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  • Pilchard
    Pilchard Posts: 362 Forumite
    Hi everyone

    I'm back and have found a shiney new thread!!!! I'll be viewing this avidly as I am now engaged aswell :beer: My OH proposed on our not very MSE holiday in New York - spent loads but had a fab time! Now just to reduce the debts and plan a wedding so I'll be looking for ideas here (if you don't mind Dinah?).

    We have managed to put moves in place to reduce our phone bills as I have chenged contract to one that is £15/month cheaper plus get cashback plus send old phone to envirofone and I'm now sorting out OH's phone too. We've also cut our electricity DD payments from £30/month to £14/month so I'm well pleased. Our aim now is to get all the Christmas presents as cheaply as possible although we have been saving money each month to spend on this but I want to have a load left over at the end. I also want to get the Virgin Credit Card down asap as that seems to have gone on the bacj burner recently.

    Anyway, off to catch up on the thread now so have a good evening everyone xx
    Let's start again (really need a kick up the bum now) :wall:
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  • zigmeister
    zigmeister Posts: 1,099 Forumite
    Wow, congratulations Pilchard! :j

    Starting to be quite a collection of engaged ladies on here! :p

    Sounds like you're doing well with the saving money too!
    Total Debt (Dec 2015) £11,500 : Currently £7,675
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  • clearmydebts
    clearmydebts Posts: 6,485 Forumite
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    Yay - congrats Pilchard. That is fab news!!!
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  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
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    Yey congrats pilchard!!!!! Any idea what your plans are ie here/abroad/year?
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  • Swinstie73
    Swinstie73 Posts: 2,897 Forumite
    Congratulations Pilchard! I've heard loads of people get engaged in New York, me and OH went in August, sadly no proposals, oh well maybe next time.
  • wendz86
    wendz86 Posts: 7,171 Forumite
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    Congratulations! How exciting. Glad you had a great time in New York , it is great over there.
  • Cinny91
    Cinny91 Posts: 6,022 Forumite
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    Major congrats Pilchard!! :beer:

    Sounds like you're majorly on top of things money wise too. Good luck with getting the Christmas presents cheaply, shouldn't be a problem with all the deals on atm!
  • poddle911
    poddle911 Posts: 1,406 Forumite
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    edited 1 November 2009 at 9:00PM
    Congratulations Pilchard! New York is an awesome place and now you'll have super happy memories of it - very happy for you :)

    ETA: More details about the proposal, please!
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  • Flower08
    Flower08 Posts: 4,771 Forumite
    Congratulations Pilchard!!!
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  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
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    Well bit of a wedding update, we spoke to the lady at church who manages the book and weddings etc, one of the pastors, and as they don't consider us to be a 'saved couple' we can't have the big church do with the singers and the like, just a little wedding, so we are considering going to our village church for a traditional wedding ceremony, but still attending that church as our church.
    Debt January 1st 2018 £96,999.81
    Debt September 20th 2022 £2991.68- 96.92% paid off
    Met NIM 23/06/2008
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