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D'oh! Better get started... I wanna be Mortgage Free!!

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  • misscousinitt
    misscousinitt Posts: 3,655 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee!
    Fingers crossed for the interview Froggy.

    Best of Luck.
    Mortgage Free x 1 03.11.2012 - House rented out Feb 2016
    Mortgage No 2: £82, 595.61 (31.08.2019)
    OP's to Date £8500

    Renovation Fund:£511.39;
    Nectar Points Balance: approx £30 (31.08.2019)
  • SAHMto2boys
    SAHMto2boys Posts: 181 Forumite
    Fingers crossed here too! You'll ace it I'm sure!

    Good Luck
    Trying to do one positive thing (however how small) per day to be mortgage free/reduced and be frugal but still enjoy life!
    Debt LBM Feb 2010 = £7841.97/ now £0, MFW 2011 = £9k in savings
    MFW target 2012 to save £11,000 for Over Payments/fill ISA's and reduce lots of things - outgoings, alcohol, waste, weight
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Froggy-G wrote: »
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    Just heard from the agency, and I have got an interview on Friday afternoon for the job I really really really really really really really really really really want!!!
    It would be a massive pay rise, an easier & cheaper commute too!!

    Please start lighting all your candles & keep your fingers crossed for me....

    Froggy :cool:


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    Ooooohhhh Froggy, good luck!!!!

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    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"
  • Oh thats great Froggy. Will be keeping mine crossed, be sure to tell us how it goes!

    Mortgage free - 01/05/2019, mortgage high £200k 2011
  • wynnvegas
    wynnvegas Posts: 1,377 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Ola Froggy,

    That's brilliant. Not before time. Hope you'll be working your notice this time next week...

    Cheers,

    Billy
    Mortgage Free: 28/10/2010
    Time / Interest Saved: 18.5 years / £61,866.50
  • Hey froggy
    fab news on the interview!! great news!! fingers crossed for a new job soon ;)
  • babyb06
    babyb06 Posts: 369 Forumite
    Good luck for the interview!! goodluck-goodluck-luck-clover-smiley-emoticon-000671-large.gif
    Mort at highest - June 2008 - £171,000 - Daily Int 5.9% = £27.64:eek:
    Offset Mort - Nov 2010 £150,299- Daily Int 3.75% = Nov £15.44
    Mortgage Jan 2012 - £136,000 - Daily Int 3.75% - £3.10
  • Froggy-G
    Froggy-G Posts: 2,145 Forumite
    Thanks for all your kind words & wishes everybody :A - Much appreciated.. I have spent the evening working on my interview and notes with my OH...:D
    wynnvegas wrote: »
    Ola Froggy,

    That's brilliant. Not before time. Hope you'll be working your notice this time next week...

    Cheers,

    Billy

    Billy!

    I hope your prediction comes through and that I will be working my notice by then..:rotfl:
    Any word of wisdom from an HR point of view? Any tips you could give me?

    Cheers
    Froggy :cool:
    Froggy's New Lillypad Fund
    Total so far: £ 10,009.77
  • wantabetterlife
    wantabetterlife Posts: 1,296 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    All the best for the interview froggy :D
    Credit card £4461.15Home mortgage £137117Buy to let mortgage £83,000
  • Best of luck Froggy!
    Mini Challenge - Halve 2nd Mortgage by Year End
    Starting: £10,000 Currently £8,142.62
    £3,142.62 to go!
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