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Gilligansyle's outside her comfort zone

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  • gilligansyle
    gilligansyle Posts: 4,124 Forumite
    Karmacat wrote: »
    I wonder about comps, I've often done the odd one - they're fun, and people are very kind on here. Can't guarantee winning tho!
    so long as it doesn't cost me to enter, its worth a try for a couple of minutes effort. Colleague uses a 'bot' that automatically fills in most fields on forms and enters a couple of hundred a week. Any win is a bonus, and could be used for presents!

    Off to Scotland later today, weather a bit scary, but should be better later on.
    Debts at LBM - Mortgages £128497 - non mortgage £27497 Debt now £[STRIKE]114150[/STRIKE][STRIKE]109032[/STRIKE] 64300 (mortgage) Credit cards left 0



    "The days pass so fast, let's try to make each one better than the last"
  • gilligansyle
    gilligansyle Posts: 4,124 Forumite
    They finally let me back into my bingo account, so I decided that as I haven't done any for a while I'd risk £2.50 as I still have a wager requirement to fulfill.

    I won £33.15 :j:j:j while I was pottering round forums.


    Now all I need to do is find what the stake was for that game and check that I can withdraw.

    :T
    Debts at LBM - Mortgages £128497 - non mortgage £27497 Debt now £[STRIKE]114150[/STRIKE][STRIKE]109032[/STRIKE] 64300 (mortgage) Credit cards left 0



    "The days pass so fast, let's try to make each one better than the last"
  • Double_Trouble
    Double_Trouble Posts: 4,375 Forumite
    gilligansyle wrote: »
    They finally let me back into my bingo account, so I decided that as I haven't done any for a while I'd risk £2.50 as I still have a wager requirement to fulfill.

    I won £33.15 :j:j:j while I was pottering round forums.


    Now all I need to do is find what the stake was for that game and check that I can withdraw.

    :T

    Nice one glad you are safely back from wild Scotland

    DTxx
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Excellent! Well done you, thats a really big win these days, I think.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • gilligansyle
    gilligansyle Posts: 4,124 Forumite
    Really pleased, and I just happened to look at the screen as it happened too!

    I still had some of my original deposit left, but I've checked and with the odd 25p, 50p win that I've had I've played through enough to take my original deposit back, so from now on anything is a gain!
    Debts at LBM - Mortgages £128497 - non mortgage £27497 Debt now £[STRIKE]114150[/STRIKE][STRIKE]109032[/STRIKE] 64300 (mortgage) Credit cards left 0



    "The days pass so fast, let's try to make each one better than the last"
  • sashybo
    sashybo Posts: 4,598 Forumite
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    Well Done gilli. :T:T
    Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. Car loan 1 £10,546, Car loan CC 0% BT £5200. Debt Free Diary to try & keep spending in check.
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,070 Forumite
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    well done on the win

    I'm playing kinect adventures with my DD - hard work LOL... I am letting her practice honest.... not just sitting here resting...
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £171.8K Equity 36.37%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 10/10/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £27.9K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.25K) = 34/£127.5K target 26.6% 10/10/25
    (If took bigger lump sum = 60.35K or 47.6%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
    5) SIPP £5K updated 10/10/25
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    And why not rest, savingholmes??? Um, Saturday night there!

    I love getting to the breakeven point on a bingo campaign! Good for you xxx
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • gilligansyle
    gilligansyle Posts: 4,124 Forumite
    Karmacat wrote: »
    And why not rest, savingholmes??? Um, Saturday night there!

    I love getting to the breakeven point on a bingo campaign! Good for you xxx
    It's nothing like the heady days of a few years ago though, when you got bonuses every day. But its free money!

    Yesterday was a 'pottery' day and then got hit with a bill that had slipped under the radar - so this month is going to be a bit tight. Would be OK if I didn't have to shell out £70 a week for petrol, so need to get my expense claims in quickly.

    Can't wait to get my company car as that means I get a fuel card. Life will be a bit easier then.

    Still eating the contents of the freezer, so not much spending getting done other than that.
    Debts at LBM - Mortgages £128497 - non mortgage £27497 Debt now £[STRIKE]114150[/STRIKE][STRIKE]109032[/STRIKE] 64300 (mortgage) Credit cards left 0



    "The days pass so fast, let's try to make each one better than the last"
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    Hate getting hit sideways with bills. Hope all will squeak by x well done on the win!
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
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