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The Ultimate Incentive proposed! Time for an ultimate challenge...

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  • bails
    bails Posts: 3,196 Forumite
    Ah, now I really AM intrigued :D

    That's great, although our situations are slightly different re house at mo. If I get the salary I hope (and don't take on a silly mortgage on a dream cottage :whistle:), we could build up a good amount, once the wedding and my parents are paid off of course :rolleyes:
    The 1,000 Day Challenge:
    Feb 16, 2016
    500/30,000
    1.67%
  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
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    Poolie are you on the stone by new years challenge?! I thought you were trying to gain weight!
    Debt January 1st 2018 £96,999.81
    Debt September 20th 2022 £2991.68- 96.92% paid off
    Met NIM 23/06/2008
  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
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    bails wrote: »
    Ah, now I really AM intrigued :D

    That's great, although our situations are slightly different re house at mo. If I get the salary I hope (and don't take on a silly mortgage on a dream cottage :whistle:), we could build up a good amount, once the wedding and my parents are paid off of course :rolleyes:

    Know the feeling. We could buy a house up to £190k, but we're looking at about the £120k mark so we can overpay and move somewhere awesome in 5 years instead of struggling and me have to keep working after we have kids. We're looking at the ideal location but a rubbish house tonight. Right village (although not the best part of it, but its so small none of it is exactly a crime den!) just not the central village green. Pay off is its a quieter street though.

    Guess we're lucky not to really owe anything anymore so once the wedding/house buying is out the way things should be relatively pressure free.
    Debt January 1st 2018 £96,999.81
    Debt September 20th 2022 £2991.68- 96.92% paid off
    Met NIM 23/06/2008
  • bails
    bails Posts: 3,196 Forumite
    That's great! Hope you can make the house work for you. Unfortunately we're working to a different time scale to you and NIM (as I'm 34) so will have to do things in a different order than I would like! Still, the debt to Mum and Dad is for the house so paying that off is like overpaying on the mortgage, without the interest :T
    The 1,000 Day Challenge:
    Feb 16, 2016
    500/30,000
    1.67%
  • Poolie
    Poolie Posts: 1,882 Forumite
    Dinah93 wrote: »
    Poolie are you on the stone by new years challenge?! I thought you were trying to gain weight!

    That is not going too well. Too much swimming! Whoops!

    I will have go back and eat lots. Oh there are some penguins in the fridge. hehe
  • zigmeister
    zigmeister Posts: 1,099 Forumite
    Yay new thread! :j

    Dinah I'm obviously in on the weight challenge, but even though I've posted it before, can you not post my weight on your little list at the start of this thread cuz I'm embarrassed! :o

    The diet is not gonna go well today. We are seeing Simon Amstell tonight so are grabbing takeaway cuz we don't have time to eat a proper tea. I'll have soup for lunch though.

    Looking forward to seeing you achieve yet another challenge Dinah! :D We'll be cheering you along the way!
    Total Debt (Dec 2015) £11,500 : Currently £7,675
    House Deposit Savings : £8,600/£25,000
    Lose 21lb : 0/21
  • Tete_en_l'Air
    Tete_en_l'Air Posts: 7,134 Forumite
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    Dinah93 wrote: »
    ~Dinah's 30 before 30 list~

    1. Travel to all continents (except Antartica)
    - [STRIKE]Europe[/STRIKE]
    - Africa - Ahem, Egypt???
    - [STRIKE]Asia[/STRIKE]
    - North America
    - South America
    - Australasia

    6. [STRIKE]Create my own website[/STRIKE] - Is this up and running now then??

    9. [STRIKE]See a real penguin[/STRIKE] - Did you go to Edinburgh zoo??

    16. [STRIKE]Own an expensive piece of jewellery[/STRIKE] :D


    I made my list less than a year ago, nothing was crossed off, so don't think I'm doing too badly.

    Oh for goodness sake, I have to lengthen my message by 10 characters...
    Weightloss: 14.5/65lb
  • bails
    bails Posts: 3,196 Forumite
    Ah, don't feel embarrassed Zigmeister, it's just a number. The important thing is that you're committed to being healthier so that's something to be proud of!

    er...my OH is 1 1/2 hours late home from a white water rafting trip - should I be concerned yet?
    The 1,000 Day Challenge:
    Feb 16, 2016
    500/30,000
    1.67%
  • Tete_en_l'Air
    Tete_en_l'Air Posts: 7,134 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 27 October 2009 at 3:27PM
    zigmeister wrote: »
    The diet is not gonna go well today. We are seeing Simon Amstell tonight so are grabbing takeaway cuz we don't have time to eat a proper tea. I'll have soup for lunch though.

    I can heartily NOT recommend the couscous - I'm starving again already. Filling up on diet coke though as it's a pub tea tonight!

    ETA - Bails - no news is good news - I'm sure if something was wrong you'd have heard by now. White water rafting? He must be mental!
    Weightloss: 14.5/65lb
  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Bake Off Boss!
    Technically the area of Egypt we went to was Asia not Africa apparently!

    Well, not so much up and running as existing with a limp.

    Yep we went to the zoo - will post penguin pics this evening. Can anyone remember who the photo hosting site was you recomended to me where I have an account?! I think it might have been Cinny recomended it.

    Wouldn't worry yet Bails, probably just a bit slow to drive back is all.
    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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