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Yes yes yes some Tilly top tips please! Sooo pleased for you honey xx


very best wishes, ATB xx MFW
[STRIKE]Mortgage 8.2.15 - [/STRIKE][STRIKE]£171,064.64[/STRIKE] Mortgage 1.5.2018 - £99,980.45Aiming to be MF 1.10.20200 -
:T :THuge congratulations Tilly. :T :T
You're so inspirational.
:j :j Top tips would be great! :j :jGE 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 -
:j:j:j hip hip hooray :j:j:j
Many congratulations Tilly - so pleased for you all
Much love
MWCx, Mr MWC & The GirlsMortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
:jTilly! Congratulations!
Congratulations :j
Congratulations :j :j
Congratulations :beer::j:beer::j
2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
:T:T:T Well done to the whole Tilly clan!! :T:T:T
Love that you are going out to celebrate, using restaurant vouchers!NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!0 -
I feel tearful! Well done to you all. I honestly think you should write a 'how to' book.
:money::money::money::money::money::money::money:Mortgage Jan 13 99260.00 87253 April 2017
Emergency fund 700.000 -
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CONGRATULATIONS :j:j:j:j:j:jMortgage: @ 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
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:T:T:T well done from Mr & Mrs GG :T:T:TA 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"0 -
Thanks for your lovely messages. We are feeling a bit :j today.
We may have had a siesta - can't have Gally being the only one to nap in the afternoon :rotfl::rotfl:
Off to phone mum now and then we are off to visit her tomorrow. I think she may come home with us for a few days.
Best wishes Tilly x x2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j0 -
Very well done and many thanks for all of your support and encouragement. Very good luck with the next stage. X x xPaid 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:D0
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