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Countdown to Freedom

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  • Goal: 18/09/16
    House 1:value £800k......
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,833 Forumite
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    Ooh- congrats to DD! :D We've got DD's speech day tonight and she has a prize - but I've prepared cottage pie for dinner - just about quick and easy enough to scarf down beforehand :)


    I saw Lucy about a month ago - not a bad film. I saw it by myself - all 6 of us went but watched 3 different films all on at the same time and no one else wanted to see Lucy. I enjoyed it but the reviews I read were very mixed.


    Have a lovely evening :)
    x
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • Morning, off to the gym shortly :T

    DD presentation went well and really recognised the huge achievements inside and outside of school. Happy parents.

    Pay day :j:j:j

    Money shuffles completed I'm waiting for Mr Ts payday now :eek:

    All in all a good end to the week.

    Best wishes to all parents seeing their loved ones leave home :o

    We went to see Lucy - seemed quite reminiscent of The Matrix - we all enjoyed it but I looked away during the gruesome bits :rotfl:

    I'm typing this whilst listen to the birds chattering outside. The weather is a delight and long may it continue. The start of the spring was so slow, we need this late summer :)

    Money news - I have a £4 of ? Send in L!dl - I can't recall but think its £40. That will buy everything needed for next week.

    Next weekend Mr T will be decorating and I will be batch cooking.

    Best wishes, Tilly
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • Morning, D day is here. DD is leaving for Uni and cars are packed up. We need to walk the hounds and I'll collect DD from work and head off.

    I'm hoping my diary will return to MFW after that :rotfl:

    A quick update on the money front - I did a L!dl shop yesterday. Everything for the week purchased plus 4 x 2 packs of rib eye steak for the freezer. Stupidly though, I froze the packs forgetting that there will be 3 of us - I should have split the packs. What I will do is cut a pack in half as the steaks don't touch. Only stuff on the list bought :)

    Today will be a spendy day but that's what savings are for :T

    67p Tilly Tidied to mortgage.

    Have a fab day all, best wishes Tilly x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,404 Forumite
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    Hi Tilly , I hope your dd settles in ok :)
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • Hey Tilly :wave:

    Sorry I haven't been around much, BBand probs :(

    However, I hope MissT loves her time at Uni and that she has a great time. It's funny, I was wondering yesterday whether she had managed to get some hours at her employers in her new Uni *home*

    And I for one love the mix of topics that you have on your thread Tilly :D Not to mention all the thoughtful and knowledgeable folk that you bump into on here too :D:T

    Safe journey :D

    Greying
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  • gallygirl
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    I hope all goes well with Miss T today and there are not too many Tilly Tears :T.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • Hurdler
    Hurdler Posts: 1,361 Forumite
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    Today will be a spendy day but that's what savings are for :T


    I was repeating that like a mantra when I was paying for the redecoration and the potential outlay for the boiler fixing and now repointing.
    And if I had not found you fantastic people, I would not have had a 6-month Emergency fund which absorbed the pain.

    :beer:
    • Mortgage @ March 2008: £194,965 ; Lightbulb Moment: July 2011: £164,926; End Date: March 2033
    • MORTGAGE FREE: September 2015
    • MSE 1p Savings Challenge 2024 #50: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec = £223.84/£671.61
  • Morning Tilly

    Very best wishes to Miss T and family T for this new chapter in your lives

    PS, where are you getting all this nice weather from, been foggy and raining all week here :eek:

    Regards
    ATT x
    MFW Start Date 1.4.08. Updated 23.1.18. MFW date 1.8.18
    Original Mortgage o/s £187,643 / £71,904 (-115,739)
    Repay o/s £92,661 / now £55,900 (-36,761)
    Int Only o/s £94,982, now £16,004 (-78,978)
    Total daily interest £1 [a) £0.77 b)£0.23
    Total OP's:2018 target £TBC YTD £1,995
  • Hope DD settles in well and loves it all...

    Have a great day, tears of happiness as well as sadness please ;)

    X
    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
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