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All the small things - tell me what you have done to be MF today
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Over the last couple of days I -
- Reached £10 on VO, just waiting for reward to clear so I can get another £10 Amazon voucher.
- Bought some small Christmas presents so I don't have to buy everything in Dec.
- Got some co-op branded after eights and orange segments to put away for Christmas, £1 each. Have a stash of food & drink that I'm adding to bit by bit.
- Tea last night, tonight and tomorrow all from batch cooked meals in the freezer.
- Packed lunches all week. Never take my purse to work so I'm not tempted to buy stuff.
- 50% off hovis loaf at Aldi this evening.#39 - Save £12k in 20250 -
*sneaks back in to report another £5 Amazon GC courtesy of Swagbucks.
*sneaks back out again. :rotfl:#39 - Save £12k in 20250 -
- £2 into OP Pot
- £2 into Emergency Fund
- Change in the change bowl
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so far this week
I have taken lunch to work
stuck to the meal plan and eaten out of the freezer
had a free dental check up and got a couple of sample toothpastes
made a list of freezer contents and done another weeks meal planning so just need fresh things on saturday
doesn't seem like much but it feels good knowing i'm using things I would of usually thrown away.Debt free, aim to be MF by 50 (Sept 2026)
No more buying books...Read 33/40 Bought too many!EVERY PENNY'S A PRISONERTake lunch to work #600 -
- £19.05 into the OP Pot
- £19.05 into the Emergency Fund
- Packed lunch
- NSD (went a little bit mad with a series of small eBay purchases yesterday!)
- Will finish my Kindle book on investing behaviour - a very good reminder that common sense, detaching your emotions and being consistent pays off (like OPing!)
Hope everyone has a good day0 -
made a £10 overpayment on mortgage today.
Listed a couple of things on ebay.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 152lb0 -
Last few days:
* 50p tin of heinz soup for lunch at work instead of pub
* raised a TCB claim for a purchase that doesn't look like it tracked - after ages of price comparisons
* made purchase via TCB
* checked amazon, ebay and direct website price (and amazon and ebay feedback) before ordering some flannelette bedding for the winter.Debt at highest: £8k. Debt Free 31/12/2009. Original MFD May 2036, MF Dec 2018.0 -
* used TCB for pizza treat
* printed out web coupon for discounted museum entry for day trip out
* had tap water with my pub meal to save calories and cash
* booked into a hotel close to where we were going so we could walk there and back, saving parking/petrol/taxisDebt at highest: £8k. Debt Free 31/12/2009. Original MFD May 2036, MF Dec 2018.0 -
This weekend...
- used a £2 off a £20 spend at Iceland voucher. The freezer is full so bought wine _party_
- went foraging in the woods for the first time today. Lots of free fresh air and exercise, but only managed to find a tablespoon of brambles. Will put them in a crumble tomorrow with garden apples.0
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