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Gallygirl's "A journey of 121,226.67 pounds begins with a single penny" diary

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  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Decluttering continues. 38 items on ebay, 3selling :T. Now moved onto cheese and biscuits. It's going very well :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"
  • Secret_Saving_Squirrel
    Secret_Saving_Squirrel Posts: 4,138 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    It all sounds very exciting. I hope we can do something similar in 2015. We have never had a footloose and fancy free time and we are a bit scared of it..!
    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
  • AlexLK
    AlexLK Posts: 6,125 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Is the plan to stay out there for long or just something different for a couple of years?


    As for being careful what you wish for, I spent every summer holiday in my teens wanting nothing more than to get out of the "middle of nowhere". My school friends all seemed to live in places where things actually happened. What I failed to realise they also had no real space of their own.
    2018 totals:
    Savings £11,200
    Mortgage Overpayments £5,500
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    gallygirl wrote: »
    Any time MWC :T.

    :j
    gallygirl wrote: »
    You lot don't let the grass grow under your feet, do you :rotfl:.

    Nope, packed already :rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    AlexLK wrote: »
    Is the plan to stay out there for long or just something different for a couple of years?

    This is a temporary stop on our way to Spain - going the scenic route :D. We're committing for a few years - may do longer or bail out if we hate it.

    I believe they have nice pen shops if you fancy a visit :rotfl:.

    Been looking at rental properties on line - some nice ones available if we were moving now, seems to be a reasonable stream of new ones coming on board so hopefully will be a few to meet my stringent criteria :D.

    Edit: Cheese decluttering complete _pale_.
    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"
  • AlexLK
    AlexLK Posts: 6,125 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    ...and I thought the role of other MSE posters was to guide the irresponsible away from their financial vices?
    2018 totals:
    Savings £11,200
    Mortgage Overpayments £5,500
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    AlexLK wrote: »
    ...and I thought the role of other MSE posters was to guide the irresponsible away from their financial vices?
    Just testing your resolve Alex, testing your resolve :rotfl:.

    Too much cheese = no sleep, not bad dreams :o.
    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"
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Ah! I saw that timestamp as I was clicking on the thread - now I understand, its entirely self inflicted! Excitement too, of course :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Radish72
    Radish72 Posts: 2,075 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    The BF and I were discussing goals for 2015 and one of them was an awesome holiday, so can I join the queue of visitors and I'm sure you had a resolution a while back to meet more MSE people in real life :)

    Have a fab 2015, which I'm sure you will
    Mortgage Aug 12 £165K, Aug 19 £0
    ISA challenge start 2019 £3000/£1500 (50%)
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Actually, I think I'd better put my bid in too :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: maybe you can have a group of us all at once, and we can sleep in a dormitory-tent :D
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
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