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Thinking of you."Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." William Morris0
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Hugs to you Tilly. Our family had a dreadful 2012 with illnesses so I can appreciate your anxieties.
Keep positive. XxMortgage at end 05/2007: £90200
Mortgage at end 08/2018: £71646 paid £18354 (20.5%)
MFD: :eek:Original:05/2042:eek:
Car Finance: £8225 : £6392 (22.2% paid off)
CC Debt (0% until 06/2020): £5640 : £4400 (21.7% paid off)
Age of Money at 31/08/2018 = 23 days
YNAB is changing the way I live my life....and spend my money!!0 -
'grats on the ebay sales and more best wishes.Debt at highest: £8k. Debt Free 31/12/2009. Original MFD May 2036, MF Dec 2018.0
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Thinking of you, and WELL done on Flebay!xxDec 2011 £141,000 / dec 2013 £135,000/ Jan 2014 £131,000 / July 2014 £129 0000
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I just wanted to add my best wishes to your family member too. That's such a worrying time!
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(((hugs))) to you and yours Tilly.
:j well done on the ebay sales-we had a good run this weekend too-there was alot of parcelling up to do today!!! Pity it has barely made a dent in the masses of stuff we need to get rid of!!
On a happier note-the money from the sales is coming in very handy
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 -
Hiya, the Tilly family are feeling very loved from your comments, thanks so much.
Mr T and I are wrapping parcels tonight - really pleased with sales thus far. I have a theme for the next FLW and will stick with only listing at a price I'm happy to sell for, it worked well, even though I was nervous.
Best wishes Tilly x2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j0 -
Hi, quick update
Council Tax - called council today and arranged to pay over 12 months. In addition I have set up a standing order, to OP the extra which used to go out each month anyway.
So it means overall we will OP a further £360 a year. Here's hoping we don't notice the difference.
Still paying by credit card to get cash back.
That's all for now.
Tilly x2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j0 -
i went into our local council offices last week and asked if i could pay it over the 12 months instead of 10, i think i must've developed a second head as the looks i received were truly fascinating, it turns out that our council do not offer that facility, back to the drawing board there then :rotfl:
well done on the ebay sales just now you really seem to be doing well with it all, have to admit i have only managed to sell that one thing, obviously no body wants my rubbish:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:0 -
i went into our local council offices last week and asked if i could pay it over the 12 months instead of 10, i think i must've developed a second head as the looks i received were truly fascinating, it turns out that our council do not offer that facility, back to the drawing board there then :rotfl:
well done on the ebay sales just now you really seem to be doing well with it all, have to admit i have only managed to sell that one thing, obviously no body wants my rubbish:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Maybe Scotland are handling council tax differently. I'm sure I read that all councils have to offer it, but perhaps that's just England. I know when I called them the person said they are only making the change when people phone up about it.
On the eb@y front, you're selling your treasures on Am@zon as well though and I haven't a clue how to go about that yet
. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I can sell all the stuff from the loft that is now messing up my previously tidy garage :eek:
It's like musical chairs in this house at the moment
Tilly x x2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j0
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