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  • Greying_Pilgrim
    Greying_Pilgrim Posts: 7,360 Forumite
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    Till's thank you for your advice to katep23 this morning. It set me thinking. I like it when something sets me thinking :D I'm always happy to challenge my way of doing things and to see if improvements can be made :D I think tonight's tea was an improvement because of it :D

    You're an inspiration :D Thanks hun! :D

    Greying x
    Grocery Spend December 2025 - cash £187.28/£171  MrS vouchers £20/£20 MrT vouchers £9/£9
    Non-food spend December 2025 £64.52/£50 
    Bulk Fund December (month 12 of 12) £0/£9.12
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Morning StripeySock, brilliant first OP - it's a good feeling to know you're reducing £ to the bank.

    Pop round for dinner anytime :)

    Tilly x 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
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    Morning Greying, your diary inspire me daily :)

    I hope you have sun today. Are you off adventuring?

    Best wishes Tilly x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • Greying_Pilgrim
    Greying_Pilgrim Posts: 7,360 Forumite
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    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

    I hope you have sun today. Are you off adventuring?

    Best wishes Tilly x x

    Not scheduled this weekend :( But we currently have sun :D Hope it sticks around, everything is better with a nice bit of sunshine :D

    Greying x
    Grocery Spend December 2025 - cash £187.28/£171  MrS vouchers £20/£20 MrT vouchers £9/£9
    Non-food spend December 2025 £64.52/£50 
    Bulk Fund December (month 12 of 12) £0/£9.12
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Morning, £97 OPd this morning. 71p moved to MOS.

    Glorious sunny day - Mr T is having a well deserved lie in.

    SC on the go and Mr T and I will (hopefully) eat outside. Table laid, candles and Mr Ts favourite bottle of wine. If weather too poor, we will be inside.

    Have a good day. Tilly x x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,368 Forumite
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    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

    SC on the go and Mr T and I will (hopefully) eat outside. Table laid, candles and Mr Ts favourite bottle of wine. If weather too poor, we will be inside.

    Have a good day. Tilly x x x

    And that's just for breakfast, eh??!
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »
    SC on the go and Mr T and I will (hopefully) eat outside. Table laid, candles and Mr Ts favourite bottle of wine.

    Very romantic - enjoy your day together :)

    MWCx
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    apple_muncher wrote: »
    And that's just for breakfast, eh??!

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

    Hopefully dinner :)

    X x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • sweetdaisy
    sweetdaisy Posts: 1,249 Forumite
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    Morning Tilly. I can see from your signature that you hope to be MF by the end of August. Are you still on target to do this?
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Morning SweetDaisy, we have an endowment paying out in July which will clear all bar £13k and that will go via std monthly OPs in June, July and August. It's pretty exciting :j

    Best wishes 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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