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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
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    Mortgage_Reduction_Novice wrote: »
    Daughter home and money repaid - double winner!

    Hamster handed back still alive HSwheel.gif- triple winner :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"
  • Mortgage_Reduction_Novice
    Mortgage_Reduction_Novice Posts: 1,775 Forumite
    A hamster borrow/lend?! Always a risk that you'll get nothing back or... worse a pregnant hamster back!!! A friend of a friend story!
    MFW: Nov 2008 £156k, Jun 2015 £129k, Jun 2017 £114k.
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    £4,426 left

    £25 OP made, but interest added. Now £4,402 :D.
    Mortgage_Reduction_Novice wrote: »
    A hamster borrow/lend?! Always a risk that you'll get nothing back or... worse a pregnant hamster back!!! A friend of a friend story!

    :eek::eek::eek: None of those shenanigans in this house :eek::eek::eek: (though I did find a mouse in the shed :cool:)
    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"
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Please don't tell me your DD now has a genetically modified hamster handed back ::rotfl::rotfl:
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • Mortgage_Reduction_Novice
    Mortgage_Reduction_Novice Posts: 1,775 Forumite
    gallygirl wrote: »
    :eek::eek::eek: None of those shenanigans in this house :eek::eek::eek:

    Reminds me of the time a family friend stayed at my parents house. In the morning he said he'd had a bad nights sleep and was "tossing and turning all night"
    My mum span round from the scrambled eggs she was stirring and dead pan said "We just turn in this house"

    I nearly spat my orange juice out!
    MFW: Nov 2008 £156k, Jun 2015 £129k, Jun 2017 £114k.
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Note to self - don't scratch inside of nose with tip of finger you crushed chillies with :eek:.

    Payday tomorrow :T.

    Quidco payment of over £110 on its' way. Including £50 from a year ago, funny that, coming a few days after I chased it again :rotfl:.

    Fence finally fixed today, and most of fascia treated - 3 coats and needs more :eek:. Had a good chat with the guy doing it for me. Unfortunately he is a roofer/qualified electrician/can do fence posts/tile/remove and replace radiators/plaster/fit sinks. You name it basically. I say unfortunately as whenever I have an 'idea' and say 'can you' he invariably says yes :rotfl:. So, in the next few weeks he will be:
    • fitting the new lights I bought a while back
    • replacing the 2 grotty radiators in the toilet and bathroom with shiny chrome ladder ones
    • having replastered the walls behind
    • then coming back to take off to let me paint behind (I don't have the right kind of valves to guarantee they won't leak if he just takes off) then put back on
    • removing the few tiles in the toilet
    • retiling with yet to be purchased bargains
    • lifting carpet and tiling floor with leftover tiles from kitchen
    • removing sink and replacing with very small vanity unit, complete with sink, tap and waste, about to be purchased from ebay for £80. 100% feedback, including some on what I am buying.
    • fitting new yet to be purchased toilet roll holder (oops, didn't tell him that :rotfl:)
    Oops :o. In my defence, if I'm going to be here for the next 4 years I want a nice loo and bathroom and this is as cheap a compromise as I can get :D. And I already have the paint :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"
  • Mortgage_Reduction_Novice
    Mortgage_Reduction_Novice Posts: 1,775 Forumite
    gallygirl wrote: »
    Note to self - don't scratch inside of nose with tip of finger you crushed chillies with :eek:.

    Ouchy!
    gallygirl wrote: »
    • fitting the new lights I bought a while back
    • replacing the 2 grotty radiators in the toilet and bathroom with shiny chrome ladder ones
    • having replastered the walls behind
    • then coming back to take off to let me paint behind (I don't have the right kind of valves to guarantee they won't leak if he just takes off) then put back on
    • removing the few tiles in the toilet
    • retiling with yet to be purchased bargains
    • lifting carpet and tiling floor with leftover tiles from kitchen
    • removing sink and replacing with very small vanity unit, complete with sink, tap and waste, about to be purchased from ebay for £80. 100% feedback, including some on what I am buying.
    • fitting new yet to be purchased toilet roll holder (oops, didn't tell him that :rotfl:)

    Sounds like a proper MSE spruce up to me!
    MFW: Nov 2008 £156k, Jun 2015 £129k, Jun 2017 £114k.
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    MRN, you made me roar with laughter, thank you :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    GG, don't take contact lenses with chilli fingers either :T

    Tilly x x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Luckily I don't wear them. My eyes 'are not the right shape' :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"
  • ammonite
    ammonite Posts: 1,429 Forumite
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    Great on the Quidco front, I'm due about £4 - all helps mind :D

    Sounds like a good bit of work to be getting on with in your house, I think that will sound like us in a few weeks time :)
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