 is going to be tough
The debtWILLbegone - taking it 1% at a time
Grand Total Owed: [STRIKE]£11,000[/STRIKE]£9962 Kicking the evil HBOS card's butt: [STRIKE]£4920[/STRIKE]£4495
1% (£50) at a time member #121 - 11/100
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I'd like to sign up for £5 a day - I'm not brave enough to go for £10 just yet! :eek:Growing old is mandatory:
Growing up is Optional:
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Can I go for £5 per day please! Will certainly give it a go though certainly didn't do too great in May!!Sept GC £131/£3000
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Hello there
Tried this quite a while ago and failed - but not this time baby!!!! Can you put me down for £10 please? Thanks xLet's start again (really need a kick up the bum now) :wall:Virgin CC £9793.710 -
Dinah... you kinda have too now cos you've made shrimpy do it too... so you can't really chicken out and leave poor shrimps all alone!
...wondering whether I should up to £20 a month too, but after the disaster in May I dunno if I dare really!
There's a few newbies joinin which is nice
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Sorry for double post
Is it cheating that I have deliberately made sure my eBay stuff ends Monday cos that's the 1st of June??
I must do better in June, I must do better in June...0 -
I'm tempted to go for £20 a day in June too... will think about it over the weekend. Too tired to function properly just now.0
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£5 a day please!!!0
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C, you know what will help that? a glass of wine
(and aiming from £20 a day!)
I'm doing £20 before I talk myself out of it... sig updated.
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Thanks for starting the thread sweetpeas!
£113.35 from DWP for interview expenses - you have to make a special claim - been waiting for some of them since April and wasn't sure they would pay up! I still have 2 more lots to claim - so this should incentivise me to get my claim in!
£9.30 in interest on my stoozing accounts
£10 on a scratch card withdrawal should hit my account next week
£132.65 to start me off :jAchieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.3K Equity 36.55%
2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £30.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 35.5/£127.5K target 27.8% 14/11/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 62K or 48.6%)
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 £5.1K updated 14/11/250
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