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  • mum2one
    mum2one Posts: 16,279 Forumite
    Xmas Saver!
    I am really looking forward to the break over christmas. But I am really looking forward to seeing our spending more under control come jan. All shopping excuses will be gone. someone owes me some money for some xmas pressies - and I am wondering whether I am going to get it.... pre-mse I wouldn't have been bothered - now I really am!

    Good for you, hope you get your money back ok.

    xx
    xx rip dad... we had our ups and downs but we’re always be family xx
  • Hi fron snowy Wales! Luckily i ma on leave today so didnt have to worry about getting in! Been playing with ds in snow so much fun!:j
    All done food drink and presents for christmas so very much watching all the pennies now and not getting caught up in the one more wont hurt syndrome!!:money:
    OH has been paid three weeks nice when it goes in but not nice when you have to wait until 8th Jan for next pay! I dont know about you but after christmas one week feels like ten!:rotfl:
    Looking forward to 2010 very much mse :money:.
    See you all later!
    btd:D
  • InaPickle
    InaPickle Posts: 5,968 Forumite
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    OH has been paid three weeks nice when it goes in but not nice when you have to wait until 8th Jan for next pay! I dont know about you but after christmas one week feels like ten!:rotfl:

    I don't get paid til the 21st! :eek:

    Merry Christmas and happy New Year anyway, in case our threads don't cross in the meantime. ;)
    Please call me 'Pickle'
    No More Buying Books: ???
    No More Buying DVDs: ???
    NMB Toiletries ??? and I've gone back for my Masters at the University of Use Ups!
    P
    roud to be dealing with her debts 1198~

  • HI all! Merry Christmas esp to pickle ,saving hlomes, mum to one, mrsR, in mydreams missy and all who read my thread! (sorry if i forgot anyone!);)
    I have began to notice that my cc payments are coming down freeing up money for overpayments so thats good. I can see the process now of being able to over pay one at a time!!:D
    One of them has reduced from £150 per month to £115 :D big difference! And when you have nine cards to pay differences like this are life saving!:rolleyes:
    Feeling very posotive about 2010 i feel i have changed dramatically and i am looking forward to carrying on the mse way!:money:
    Having a day in today with little J . Big J has gone to mt T's:D !
    Bye fro now merry christmas all!
    BTD:xmastree:xxx
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,087 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Happy christmas BTD and glad you are feeling more positive. It really does help when the minimum payments come down - takes a lot of pressure off.
    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
  • mum2one
    mum2one Posts: 16,279 Forumite
    Xmas Saver!
    HI all! Merry Christmas esp to pickle ,saving hlomes, mum to one, mrsR, in mydreams missy and all who read my thread! (sorry if i forgot anyone!);)
    I have began to notice that my cc payments are coming down freeing up money for overpayments so thats good. I can see the process now of being able to over pay one at a time!!:D
    One of them has reduced from £150 per month to £115 :D big difference! And when you have nine cards to pay differences like this are life saving!:rolleyes:
    Feeling very posotive about 2010 i feel i have changed dramatically and i am looking forward to carrying on the mse way!:money:
    Having a day in today with little J . Big J has gone to mt T's:D !
    Bye fro now merry christmas all!
    BTD:xmastree:xxx

    Merry Christmas, thats brilliant with the money saving on the minimum payment, does make a difference, and it means you have worked damm hard to get them down. xx
    xx rip dad... we had our ups and downs but we’re always be family xx
  • macgirl
    macgirl Posts: 5,091 Forumite
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    Aww Good for you BTD :T:j:T:j:T
    Hope you have a really lovely Christmas and a fantastic Debt free 2010!
    I'll be cheering you on all the way - take care x :)
  • mum2one
    mum2one Posts: 16,279 Forumite
    Xmas Saver!
    You've done brilliantly, look at it as 2009 was your lightbulb year, and 2010, just flow through, before u know it, your be in single figures.

    Being cheeky, but I do an Organised for Xmas and all ocassions thread

    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2160839&highlight=

    If u go to 1st post, it has the link to the sister thread, where they show u how to make money, we help you spend it wisely!! xx
    xx rip dad... we had our ups and downs but we’re always be family xx
  • Hi all hope you had a nice christams! I have bought OH a bike for his b day in March half price! Not going to be lured by any other sales though as i would rather wait for something i need to but and bargin hunt it than just go and buy random things cause they are in the sale!!!
    I am craving salad now and wine is tasting yukky so i know i am more than ready for my weight loss plan i feel that i can focus on it this year as i have money saving underway!:D:T
    Happy new year all!
    BTD
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,087 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I have managed to stay away from the shops so far - always hard tho!
    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
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