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  • slowlyfading
    slowlyfading Posts: 13,429 Forumite
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    southernscouser wrote: »
    Oh that is harsh! :(

    You're meant to deny it! :rotfl:

    Dont take it too hard ;)
    Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
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  • PeachPickle
    PeachPickle Posts: 9,924 Forumite
    southernscouser wrote: »
    I don't know why but I feel like I just have to buy when I move out! I'd not given much thought to renting but maybe I need to think about it more! :think:

    I'm definately gonna do it when the credit card debt is paid off. That will be the start of the year (hopefully) and I'll be 27 then! :eek:

    Think it's about time I learnt to iron! ;)

    Nothing wrong with being 27 :( Well, maybe a little bit. A tiny bit. IT'S ALL WRONG! I'M OLD!
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  • PeachPickle
    PeachPickle Posts: 9,924 Forumite
    southernscouser wrote: »
    Easy tiger! I'm flattered but I don't do man love! :cool:


    Aw man, another fantasy ruined!
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  • James240
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    southernscouser wrote: »
    I don't know why but I feel like I just have to buy when I move out! I'd not given much thought to renting but maybe I need to think about it more! :think:

    I'm definately gonna do it when the credit card debt is paid off. That will be the start of the year (hopefully) and I'll be 27 then! :eek:

    Think it's about time I learnt to iron! ;)


    im in the same boat as you fella, as soon as i get the debt out of the way at the end of the year im going to do some massive amounts of saving in 2008 and hopefully get a decent deposit behind me for purchasing a flat :D
    Savings Total so far for 2026: £0/£10,000
  • southernscouser
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    PeachPickle wrote: »
    Aw man, another fantasy ruined!

    :rotfl:

    You shouldn't be having fantasies at your age! ;)
  • PeachPickle
    PeachPickle Posts: 9,924 Forumite
    James240 wrote: »
    im in the same boat as you fella, as soon as i get the debt out of the way at the end of the year im going to do some massive amounts of saving in 2008 and hopefully get a decent deposit behind me for purchasing a flat :D


    You can tell someone's a grown up when they start saying "purchasing" instead of "buying" :p How are things with you James? Did they sort your payrise yet?
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  • PeachPickle
    PeachPickle Posts: 9,924 Forumite
    southernscouser wrote: »
    :rotfl:

    You shouldn't be having fantasies at your age! ;)

    I'll remind you of that very soon as you join me in the ranks of the elderly!
    DFW Nerd #104 I :heartpuls my Kitten :)and my hat :heartpuls
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  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    southernscouser wrote: »
    :rotfl:

    You shouldn't be having fantasies at your age! ;)

    It's when they're all you can have that you have to worry...
    "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
    "We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
    "Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky."     OMD 'Julia's Song'
  • James240
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    PeachPickle wrote: »
    You can tell someone's a grown up when they start saying "purchasing" instead of "buying" :p How are things with you James? Did they sort your payrise yet?


    hiya PP :hello:

    Ill find out tommorow when i get me wage slip weather or not they have sorted out me wages :rolleyes:

    Cross fingers it will be sorted out cos i really want to pay off another large chunk of me debt :)

    and yeah i said purchasing :o hehehe :D i did some figures while ive been off and i can save around £800- £1000 on my new wages every month if i run a tight ship, so i have the potential to have £12,000 saved up by the end of 2008 :j
    Savings Total so far for 2026: £0/£10,000
  • PeachPickle
    PeachPickle Posts: 9,924 Forumite
    James240 wrote: »
    and yeah i said purchasing :o hehehe :D i did some figures while ive been off and i can save around £800- £1000 on my new wages every month if i run a tight ship, so i have the potential to have £12,000 saved up by the end of 2008 :j

    Wicked! and even if you don't purchase a flat you can have an absolutely mega christmas :rotfl: Fingers crossed for tomorrow
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