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

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  • Hurdler
    Hurdler Posts: 1,361 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    • No spend day Monday and Tuesday
    • Have put aside a definite £210 (half my monthly mortgage payment) aside for an overpayment this month.
    • 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
  • Today

    • £5 from Halifax Rewards
    • £8.14 from ebay
    • 5p roadkill
    Mortgage: @ Feb. 2007: £133,200; Apr. 2011: £24,373; May 2011: £175,999; Jun 2013: ~£97K; Mar. 2014 £392,212.73; Dec. 2015: £327,051.77; Mar. 2016: ~£480K; Mar. 2017 £444,445.74
  • linz
    linz Posts: 1,971 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Today:

    £5 Halifax rewards
    Pumped up car tyres to correct pressure for driving
    Bought some new kitchen pans from John Lewis using a voucher I had so cost less than £10 in total
    Got some whoopsied bread from Waitrose for freezer
    #39 - Save £12k in 2025
  • tattycath
    tattycath Posts: 7,175 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    I bought 2 lots of brocolli this morning-should have been 50pence each and were reduced to 15pence each. I have prepped these and put in freezer tonight. :)
    GE 36 *MFD may 2043
    MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
    Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
    2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
    Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
    Emergency savings £100/£500
    12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 13,915 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Did the forums fall over yesterday? I couldn't get my evening dose of MFW fun!

    Yesterday
    • £52 into OP Pot
    • £22 into Emergency Fund
    • NSD

    Today
    • £2 into OP Pot
    • £2 into Emergency Fund
    • NSD
  • Christi
    Christi Posts: 137 Forumite
    Today:
    • NSD - First one of the month so far. Need to get on top of this especially as I will be spending tomorrow and Sunday.
    • All meals from stores
    • Cashed out £5 amazon voucher on swagbucks and over half way to my next one already
    • Transferred £200 into my savings to put towards my next OP
    • Put all my change into a change counting jar - over £10 in there atm
    2015 Wins
    1st Win! - £50 Asda Gift Card
    2nd Win! - £25 Tesco Gift Card
  • Went for coffee yesterday and sales person forgot to charge me for my side of fruit so saved £2.50-going to the pot (dishonest as it was of me to keep quiet!).

    Also chased up refund I was due from antivirus which had automatically renewed-£60 refunded-also going in repayment pot.

    Bought bits and pieces to start off home made xmas pressies and started making 'arancello'-should be ready in about 2 weeks. Just got to find some nice looking cheap presentation bottles to bottle them up in-not sure where to get them from-anyone got any ideas?
    Credit cards: April 2009-£1800, 1 March 2010-£0 :j
    Car: June 2009-£500, March 2010-£200 September 2010-£0
    Mortgage-October 2009-£134, 290.64. February 2010=£133,854. January 2011-£131, 718.74
  • tattycath
    tattycath Posts: 7,175 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts
    Bought cooking oil on offer-saving of £2
    Paid an extra £10 off the mortgage
    took packed lunch to work-saving £2
    GE 36 *MFD may 2043
    MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
    Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
    2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
    Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
    Emergency savings £100/£500
    12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb
  • Today

    • a massive £95 refund for gas (more than my monthly payment for gas & elec.)
    • £26 from £co
    • a few surveys worth £2.50
    • and a 2p roadkill
    Mortgage: @ Feb. 2007: £133,200; Apr. 2011: £24,373; May 2011: £175,999; Jun 2013: ~£97K; Mar. 2014 £392,212.73; Dec. 2015: £327,051.77; Mar. 2016: ~£480K; Mar. 2017 £444,445.74
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 13,915 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Bought bits and pieces to start off home made xmas pressies and started making 'arancello'-should be ready in about 2 weeks.

    What's that? I'm guessing Italian? :)
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