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  • lulabelle1
    lulabelle1 Posts: 2,706 Forumite
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    Popping in to say hello, hope all is well with the Tilly family.....
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Morning Lula, all well this end - I'm not enjoying the change in weather :o.

    Your plans are going well, sounds really exciting :T

    Tilly x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Morning, Friday already :T

    £1.47 £co TT to MOS - anyone reading this for the first time will wonder what we talk about on here :rotfl:

    4 NSD in a row achieved :)

    Not very impressed with the Rachel Allen meals we've been making this week :(. SW winning hands down :)

    I have two menu plans to send out - will do them this evening and sorry for delay. I literally did nothing last night and then had an early night at 9pm. Slept like a log and intend doing that for a couple of weeks - work is ridiculous and I feel I'm not being firm enough about saying no.

    Have a good day and roll on Friday evening :)

    Tilly x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • brizzledfw
    brizzledfw Posts: 7,302 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    I am also shattered. Had at least 1 8:30pm bedtime!! Think it's the combination of work and the change in the weather..where has the warmth and sunshine gone??:( it was here this morning and now it is bitter..

    A day for lighting the fire..:)
    MFiT-T4 Member No. 96 - 2022 is my MF goal :D
    Winter 17/18 Savings Rate Goal: 25% [October 30%] :T
    Declutter 60 items before 31.03.18 9/60 ** LSDs Target 10 for March 03/10 **AFDs 10/15 ** Sales/TCB Target 2018 £25/£500 NSDs Target 10 for March 02/10 Trying to be a Frugalista:rotfl::T
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Friday night, just getting ready for some friends to come round and candles lit - no heating on yet :eek:

    5 NSD days in a row achieved.

    Have a good evening

    Tilly x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • Secret_Saving_Squirrel
    Secret_Saving_Squirrel Posts: 4,138 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Have a lovely evening and well done on keeping the heating off!
    Paid off mortgage nine years early in 2013. Now picking and choosing our work to fit in with the rest of our lives!
    Still thrifty though, after all these years:D
  • southerndave
    southerndave Posts: 554 Forumite
    LOL! No heating here either and my family has been told its not going on unless there is frost or snow, before the end of November. They have to move around more, or put a jumper on!
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,258 Forumite
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    southerndave wrote: »
    LOL! No heating here either and my family has been told its not going on unless there is frost or snow, before the end of November. They have to move around more, or put a jumper on!

    Tried that. Mrs E smiled and then ignored me :rotfl:
  • tootoo
    tootoo Posts: 681 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
    So did my dh edinburgher!

    with all this windy the electricity kept going off ....i was secretly thinking of the pennies being saved!!
    MFW.....Apr 33 Aim - Dec 26
  • ajmoney
    ajmoney Posts: 6,488 Forumite
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    tootoo wrote: »
    So did my dh edinburgher!

    with all this windy the electricity kept going off ....i was secretly thinking of the pennies being saved!!

    We need to switch supplier as we have just gone onto the standard tariff, I wanted to wait until that was completed but I may to settle for until I have filled out the paperwork.
    MFW 2025 No. 7 £2731.07/£2700
    MFiT-T7 No. 6 £5515.91/£30,000
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