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Oooh not sure about the new sig hypno
Anyhow, enjoy the Ben & Jerry's! I nipped to our local Tesco Express for ice cream last night - detoured past a house that's just gone up for sale on one of my favourite roads
But resisted Ben & Jerry's on MSE grounds so bought 3 Magnums instead!:A
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skint_spice wrote: »my current calculations are slightly flawed as they are based on my rate staying at 3.5% till it ends which is never gonna happen:D.
Rates will fluctuate throughout the life of the mortgage anyway, so you will have to edit it as they do, but for now you have a good starting point!Lemon_Tree wrote: »Oh heavens i need a life on a saturday night!
You DO have a life - you have USWhat flavour did you get?
Cookie dough - we each got one of the small individual pots as they were on offer in Tesco :cool:Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)0 -
very true, i have MSE, kingjackpot, hyperthermia. Oh and had a win on the free game tonight yay!
and i'm about to splash out to hire a dvd and get takeaway as a belated OH birthday pressy0 -
skint_spice wrote: »I used it when I had debts but never thought of using it for the mortgage, my current calculations are slightly flawed as they are based on my rate staying at 3.5% till it ends which is never gonna happen:D.
All calculations based on what is going to happen are flawed.
Casey Stengel:“Never make predictions, especially about the future.”"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'0 -
Have you thought about using Locoblade's mortgage spreadsheet? I find it pretty useful...skint_spice wrote: »I used it when I had debts but never thought of using it for the mortgage, my current calculations are slightly flawed as they are based on my rate staying at 3.5% till it ends which is never gonna happen:D. Mortgage free as of 12/08/20!
MFiT-5 no 45You can't fly with one foot on the ground!0 -
Have you thought about using Locoblade's mortgage spreadsheet? I find it pretty useful...
OMG - do you want to make me even more obsessed:D? ok, have downloaded thanks and just putting in the figs....Mortgage OP 2026 £1990/2000Mortgage balance: £29,071
Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May £30, Jun £120, Jul £0, Aug £45, Sept £0, Oct £5, Nov £200 -
:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:skint_spice wrote: »OMG - do you want to make me even more obsessed:D? ok, have downloaded thanks and just putting in the figs....
We're ALL obsessed... thats normal right? :rotfl: Mortgage free as of 12/08/20!
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I'm lost already (spreadsheets are not my strong point!) - I will need to look at it again when I have my clever head on. At the moment I have my bingo head on, which is interchangeable with my TrashySaturdayTV head!Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)0
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I love that spreadsheet, you can change the interest rate when necessary, add one off overpayments - lovely! none of my RL friends are particularly interested let alone obsessed so I love it here. Was trying to explain quidco to someone the other day but she "can't be bothered" - same friend who is always skint...Mortgage OP 2026 £1990/2000Mortgage balance: £29,071
Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May £30, Jun £120, Jul £0, Aug £45, Sept £0, Oct £5, Nov £200 -
Sorry to hijack ur thread - i have joined bingo britain - now need to join KJ bingo and wonder if anyone would like to refer me?0
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