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  • Woowoo
    Woowoo Posts: 4,603 Forumite
    Well done on the massive eBay bid Herewego, enjoy your meal.

    Zizzi's have a voucher at the mo 2 courses for £10 x
    LBM Aug 09: £18,650.47 - Current: £12,854.93 (£5946.79)

    Barclays: £2,928.34 Lloyds: £2,499.60
    MBNA: £3,788.99 Overdraft: £1,900.00 Mum: £1,738.00

    Surveys: £6.60/£40.00
  • Herewego
    Herewego Posts: 2,541 Forumite
    Thanks all, books are collect only but the person who won lives 70 miles away they must have wanted them badly.
    Going to Gourmet Burger Company for dinner found a voucher buy one get one for a £1 sent the voucher to DH at work to print as my printer didnt like the colours.
    MARCH 2016 DEBT £25750/ £25035
    EST DFD JAN 2021 (that needs to change)
    NOW JAN 2019 (that still needs to change)
  • REDMADCURLS
    REDMADCURLS Posts: 3,766 Forumite
    Oh Gourmet Burger is yum - where did you get the voucher,as it is one of the few places that do vouchers that have an outlet here (but what's the betting it excludes NI)
    LBM Feb 2010 £62,700 Total Debt Jan 11 [STRIKE]£49,403.84[/STRIKE] £47,530.32.
    (CC/LOAN = [STRIKE]36,378.98[/STRIKE] 35668.47. O/D = [STRIKE]1255.32[/STRIKE] 1212.35/[STRIKE]1999.78[/STRIKE] 1934.52, BUS = [STRIKE]9769.76[/STRIKE] 8714.98)
    Challenge = Debt at 31/01/12 = £25k. 2011 Payments = £1,944.19/£24,403.84

    There is no point in negative thought, it takes up time and energy which could be used in a positive, happy way!
  • Herewego
    Herewego Posts: 2,541 Forumite
    I just googled it but I think you may be right small print said mainland uk only. Never been before so cant wait now
    MARCH 2016 DEBT £25750/ £25035
    EST DFD JAN 2021 (that needs to change)
    NOW JAN 2019 (that still needs to change)
  • Herewego
    Herewego Posts: 2,541 Forumite
    Food was very good even better DH paid, and film was good except for a poorly behaved little girl and even worse mother sitting behind us.
    MSE news forgot I had a letter from mortgage company telling us our old rate comes to an end at the end of the month 4.79% and we will be on .75 above base form September, this will mean quite a drop in repayments but my thinking is just keep overpaying its all debt.
    May have a look to see if its better to use the extra against debt to get rid of the high interest cards then kill the mortage off thats a nice job for tomorrow.
    MARCH 2016 DEBT £25750/ £25035
    EST DFD JAN 2021 (that needs to change)
    NOW JAN 2019 (that still needs to change)
  • Woowoo
    Woowoo Posts: 4,603 Forumite
    Good news with the mortgage payments decreasing, a day looking at spreadsheets then? Happy days :)
    LBM Aug 09: £18,650.47 - Current: £12,854.93 (£5946.79)

    Barclays: £2,928.34 Lloyds: £2,499.60
    MBNA: £3,788.99 Overdraft: £1,900.00 Mum: £1,738.00

    Surveys: £6.60/£40.00
  • REDMADCURLS
    REDMADCURLS Posts: 3,766 Forumite
    That's great news re mortgage - I am interest only at the moment in an attempt to get rid of this blasted debt and I do worry about it!
    LBM Feb 2010 £62,700 Total Debt Jan 11 [STRIKE]£49,403.84[/STRIKE] £47,530.32.
    (CC/LOAN = [STRIKE]36,378.98[/STRIKE] 35668.47. O/D = [STRIKE]1255.32[/STRIKE] 1212.35/[STRIKE]1999.78[/STRIKE] 1934.52, BUS = [STRIKE]9769.76[/STRIKE] 8714.98)
    Challenge = Debt at 31/01/12 = £25k. 2011 Payments = £1,944.19/£24,403.84

    There is no point in negative thought, it takes up time and energy which could be used in a positive, happy way!
  • Herewego
    Herewego Posts: 2,541 Forumite
    I have spent the last hour playing with spreasheets and to my surprise if I use the extra money I was going to put to overpaying my mortgage to my debt there is a chance I can clear the cards by dec 2012. Then increase the mortgage when debt it gone and I think I can knock another 6 months of my mortgage. This would give me a mortgage free date of June 2015.
    The question now is can I keep this up for 5 more years :cool: I have tried to explain this to DH and he is not convinced thinks we should overpay the mortgage while on low interest, so a little bit of work to be done there. Anyhow I move the money around hopefully he will be pleased when he sees the results.
    Hope everyone is well the sun is shining so I think I will go for a walk in the country have a great day all.
    MARCH 2016 DEBT £25750/ £25035
    EST DFD JAN 2021 (that needs to change)
    NOW JAN 2019 (that still needs to change)
  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    What a lovely choice to have...I'd use it to pay the higher interest debt off first and then throw every penny at the mortgage.
  • Aspiration
    Aspiration Posts: 532 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    That kind of news doesn't come along often about the mortgage, go for it and i bet you'll be more focused as you'll be paying the same money monthly but the bottom line debt will be reducing pretty quick!!!!
    April 2020 - £102,222 Loans/CC’s.

    Jan 2022 - £0
    Cleared - £102,222

    Jan 2022 - Now time to build suitable investments and a business!
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