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greent's mfw journey
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We have also moved some cash savings into premium bonds but obviously later than you - August will be our first draw. I am seriously considering clipping my own hair again. It is just getting to the slightly bushy stage with tufty bits on top of my ears!Save £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
My new diary is here5 -
oooo - Greent - I've suddenly discovered you have a diary! - and walked into the middle of a PSB conversation - lol
was wondering why broccoli cost that much! 🤣🤣🤣4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)(With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)New projection - 14 YEARS 10 MONTHS LEFT OF 20 YEARS (reduced by 15 mths)Psst...I may have started a diary!4 -
Hello rtandon! (Which my phone wants to 'correct' to Brandon...🤦♀️) - I know! - and thanks to f0xh0les expensive broccoli has now been mentioned on the ninja turtles thread! 😂😂😂
It's already mid- month here as far as any money stuff is concerned - all payments in and out have been done - just spending out on food, school uniform, the barbers and anything else which crops up to go now... Should get another OP made to BTL as we're not really spending, so should have some more spare money later in month and maybe a trickle of a wee bit here and there from any fb00k/ flebay sales (£25 transferred from flebay this morning) - c0vid life means even less is happening than before - and not much happened before! 😂
DS1 has been super mature and organised and arranged a move to a different shared student house so he will not be sharing with ex gf and ex friend (the new boyfriend was brought into the house by DS1 as they were friends. Thankfully with same landlord, so no hassles re getting out of his existing contract - landlord seems ok with it all. Means a trip to west Wales later this month to collect his things (left at house) and move to new house. Very proud of him for deciding that he wouldn't be able to deal with seeing them every day in his last year (important that he focuses - he either wants to do a post grad degree or a masters the following year) and organising the change of accom and only then coming to tell me about it 💚 It's only a couple.of streets away, so means he's still close to friends who live in that area. My boy is (almost!) a grown up!!I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £208 -
Aww, kudos to your DS1 - he's not prepared to cut his nose off to spite his face, good for him.**waves at RT**2023: the year I get to buy a car6
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No way can ds1 be going in to his final year...! It was only last week that dd went to uni, wasn't it??
NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!3 -
greent said:....a trickle of a wee bit
Well done to DS1 for making a very mature decision xMortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!6 -
Yep, trickle of wee read here too!DS is well rid of ex-G who would do that to him, and ex-friend as well. I hope they are very happy together. Rather now than in his final year anyway.Sorry for talking brassicas out of class.4/10/22One Year Mortgage Free Yay!
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******PROUD MEMBER OF THE TOFU EATING COALITION OF CHAOS !!!******5 -
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South_coast said:greent said:....a trickle of a wee bit
Well done to DS1 for making a very mature decision xf0xh0les said:Yep, trickle of wee read here too!DS is well rid of ex-G who would do that to him, and ex-friend as well. I hope they are very happy together. Rather now than in his final year anyway.Sorry for talking brassicas out of class.
naughty readers, lowering the tone of @greent's diary!Save £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
My new diary is here6 -
Sorry!Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!4
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