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  • CathT
    CathT Posts: 7,133 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Just had a mammoth catch up of your diary, well done on the job! I was reading the posts so quickly to find out!!

    Lily pad fund is growing brilliantly and it's lovely to have you back posting regularly.
    June 2025 - part 1 - £19,145 part 2 - £21,973 Total - £41,118 29 months to go!
  • megela
    megela Posts: 755 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary
    Congratulations and well done on the new job:j
    Re-mortgaged 20/04/12 MTiT-T3 No.7
    Start balance £89611.10 + £22500 = £112111.10/Current balance £85436.53
    Original Mortgage Free Date April 2032
    Target Mortgage Free Date July 2022/Currently August 2029 (based on no offset)
    Total overpayments from 20/04/12: £8152.95
  • Froggy-G
    Froggy-G Posts: 2,145 Forumite
    Thanks all for your kind words.. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders.. I finished the negotiations for my salary and package late on Friday.. A very decent increase in salary and my expenses paid for the first few months will greatly help swell my LillyPad fund nicely..

    Talking about savings, my new regular saver with FD has been opened tonight and I can look forward to 6% interest in a year's time.. I will wait till next week to open a new ISA once the new rates have been published..

    I have thoroughly enjoyed my first few days off work.. So good to be able to catch up on lots things.. Spent some time in town today, had lunch with some friends..then pottered about.. The rest of the week looks very similar and I intend to make the most of it..

    Froggy :rotfl:
    Froggy's New Lillypad Fund
    Total so far: £ 10,009.77
  • Froggy-G
    Froggy-G Posts: 2,145 Forumite
    That's it, end of my holidays..and what a good week it was too.. Back to work tomorrow with a brand new challenge.. Can't wait to get stuck in and show them what I am made of :D

    Not much in money news.. I should be able to add to the pot towards the end of next week once I have reconciled all my accounts..

    Froggy
    Froggy's New Lillypad Fund
    Total so far: £ 10,009.77
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Good luck Froggy, hope it all goes well :T
    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"
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Best of luck for tomorrow, Froggy. :)
    Do you know anyone who's bereaved? Point them to https://www.AtaLoss.org which does for bereavement support what MSE does for financial services, providing links to support organisations relevant to the circumstances of the loss & the local area. (Link permitted by forum team)
    Tyre performance in the wet deteriorates rapidly below about 3mm tread - change yours when they get dangerous, not just when they are nearly illegal (1.6mm).
    Oh, and wear your seatbelt. My kids are only alive because they were wearing theirs when somebody else was driving in wet weather with worn tyres.     :)
  • Secret_Saving_Squirrel
    Secret_Saving_Squirrel Posts: 4,138 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Good luck!
    Paid off mortgage nine years early in 2013. Now picking and choosing our work to fit in with the rest of our lives!
    Still thrifty though, after all these years:D
  • teapot2
    teapot2 Posts: 3,546 Forumite
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    All the best with the new job - hope you enjoy and :jto increased salary
  • Lois_E
    Lois_E Posts: 2,227 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Thinking of you at your new job today. :)
    Starting again 13/4/19
    Home loan 1: £21,102.50 Home loan 2: £7,698.99
    Total owed: £28,801.49
  • Froggy-G
    Froggy-G Posts: 2,145 Forumite
    Great first day in the new job.. Long May it continue.. It was really busy and did not see the time go by at all..

    Froggy :D
    Froggy's New Lillypad Fund
    Total so far: £ 10,009.77
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