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

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  • Good luck with the move!

    MWCx
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Karmacat
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    Off down the village tonight for the last time as residents :(.
    You're not staying in the same village :eek: in all the chat, I never realised that! :grouphug:
    Good luck with the move!

    MWCx
    From me too :)

    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • newgirly
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    All the best GG, hope it went smoothly :)
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • gallygirl
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    AlexLK wrote: »
    OK, it seems like you're moving all the time (though thinking back I'm sure once it was one of your children).

    ...Because I struggle to keep up so much, what are you doing with the house you're leaving? Has it sold or is it another to add to the GG property empire?

    We will do as a holiday let this summer then hopefully let long term.

    We are in - still some stuff to move but all important stuff in situ (though not necessarily the right situ :rotfl:). No internet, we haven't even ordered it yet :eek:, so in pub :D. Trouble is it was dark when we left the house so we couldn't see the sea :(. Poor us :rotfl:.
    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"
  • Hope all goes well GG. Love hearing the sea. xx
    Morgage till Nov 30 GOAL MFW Sept 2016
    Aug 11 - £100k Aug 2016.... It's GONE!!!!!
    2014 GOAL HIT 5 Stone! 2016 GOAL to be a MF marathon runner.
    "A goal without a plan is just a wish"
  • Karmacat
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    ... in pub :D. Trouble is it was dark when we left the house so we couldn't see the sea :(. Poor us :rotfl:.
    Such a hard life :D
    :j
    Glad you're there, glad you had the energy to *get* to the pub

    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • gallygirl
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    No option KC - internet not sorted so we HAVE to go to the pub 😱😱😱😱😭😱😱
    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!
    Must be hard simply NEEDING to go to the pub for the ... internet. :rotfl: Quite possibly the weakest excuse I've ever heard. ;)
    2018 totals:
    Savings £11,200
    Mortgage Overpayments £5,500
  • Ay up Gally - hope you are well :D

    I realise that you will be forcibly holed up in t'pub as I type, either by the demands of wi-fi access, or in serious support of the local soccer team :D So I hope that the drop o' red or GnT is going down smoothly for you :D

    I just wanted to let you know that I was thinking of you this weekend, and most especially wanted to give a big 'Leeza Ta-buck' stylee *BIG UP* to the orange growers of your adopted homeland :T. Al-diddly-dee have bags of oranges in their S6 this fortnight, a bag of 5,6 or 7 fruits for 59p. They are absolutely LUSH. All the bags I have bought thus far have 6 good sized fruit in them, the oranges have been sweet, juicy and tasted of orange (I know that sounds daft, but I also know that folk will know what i mean). And no, I dunna work for this particular supermercado - but like to give credit where credit is due :D

    A [STRIKE]lot[/STRIKE] little bit of sunshine has been brought into the Greying Homestead kitchen, and in a dank and dreary January, for that I am grateful :D If you have a 'Kiss an Orange Farmer Day' - or fiesta - I'll happily send mine virtually :kisses3: :D

    Greying x
    Pounds for Panes £7,305/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
     
    Grocery Spend August 2025 £182.09/£300 
    Non-food spend August 2025 £15.55/£50
    Bulk Fund August 2025 £0/£10 
  • Hope everything has gone well with the move GG...

    MCI x
    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)
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