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All the small things - tell me what you have done to be MF today
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Arranged with work to send all my Xmas cards (at least those not hand-deliverable) via their Post desk. I paid the total cost into Petty Cash. Franking machine charges are lower than buying stamps
1st Class Stamp 46p
1st Class Frank 39p
2nd Class Stamp 36p
2nd Class Frank 28p0 -
Used say no to 0870 website twice today - great for 0845s etc too.
Filled out ISA transfer and halifax reward a/c paperworkDebt at highest: £8k. Debt Free 31/12/2009. Original MFD May 2036, MF Dec 2018.0 -
Today I have
- Redeemed a £20 Amazon voucher from Myvoice surveys
- Received a £5 Amazon voucher from Swagbucks
- Withdrew £8.24 from Paypal from some daily clicks cashback
- Sold some surplus Euros from trip to Germany last week to someone at work and put the £'s into savings
- Tea from freezer
- Prepared packed lunch for tomorrow
- Sent off an old, broken mobile to Fonebank, the highest payer, for £21 cashback
Over the weekend I -
- Chopped up a load of wood for my mum & dad's log fire; love free heat
- Got some cakes off my mum to bring home with me#39 - Save £12k in 20250 -
So far today:
Redeemed from Max1miles 2x adult entry to Cineworld Cinema voucher
1 Argos Voucher from S&S for mobile phone top-up.It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand. ~ Brian Stimpson, Clockwise0 -
- £40.00 0nep0ll payment received & sent to MFW pot
- £10 M&S voucher from VO spent on half-price chocs for Christmas pressie so decided to send the original price of £20 to MFW pot
- Union subs not payable this month so sent to MFW pot
- £8 Co-op dividends received & will send equivalent to MFW pot (thanks for reminding me about this katsu
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'A watched potato will never chit'...0 -
* walked to Mr A instead of driving to a supermarket
* got lots of yellow sticky veg etc and some packs of couscous for stashing at work as cheaper lunches
* scanned in shopping on my return
* redeemed an amazon voucher from toluna and used it to order a second hand book, rather than getting new
* did some online compsDebt at highest: £8k. Debt Free 31/12/2009. Original MFD May 2036, MF Dec 2018.0 -
* spent ages looking for an amazon sale - fees were more than the book so I am only getting the postage credit
Luckily I had some spare LL stamps!
* used a first class stamp to post application to FD to try and get my MSE referral done in timeDebt at highest: £8k. Debt Free 31/12/2009. Original MFD May 2036, MF Dec 2018.0 -
Also got a coupon from the innocent facebook game - £1 off tasty drinkDebt at highest: £8k. Debt Free 31/12/2009. Original MFD May 2036, MF Dec 2018.0
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Last few days:
£2.50 MoC for Farm foods
£5.00 Cheque redeemed for on-line survey
Loads of broken up pallets for the open fire.It's not the despair, Laura. I can take the despair. It's the hope I can't stand. ~ Brian Stimpson, Clockwise0 -
Well, I bought a gadget today, and shopped around, found it cheap on ebay, rang the company i was going to buy it from, and then managed to get them to price match - thus £20 saved in 10 minutes. Bravo.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 - 20370
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