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  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,372 Forumite
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    I've just submitted my meter reading for March (£39) and they have said they are reducing my monthly payments from £40 to £34 :j :j No prizes for guessing where the extra £6 will be headed :D
    Mortgage Total: £50,720/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1587
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,372 Forumite
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    And the detox has fallen by the wayside :o:o Its actually not as bad as it sounds, I was spending all my time thinking about food / drink, didn't have any of the thumping headaches / flu feelings that people report, so assume I actually don't need a detox as much as I thought? Anyway, I had a tube of smarties :o and then for lunch had the chicken salad that I would have been having on the detox anyway. I'm going to have some grapes now as a dessert, again not allowed on the detox but actually perfectly healthy ;) It seems to have given me a bit of motivation again for ww, lets see if it lasts :)
    Mortgage Total: £50,720/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1587
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,372 Forumite
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    Morning, £5 payment in the Halif*x account this morning, another little bit towards seeing off June 2019 :D
    Mortgage Total: £50,720/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1587
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,372 Forumite
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    £4 profit from a free bet :)
    Mortgage Total: £50,720/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1587
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,372 Forumite
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    Thought it strange that ds was having a lie-in today ... he woke up, ran to the bathroom and threw up :( Plans for today re-written, ds is now vegging on the sofa under a blanket, quite sleepy and gently sipping water, I'm now going to have today as my indoor blitzing day (was going to be tomorrow as ds is going to holiday club for the day). Shame though as its another lovely day today :o
    Mortgage Total: £50,720/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1587
  • nanto3girls
    nanto3girls Posts: 5,974 Forumite
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    Hope DS is feeling better soon.I take it you have sunshine,it's overcast here.
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,372 Forumite
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    Yep its lovely and sunny here, windows are all open, in you come fresh air, in you come :D
    Mortgage Total: £50,720/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1587
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,372 Forumite
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    Pottering nicely, a few cupboards sorted, several ebay items found ready for listing :D, ds is still laying on the sofa :o
    Mortgage Total: £50,720/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1587
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,372 Forumite
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    Having quite a productive day so far;
    • paid in a cheque
    • 2 lots of washing
    • emptied / reloaded dishwasher
    • decluttered & hoovered hall cupboard (boots gone away til the winter)
    • cleaned guinea pigs
    • cancelled 2 free trials
    • got a settlement figure for dfs sofa (no cheaper than paying monthly??) ... 15 months to go
    • sorted all smellies / jewellery / makeup
    • Made a homework timetable for ds :)
    • set up voicemail on new phone
    • watered plants

    Still lots more to get done today and tomorrow, will update with more progress later. The rain has now arrived and ds is still having a dvd marathon on the sofa. He's managed to eat some toast and keep it down but is still jsut a bit floppy :o
    Mortgage Total: £50,720/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1587
  • benbenandme
    benbenandme Posts: 12,372 Forumite
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    Not a lot more to show for this afternoon, but I have ...
    • gutted all my paperwork files
    • applied to transfer ds child trust fund
    • completed form to transfer my cash isa
    • started looking around for contents insurance

    Insurance isn't due until June, ds ctf was getting 1.05% interest :eek: and the new one will be 2.5%, my isa was 2.5% the new one will be 3% Not a huge difference but still an extra few pennies for me :)
    Mortgage Total: £50,720/ £75,000
    Mortgage Overpayments Pot £1587
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