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June 2010, 80 payments to go............

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  • tootallulah
    tootallulah Posts: 2,197 Forumite
    I love those tights - on the slim and under 23! Have achieved very little today, and need to get up and at them in the morning. One week to pay day and the mortgage hokey cokey/hoop la.
  • Habibiboo
    Habibiboo Posts: 1,582 Forumite
    Tahlullah wrote: »
    Good news on the decision front Toots. Hopefully, you can enjoy your garden during your retirement, something you can't do if you are still working and buying more property.

    What sort of dogs are you after? I can recommend cats!

    :wave:

    Oooh, can we start a thread poll Toots?

    Firmly in the dog camp here! Anything with poodle in it gets my vote! dog.gif
    Stash busting 2014 45 / 60 (balls of yarn)!
    2014 Sealed Pot #2136 ?/£500
    House: Decluttering 322 / 365
    Original mortgage [STRIKE]£149,000[/STRIKE][STRIKE]£117,750[/STRIKE];[STRIKE]£112,500[/STRIKE] MFW 2014#69 GOAL 1: [STRIKE]£109 K April[/STRIKE] ;) GOAL 2: [STRIKE]£103 K by Sept[/STRIKE] ;) GOAL 3: < £100k by end of 2014 MF goal: Nov 2020 - 4 years early
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    A small and bouncy Jack Russell :j. Or one like THIS :rotfl:
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • tootallulah
    tootallulah Posts: 2,197 Forumite
    I support the truly amazing Greyhound Gap so my dog will probably be a whippet and will definitely come from them. Raining here so with no more ado I am off to cut out and make two summer dresses. In an almost unknown move I have £450 left in the bank so today I have made an overpayment of £250.
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    edited 24 May 2014 at 8:38AM
    Aw they are such pretty little dogs :T

    ETA: Juts looked at their website. I want Barley, though he's bigger than you want :(
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • Habibiboo
    Habibiboo Posts: 1,582 Forumite
    edited 25 May 2014 at 2:38PM
    tootallulah wrote: »
    I support the truly amazing Greyhound Gap so my dog will probably be a whippet and will definitely come from them. Raining here so with no more ado I am off to cut out and make two summer dresses. In an almost unknown move I have £450 left in the bank so today I have made an overpayment of £250.

    :wave:

    Oooh, added it to my list ... I usually lurk around the Poodles In Need website (there are at least two on my current "I want to give it a forever home" list) but I have a real soft spot for lurchers, as I'm sure our boy (meant to be a collie x poodle) is a lurcher in a collie coat (he actually looks the same as the cutie Battersea are using in their current ad campaign, also seen on 2nd image here)

    I'm with Gally Girl, Barley is fantastic! * :wave: to GG *

    Well done on the OP Toots, you know, having recently read all of your thread your change of mindset and determination with the task in hand is now so evident. Right at the start of your journey you put in things like "£x left to spend" now you're straight in there with an OP as soon as there's spare cash! Good on you!
    I hope that comes across in the spirit intended, it's not meant to be patronising or snarky, I just admire the way you've really changed old habits to get those pennies working for you, is all ... sometimes the true spirit and expression isn't easy to get across in text when commenting, so I hope you'll understand where I'm coming from x
    Stash busting 2014 45 / 60 (balls of yarn)!
    2014 Sealed Pot #2136 ?/£500
    House: Decluttering 322 / 365
    Original mortgage [STRIKE]£149,000[/STRIKE][STRIKE]£117,750[/STRIKE];[STRIKE]£112,500[/STRIKE] MFW 2014#69 GOAL 1: [STRIKE]£109 K April[/STRIKE] ;) GOAL 2: [STRIKE]£103 K by Sept[/STRIKE] ;) GOAL 3: < £100k by end of 2014 MF goal: Nov 2020 - 4 years early
  • tootallulah
    tootallulah Posts: 2,197 Forumite
    Hi All, yes Barley is a beauty the Saluki crosses are always pretty. I doubt he will be around for long. I hope to get a dog in the autumn so it will depend who is around at that time I am slightly loving Buddy the Staffie..........................

    HBBBO of course i don't mind your comment it is SO true. I have been fortunate to earn a very good wage in recent years and I am queen of it trickling though my fingers. I am trying to be different now in readiness for living on a lot less money when I start taking my pension. And I am hoping to put off taking my pension for as long as possible, my current take up date is the 1st October I am trying to get enough work to put it off for at least another couple of months. No Spending `Day yesterday and hopefully the same today.
  • tootallulah
    tootallulah Posts: 2,197 Forumite
    Looking at Gap's pages I mean Dude not Buddy, senior moment. Sadly as he is a Staffie there is every chance he WILL still be there in September.
  • tootallulah
    tootallulah Posts: 2,197 Forumite
    Oh dear Poodles in Need - HBBBO I blame you!
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    tootallulah wrote: »
    Oh dear Poodles in Need - HBBBO I blame you!
    How about these ones :D. Including Tilly, reserved :eek:. Now, our Tilly may be many things, but reserved she ain't :rotfl:.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
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