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Skint Spice's journey to being less skinty and more spicy

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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Confession - I have eaten two jam doughnuts too :o but they were fab:D

    A treat is a treat when it doesn't happen all the time.

    And you enjoy them more.
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  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,428 Forumite
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    Feeling a bit more positive today - had a wobble yesterday but met a friend for lunch and feeling a bit more upbeat :)
    Lots of stuff on at college at the moment, essays gallore and assessment dates coming up, should get on with uni application too...:eek:
    Keep changing my mind over money - currently thinking that any excess shall be put by as I want to do my kitchen next year:cool:

    Also need to dejunk and make some money...
    Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £36,210


    Money making challenge £38/400

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,642 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Deadline at DS's college is Friday for UKAS.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,428 Forumite
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Deadline at DS's college is Friday for UKAS.

    Had me worried for a minute there Beanie:eek: but just checked and we have 15th January as final date. What is DS planning on doing? Am I likely to meet him at a Glasgow uni next year:D?
    Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £36,210


    Money making challenge £38/400

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,642 Ambassador
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    Not Glasgow, he keeps changing his mind at the mo & turned down offers last year.You thinking ss at GW?
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,642 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    UCAS even !!!
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,428 Forumite
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    Due to the fact the first lot were a big part of my previous life I didn't even notice your mistake :o. That sounds good once he makes his mind up - should get in no bother. Probably GCU or UWS for either SW or SS... are there enough initials in there :D?

    Suppose I better get back to college or I'm going nowhere!
    Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £36,210


    Money making challenge £38/400

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Feeling a bit more positive today - had a wobble yesterday

    Have one from me - :grouphug:
    but met a friend for lunch and feeling a bit more upbeat :)

    :T
    Keep changing my mind over money - currently thinking that any excess shall be put by as I want to do my kitchen next year:cool:

    What's the alternatives for it?
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,428 Forumite
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    Thank you ZTD :D

    Alternatives being to overpay the mortgage or buy lots of sweets ;)
    Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £36,210


    Money making challenge £38/400

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    Thank you ZTD :D

    Ooh...my sunday name... ;)
    Alternatives being to overpay the mortgage or buy lots of sweets ;)

    Well you can scratch the buy lots of sweets thing, as you will have to run a lot, probably far too much, if you want to remain babesque.

    As for the balance between "new kitchen" and "less mortgage" - that would depend on "how bad is your kitchen" and "how much are you paying for your mortgage".

    If you can get mortgage free, then that would probably ease your finances.
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."
    OMD 'Julia's Song'
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