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All the small things - tell me what you have done to be MF today

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  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    O. M. G.

    That's MF dedication if ever I heard it!

    I hope you've had a nice long lie down in a dark room after that terrible ordeal :eek:

    Don't feel too sorry for her - it wasn't big enough :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"
  • laurasavon
    laurasavon Posts: 475 Forumite
    I've had another clear out today so have quite a bit for a car boot now - just need to get round to actually doing a car boot now!

    Does anyone know if there is a Phoenix Trading board on here, I found an old start kit which I don't really want to throw away?
    Jan 2010 - Overdraft £9,500 / Credit Cards £5,000 / Loan £9,500 / Mortgage £128,000
    Jun 2010 - Overdraft £0 / Credit Card £0 / Loan £0 / Mortgage £125,250
    Oct 2011 - Overdraft £7,000 :mad: / Mortgage £115,295
    Dec 2014 - Overdrafts 15,000 / Credit Cards 16,000 / Loans 25,000 / Cars 18,000 / Mortgages 232,500
  • Lois_E
    Lois_E Posts: 2,227 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    edited 7 August 2011 at 8:19PM
    I've persuaded DS that he's old enough to have a go at swallowing tablets, and he found it really easy. Great - a pack of supermarket's own paracetamol tablets will be so much cheaper than a bottle of calpol in future. I find myself wondering why children's paracetamol or ibuprofen syrup bottles or sachets usually only give doses up to age 9, but adult tablets say don't give to children under 12. Just what are you supposed to do with children of 10 or 11? (Half the adult dose seemed to agree with the syrup dose for a 9-year-old, and he's older than that, so that's what I let him have.)
    Starting again 13/4/19
    Home loan 1: £21,102.50 Home loan 2: £7,698.99
    Total owed: £28,801.49
  • katsu
    katsu Posts: 5,023 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    I went to Mr T for some shopping and when my extra points coupon didn't scan I waited for the supervisor to come instead of giving up (like I'm sure they wanted me to do). Only 25 points but I have previously rarely used them and I figured I deserved the few pence it would amount to.

    So, I used 2x 25 points coupons today on my spending. I also got only the stuff on my list (... and a pair of half price trousers...).

    I have also done some decluttering but I don't think I can ebay old paperwork :rotfl:
    Debt at highest: £8k. Debt Free 31/12/2009. Original MFD May 2036, MF Dec 2018.
  • usa1
    usa1 Posts: 538 Forumite
    Hi

    Not so good over the last few days;

    50p off MoS
    2x Swag bucks $5.00
    1x £5.00 Iceland Voucher from Media type survey
    £1.00 ramdon childcare voucher payment.
    Found 1p in the kids playground - Yaay living the dream.

    On a better note, I might have some short term international student bookings for September, subject to the usual CRB clearance....
    It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand. ~ Brian Stimpson, Clockwise
  • misscousinitt
    misscousinitt Posts: 3,655 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee!
    Must get back into the habit of posting on here as it keeps me focused:

    Todays offering:

    * Pack ups for DH and me.
    * Dinner from mealplan.
    * 50ps in Penguin Pot - need to count up again as I've lost track again (job for this evening)
    * need to submit monthly gas and electric readings today too (job for this evening)

    Have a good day all.
    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)
  • Today:
    Went shopping; used my double rewards points.
    Bought everything on special offer - washing up liquid, shampoo, sun tan lotion etc.

    Simple but effective.
    Feb 2012 - onwards MF achieved
    September 2016 - Back into clearing a mortgage - Was due to be paid off in 32 years in March 2047 -
    April 2018 down to 28.00 months vs 30.04 months at normal payment.
    Predicted mortgage clearing 03/2047 - now looking at 02/2045

    Aims: 1) To pay off mortgage within 20 years - 2037
  • Hurdler
    Hurdler Posts: 1,361 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    edited 8 August 2011 at 7:13PM
    well not quite a NSD day as I had to go into town at lunchtime to pick up my boots (now repaired and saving me the cost of buying a new pair for work)...
    I did make myself a Breville toastie before I went so that I wouldn't be tempted to pick something up in town.
    However - I bought myself a replacement pedometer (I thought my old stalwart needed a new battery and spent £8.50 on one, only to find that it was the pedometer itself totally on the blink).
    Just did my reebok step session and now going to make the most of a day of working at home to make a decent stir-fry.

    I'm laying out all my gym-stuff on the bed and heading to the Watford office tomorrow - rather than come home and probably talk myself OUT of the gym, I am going to have my stuff in the car and go straight there from work. Rather than cut down on things like Gym membership, I am actually going to make a point of going more. They're probably going to think I am training for 2012!!!

    Although tomorrow won't be an NSD, I am going to take in cut up apples, some mixed nuts and a nana so that I resist the urge to visit the vending machine. And I am going to avoid starbucks at lunch, and only use the free coffee in the office.

    Edit: actually ended up making a MAHUSIVE stir-fry so leftovers are for tomorrow when I get back from the gym so I don't have to cook!!!
    • Mortgage @ March 2008: £194,965 ; Lightbulb Moment: July 2011: £164,926; End Date: March 2033
    • MORTGAGE FREE: September 2015
    • MSE 1p Savings Challenge 2024 #50: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec = £223.84/£671.61
  • fishfins
    fishfins Posts: 162 Forumite
    This is my first post on this thread but I'm hoping to keep it up to encourage me to try harder!

    Today I:

    - joined dooyoo and wrote 2 reviews
    - put a receipt into the Asda price guarantee website and got a voucher for £3.95 which I'll use tomorrow
    - got paid £2.02 for a bottle of hair stuff I put up on ebay
  • RosieTiger
    RosieTiger Posts: 863 Forumite
    Sadly, having to watch the value of our shares drop like a stone sending us backwards!!!
    RosieTiger - Highest £242,000 Feb 2004 :mad:
    Lightbulb Dec 2008 £146,000 by March 2026:eek:
    MFi3T2 and T3 No 28 - Dec 2009 Start Balance £117,000
    Current Position-Fully off set by savings since March 2013
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