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  • elantan
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    Happy Hogmany Tilly, all the best for 2015 xxxxx
  • CathT
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    Even in the final hours of 2015 you're still chipping away at the MF dream. Happy new year to all The Tillies x
    June 2025 - part 1 - £19,145 part 2 - £21,973 Total - £41,118 29 months to go!
  • Happy New year tilly.

    Hdk xxx
    Morgage till Nov 30 GOAL MFW Sept 2016
    Aug 11 - £100k Aug 2016.... It's GONE!!!!!
    2014 GOAL HIT 5 Stone! 2016 GOAL to be a MF marathon runner.
    "A goal without a plan is just a wish"
  • Happy New Year, Tilly and all visitors to Tilly's diary :)
    Mortgage: @ Feb. 2007: £133,200; Apr. 2011: £24,373; May 2011: £175,999; Jun 2013: ~£97K; Mar. 2014 £392,212.73; Dec. 2015: £327,051.77; Mar. 2016: ~£480K; Mar. 2017 £444,445.74
  • Thanks Elanten, HDK, Cath T and Unhappy Shopper for stopping by. Where oh where did 2014 go:eek:

    I know they say the years go faster as you age, but boy, last year flew.

    Happy New Year to you and health and happiness for this year ahead.

    Tilly x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • Happy New Year to you and yours

    MWCx, Mr MWC & The Girls
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Morning, I'm adding this as a reminder for when 2015 closes - will reference it in my first post so that I can find it:o



    2015
    January and February - eat out of the freezer and stocks (moving house is expensive enough, I'm not paying for my tins of tomatoes to travel as well)
    Need to update later, I've just been called for breakfast
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • .......eat out of the freezer and stocks (moving house is expensive enough, I'm not paying for my tins of tomatoes to travel as well)

    Thanks Tilly - you've just made a *ping* connection for me. I was going through my stocks the other day, and thinking that the Jan menu-planner must use up more of them (one or two things getting close to expiry for one thing!), but of course, it's genius to give an even better reason for using things up, because you don't want to pay to move them! I want to move house this year, why not strengthen my goal, by actively eating down stocks to........ 'ease my passage'.......... erm, *ahem* onto the next property, as it were....... :o

    You're a star Tilly - thanks for the inspiration.

    Greying - stepping back and waiting for gallygirl to have a field day :rotfl:
    Pounds for Panes £7,705/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
     
    Grocery Spend October 2025 £216.43/£200 
    Non-food spend October 2025 £46.41/£50
    Bulk Fund October (month 10 of 12) £0/£35.20 
  • BookWorm
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    Happy new year to you & the Tilly clan

    BW :)
  • Evening, I've finished the port, dried figs and cheese biscuit de-cluttering :T

    Now I can have a dry January. :rotfl: I/we spent 5 out of 12 months dry last year and definitely felt better for it.

    Spatchcocked chicken with Moroccan spices for dinner tomorrow, served with a cucumber salad and cous cous of some guise or another. I think I'm making some flat breads with zataar to serve with non alcoholic drinks :)

    I have some miscellaneous (odds and sods) food stuffs in the garage and I'm changing the menu plan to use them up. Chocolate cups are going to be filled with HM chocolate mousse. OK, this isn't slimming but I'm not wasting anything and don't need to buy a thing. That's dessert for tomorrow sorted :j

    I haven't forgotten to finish my post from this morning but what with hound walking, sleeping and lunch with friends, I need to get my head back in the right place.

    Happy New Year once more.

    Tilly x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
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