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

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  • tootallulah
    tootallulah Posts: 2,197 Forumite
    It is two weeks to pay day so I am going to tilly tidy every day just to make some payments. I am going to go down to the nearest £10, today it is £4.67 I will keep a running total for the next two weeks and see how it goes. Nice to be back in the UK but it is a bit chilly I hope that I didn't miss the summer!
  • Habibiboo
    Habibiboo Posts: 1,582 Forumite
    tootallulah wrote: »
    It is two weeks to pay day so I am going to tilly tidy every day just to make some payments. I am going to go down to the nearest £10, today it is £4.67 I will keep a running total for the next two weeks and see how it goes. Nice to be back in the UK but it is a bit chilly I hope that I didn't miss the summer!

    :wave:

    I think maybe you took the sunshine with you but forgot to bring it back!

    Glad all's well, but hope you get the chance for a bit of R & R soon! I'm counting down the days to the end of the month too, I don't know what it is with June, it just feels "stuck".

    Tilly tidies sound like a good idea, it'll be interesting to see what 2 weeks of that will bring ... are you still within your trial retirement income phase? If so, it'll be great to know you can still put a little by as needed even from your reduced pot! Good luck x
    Stash busting 2014 45 / 60 (balls of yarn)!
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  • tootallulah
    tootallulah Posts: 2,197 Forumite
    In total I have now tidied £14.87, if I did this every day for a month it would be significant so I am going to make it a daily thing, every little helps. Back at work for eight weeks from Monday not deep joy but the money will pay for the landscape gardening which starts today. I am half excited and half dreading it but hey ho two weeks of noise and turmoil for massive improvements will be worth it. So real retired life starts in September, I really do need to buy a car, anyone any view on a Fiat 500 versus a VW Up?
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    tootallulah wrote: »
    anyone any view on a Fiat 500 versus a VW Up?
    Yes. In my opinion, after weighing up technical info, specs, prices, reviews etc, the 500 is much cuter. Especially in cream with red and green stripes.

    Hope this helps :D.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
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  • tootallulah
    tootallulah Posts: 2,197 Forumite
    That was my thinking too GG, driving in the Italian flag feels good and lively.

    I have tidied over £32.76, I do realise I am late to the tidying up but it does look like the way forward once the big payment has been made at the beginning of the month.
    Back to work for eight weeks tomorrow, hey ho......
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,833 Forumite
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    Ohhhhhh - the 500, definitely! So cute!!! :D:D
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
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  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Who knew there were so many car experts on here :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"
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,833 Forumite
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    It comes in purple too - so a purple cute car - what's not to like?! :D


    I have actually bought a car before based on its colour......:p:o
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    greent wrote: »
    It comes in purple too - so a purple cute car - what's not to like?! :D


    I have actually bought a car before based on its colour......:p:o
    But even I would draw a line at THIS :rotfl:

    We can read you greent :D
    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
    They all seem the "buying houses by mistake" types too.
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