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To do list, (a work in progress!)
- Fill in FD current account application and post
- Ring doctors
- Find out DH holiday entitlement
- Find all my 'to do' lists off back of envelopes/scrap paper!
- Sort out paperwork pile for mortgage
- Ring FD re: the above
- Pay CC bill when DH gets paid tomorrow
- Ensure DH chases up missing pay and checks this weeks is correct
- List some items for sale on ebay/fb selling page
- Get forms to enrol DD at nursery
- Look at work pension stuff and work out what I need to do with it
Nov 2025 - part 1 - £13,878 part 2 - £20,953 Total - £34,832 24 months to go!0 -
Well done Cath, great news :beer:A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
Mortgage Balance = £0
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Well done on the new job Cath, that's great news :T Good that you found out straight away and the £4k will come in handy!0
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Well done on the new job thats a great start to the year especially with the increase in pay:j0
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Congrats Cath...i knew that you would end up with the perfect job....well done, is the extra 4k because you are going back full time instead of 30 hours?
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Yay! Glad to hear they recognised what a great person you would be for the job, Cath. We MFWs knew that already, of course.
Starting again 13/4/19Home loan 1: £21,102.50 Home loan 2: £7,698.99Total owed: £28,801.49
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Thanks everyone, payrise is due to increased hours and enhanced hours will improve due to doing 8.5 hour shifts instead of 6. My take home pay should be a 60% increase on my maternity pay - i'm rich!! :rotfl:Nov 2025 - part 1 - £13,878 part 2 - £20,953 Total - £34,832 24 months to go!0
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Congratulations! I am so pleased for you. just hope now that you can take as much mat leave as you want - can't really see why not?!15/5/12 Paid off Mortgage 1 (£220k) Bought Dream House:www: Dec 13 - Mortage 2 -£116,508. 15/7/18 Mortgage Free Again :j
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Congrats on the Job Cath!
Mortgage free - 01/05/2019, mortgage high £200k 20110 -
No mention of me returning early, I'm back in 5 months which seems soon enough now we're this side of Christmas!
Another item sold for £20 and cashed in £5 lotto ticket so have £25 to save or overpay. DH got paid £60 more than budgetted for aswell so having a pretty good day so far! Will pay that off CC I think.Nov 2025 - part 1 - £13,878 part 2 - £20,953 Total - £34,832 24 months to go!0
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