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  • Hi hun, I have just read your diary from day one and what a read! You are doing so well, well done. Sorry to hear about your hamster :( are you considering getting any other pets? Don't know how I would be if anything happened to DJ (My rabbit... as I'm guessing you would have gathered from my diary)
    Well on a more positive note good luck with this diary and I will be following you along the way ;)
    Married 1st October 2015:heartpuls

    1st Baby due June 2016 :happylove
  • Thanks SBH, thanks for reading. We did get another hamster and this one seems to have loads more energy i dont think hammy was well from the start.x
  • Well that's good, what have you called this one? I never had pets when I was younger and never really got how people became attached to them. DJ was my OHs and came to live with us when we moved in, now I can't imagine our house without him. How did your little one cope with it?
    Married 1st October 2015:heartpuls

    1st Baby due June 2016 :happylove
  • Hi btd
    Just read your diary it's great I will definately continue to pop in
    Debt at LBM £19700 :eek:
    Arrears £4800

    :j married 14/08/2010 :j
    Date wife can move to live with me 28/02/2011 (date she can leave work for good) :beer:
  • New hamster is called lightning!!!!!!!!! Had nice day yest and just having a lazy day today! Takeaway was ok but i am satisfied i can live without them! x
  • haha what a fab name!! I always feel obese after a takeaway and wish I had saved the tenner it had cost me instead, It's always a great idea at the time though. Hope your having a chilled out day and looking forward to the second installment of x-factor tonight! x
    Married 1st October 2015:heartpuls

    1st Baby due June 2016 :happylove
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,087 Forumite
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    glad you got a new hamster and that your xmas shopping is going well and on budget
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
    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 £5K updated 10/10/25
  • Hello:D.Bought two more presents (toys) for nephew yesterday from toys r us half price.:T I had two really good presents( for thoose who want to know it was a thomas the tank tricky trucks game and the hulk stomp and sound figure) :D and it came to £22.00 with delivery i opted for standard 4 day delivery rather than the £6.95 choose your day delivery (of course) and they have been dispatched already! In true MSE style i checked e bay argos and amazon to work out was it a good deal and yes it was! Before i would not have even bothered looking!:T.
    Today may mark the end of the salad club one member dropeed a jar of beetroot on our carpet oops:o boss not impressed wel can you blame her?:rolleyes:

    Not doing shifts in cafe now in nov/dec she thought it was to much to ask with me having a full time job so covered with her staff. I dont mind though even though its nice to have the money i hate not being with my family on the weekend. Luckily i have not counted on this money.:rolleyes:

    Bye for now keep debtbusting:D
    BTD.X
  • mum2one
    mum2one Posts: 16,279 Forumite
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    Hello:D.Bought two more presents (toys) for nephew yesterday from toys r us half price.:T I had two really good presents( for thoose who want to know it was a thomas the tank tricky trucks game and the hulk stomp and sound figure) :D and it came to £22.00 with delivery i opted for standard 4 day delivery rather than the £6.95 choose your day delivery (of course) and they have been dispatched already! In true MSE style i checked e bay argos and amazon to work out was it a good deal and yes it was! Before i would not have even bothered looking!:T.

    This MSE lark is def rubbing off on you
    Today may mark the end of the salad club one member dropeed a jar of beetroot on our carpet oops:o boss not impressed wel can you blame her?:rolleyes:
    Opps
    Not doing shifts in cafe now in nov/dec she thought it was to much to ask with me having a full time job so covered with her staff. I dont mind though even though its nice to have the money i hate not being with my family on the weekend. Luckily i have not counted on this money.:rolleyes:

    Bye for now keep debtbusting:D
    BTD.X

    The toys sound fab, and esp half price, xx
    xx rip dad... we had our ups and downs but we’re always be family xx
  • I feel like i have let things slip as i seem to be buying lots of stuff but its all christmas stuff, budgeted for! Anyone else feel like this?x:confused:
    I suppose i have not bought for so long it feels odd??:rolleyes:
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