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Pay off mortgage and start having fun!

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  • ajmoney
    ajmoney Posts: 6,466 Forumite
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    Hi newgirly, how are you? Finally managing to check other people's threads and hope to be around a bit more.
    MFW 2025 No. 7 £1130/£1200
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  • yukkibear
    yukkibear Posts: 5,556 Forumite
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    Wow you've been having a busy but exciting few weeks. Looking forward to reading the bucket list.
  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,806 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Rampant Recycler Hung up my suit!
    I've just had to google Who Shop

    As it was in Upton Park, I was thinking it might have been West Ham Outlet!:rotfl:

    Never realised there was a Dr Who museum, it's gone on my list of things to do...... It's a very long list!

    I also started a provisional bucket list, but there's enough on there for two lifetimes:cool:
    Early retired - 18th December 2014
    If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,252 Forumite
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    My house is a similar shocking hell hole...
  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,349 Forumite
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    ajmoney wrote: »
    Hi newgirly, how are you? Finally managing to check other people's threads and hope to be around a bit more.
    Hi aj, great to see you again hope you are well , I shall pop in your diary :)
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,349 Forumite
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    ajmoney wrote: »
    Hi newgirly, how are you? Finally managing to check other people's threads and hope to be around a bit more.
    Hi aj, great to see you again hope you are well , I shall pop in your diary :)

    Oh dear, it appears after 4 years I still can't mutil quote :rotfl:

    Hi yukkibear hope all is well with you :D

    Hi goldiegirl, it's worth a trip if you are nearby, but the museum is one room in the back of the shop ;) hope the list is going well, I've finished writing mine but dd says lots of it is a bit " lame" :rotfl: so might change a few of the lazy ideas I put down just to get to 40!

    Could you do a provisional list of a few bigger things and lots of little things to do and then try and achieve it in a year or two and then start again? Putting down everything at once might be a bit overwhelming (not to mention expensive when it involves lots of travel like I want mine to?)

    Hi alchem , Best of luck cleaning yours up :)
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,349 Forumite
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    I had a really lovely day yesterday, went to the country park with two friends and their 3 little boys and then back to mine for lunch and the boys went in the hot tub and then played on the Wii with my 14 year old ds2 who was fantastic with them , followed by a nice swim at the gym, a proper happy summers day outside :D

    Today was supposed to be long lie in day , the first opportunity in ages but dd has just rung me by accident from work, so it's up early to start the ironing In a minute, I shall get my revenge another day :p

    No much to report financially, spent about £20 on lunch yesterday and about £30 on oyster top ups and museum entrance on weds, I'm out tonight round my friends house who is feeding us ( the ones who came yesterday) so I will just take wine.

    The cupboards are full , but with beans/pulses casserole mixes from Af , I should spend a bit of time cooking and used some up really, I might take a look in my 'a girl called jack" cookbook, there are tons of super cheap ideas.
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,349 Forumite
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    Ok thought it's time to finalise the bucket list!

    1).Go on a cruise
    2).Holiday with extended family
    3).Sew a patchwork blanket
    4).Grow runner beans
    5).Read 40 books
    6).Go to a Xmas carol concert at the Albert hall
    7).Eat chips on a pier
    8).Go on the dodgems
    9).Write a poem
    10).Watch a movie outdoors
    11).Join twitter
    12).Go on a bike ride
    13).Make Xmas tree decorations
    14).Build a sandcastle
    15). Make bunting
    16).Watch 40 of imbd's top 250 films of all time
    17).lose 2 Stones
    18).Visit a Xmas market
    19).Sell something on ebay
    20).Have and afternoon tea
    21).Host an afternoon tea
    22).Make my own wine
    23).Do a puzzle
    24).Go for a walk in the rain
    25).Go to a casino
    26).Bake a birthday cake
    27).Play an Xbox game
    28).Go down a waterslide
    29).Go to a prom
    30).See the oxford street Xmas lights
    31).Visit the IMAX
    32).Visit the national gallery
    33).Take dh on a surprise night away
    34).Go for a picnic
    35).Learn to play chess
    36).See Michael buble
    37).Host a Halloween do
    38).Rollerskate
    39).Cook a Xmas dinner
    40).Pay £27,000 off the mortgage
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • CathT
    CathT Posts: 7,133 Forumite
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    Love your bucket list, it will create lots of memories.
    June 2025 - part 1 - £19,145 part 2 - £21,973 Total - £41,118 29 months to go!
  • CathT
    CathT Posts: 7,133 Forumite
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    I could never understand multiquote NG. Click on icon with 2 speech bubbles on posts you want to quote, on last one clock quote on that post.
    So if you were quoting 2, speech bubbles on first and 'quote' on 2nd.
    June 2025 - part 1 - £19,145 part 2 - £21,973 Total - £41,118 29 months to go!
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