Mortgage Free ASAP

setmefree2

Queen-Bee wrote: »

I may be on larder rations this week, but I've just had the satisfaction of seeing my mortgage payment for May hit my account. It's now down to just under £31k... Next month, there'll be a '2' in front of it!

Fantastic
:T:T

Queen-Bee_2

Freebie supper last night, porridge for breakfast again, baked spud with cheese for lunch and a [rather boring] korma made from chicken leftovers for tea. As I suspected, I'm desperate for something sweet, but I did resist the lure of the confectionary kiosk when out earlier on...

...Otherwise, I'm half way through priming my front wall ready for its top coat tomorrow. I'm proud of my work on it - the old wall was in terrible condition, with peeling paint, and I prepared (and repointed!) it myself... The price of Dulux Weathershield is :eek: but the tin promises it'll last for years and years.
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pammyj74

well done QB, I want to knock my garden wall down and start again lol, want to find someone to do it for free and get free bricks of freecycle lol

Queen-Bee_2

Lol Pammy... I have to rebuild part of a raised flowerbed in my back garden, and was thinking exactly the same as you on that score...
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pammyj74

yes I could do with one of those as well lol

Queen-Bee_2

With the exception of milk purchases, I'm still living on larder rations, but it has to be admitted that my diet's become a trifle tedious! I've just been eating porridge for pudding...

I have however, been incurring other expenses - namely decorating materials for my front wall - £23 for a big tin of Weathershield paint, £13 for stabilizing solution and £10.50 for cement. Still, I've done the work myself, which has saved the cost of a handyman, and it looks fab.

Also, I may have found another lodger for my spare room... Fingers crossed on that one though, 'cos it's not yet done and dusted!!
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pammyj74

OOh don't know if I could have a lodger, even with the kids left home, feel like its my personal space. Have you always had a lodger?

Queen-Bee_2

Lol... I know what you mean, because I too treasure my personal space, but at the moment, it's financially expedient - and whilst not big, my house is large enough to accommodate two people without is falling over each other. Plus it's only a Monday-Friday arrangement. My last lodger was my first and I was very anxious about it, but it turned out to be fine. Fingers crossed that this one is equally seamless!
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Queen-Bee_2

As I was up late, I couldn't resist taking a peek at the Nationwide web-site to see how much interest, I'm paying per day.

Checking before and after midnight shows me that today I have paid £3.87 in interest. Now that's not bad, given that last August I was paying £9.62 per day (and I'm currently on a fixed rate of 4.59%).
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greent

FOr some reason, until today, I had only read the last 2 pages of this thread! I've now caughht up from the start -wow! Well done QB!