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Day 6 of shred done :j I couldn't drag myself out of bed this morning, too tired to do it then, so forced myself to get on with it tonight. Just off to mums now for tea and ds is making some pudsey cookies with her

£16.50 spent today on school photos
no other spends again though.
Not much planned so far for this weekend, apart from the usual shopping, cleaning and xfactoring
Mortgage Total: £49,992/ £75,000
2026 Mortgage Overpayments Pot £5790 -
Thankyou Tigz, I had seen some on tescos site but have finished ds now for xmas, he's got the Wii and thats more than enough, but thankyou for thinking of us

We went to mums and had fish and chips and then ds made cookies with mum and they were yummy
Just watched Take That on CIN, very very yummy 
Think we may go for a nice long walk tomorrow as long as it isn't raining.Mortgage Total: £49,992/ £75,000
2026 Mortgage Overpayments Pot £5790 -
Morning all
The plan for this weekend is as follows;- make a meal plan and then go to tescos and try to spend as little as possible, (think I did quite well with this this week)
- tidy and clean all through
- catch up on washing and ironing
- change the beds
- finish writing christmas cards
- check all banking
- go for a nice walk (free

) - clear inbox
- clean guinea pigs
- continue helping ds learn his songs for the xmas play
- do some more xmas shopping online
- do shred today and tomorrow
Mortgage Total: £49,992/ £75,000
2026 Mortgage Overpayments Pot £5790 -
my goodness - you're finishing writing your christmas cards already?!? wow!! I know where mine are, but that's about it, but have nearly finished buying the presents
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Thankyou Kittikins, I need to get them finished before December or theres no chance of me ever getting them done, I'm not quite sure what happens to December but it just disappears and nothing ever gets done

All surveys are now completed from my inbox, I am waiting for some points to be credited from one site and then I should be able to claim a voucher, am hoping it comes before the sales start
Postie has just delivered the Toy Story 3 that I pre-ordered for ds, so he is now happily curled up on the sofa with a blanket, letting me get some bits done on here and then we're off to tescos
Mortgage Total: £49,992/ £75,000
2026 Mortgage Overpayments Pot £5790 -
Have a good weekend! I am waiting to write my Christmas cards because I want to be able to put change of address details in each, to save duplicating work! But until I get an actual moving date, I can't get started.Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)0
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Yikes, just opened my mobile bill and its usually £25-£30, this month its £50 (because of that long call to sailorman), I forgot, I though it was his call but I called him back part way through as his signal went
Grr, never mind, its done now, will have to work it into the budget later :cool: Mortgage Total: £49,992/ £75,000
2026 Mortgage Overpayments Pot £5790 -
Did you ever get an update on on sailorman? I remember reading he'd taken you off his FB, schtoopid boy! You're worth better than him
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Hi Benben just wanted to thank you for the tip about the M&S diaries got mine today make absolutely lovely presents and so cheap. You are so organised I wish I was but I have now made a list of what I have got and what I need for presents still at least its a start.Moved to Denmark for FIRE by Aug 2025 “May your decisions reflect your hopes not your fears”
New diary aiming for fire https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6414795/mortgage-free-now-aiming-for-fire#latest0
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