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LBM in 2003.. What have I been doing since??!

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  • lucielle
    lucielle Posts: 12,048 Forumite
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    Great news Brizzle!
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    Total Debt Dec 07 £59875.83 Overdrafts £2900,New Debt Figure ZERO !!!!!!:j 08/06/2013
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  • Piquant_2
    Piquant_2 Posts: 5,769 Forumite
    PPI Party Pooper Mortgage-free Glee! Debt-free and Proud!
    Go girl! :T:T:T:T So nearly at the finish line now!
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  • DedicatedDFW
    DedicatedDFW Posts: 4,234 Forumite
    So, So pleased for you brizzle :D:j - but i can't help thinking you're looking round for £41 to push it into the 1's ;) :T:T:T
    CC1:T £[STRIKE]2531[/STRIKE] £1460
    MORTGAGE OVERPAYMENTS: £10575.20 Target £12,100
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    Declutter 1000 things by Xmas 2015! 53/1000
  • grannyx2
    grannyx2 Posts: 3,455 Forumite
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    Well done my dear, really pleased for you

    Granny x
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  • brizzledfw
    brizzledfw Posts: 7,302 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Thanks everyone!!:T Your support means so so much

    Busy day at work, but some small MSE steps... Another month of our lodger :) and she hasn't handed in her notice yet :D, OH has bought a new Railcard, v handy for cut price fares (we missed using the discount voucher tho :(. ) and yep DDFW..you guessed it, have scraped together the £41;) otherwise a NSD for us :T
    MFiT-T4 Member No. 96 - 2022 is my MF goal :D
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  • Fortune_Smiles
    Fortune_Smiles Posts: 5,283 Forumite
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    Brizzle - that's amazing! Well done.

    Fortune x
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  • poohbear59
    poohbear59 Posts: 4,866 Forumite
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    brizzle that is fantastic news, Well done :j:j:j:j:T:T:T:T
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  • PinotGrigio41
    PinotGrigio41 Posts: 4,213 Forumite
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    :j:j:j:beer::beer::beer::T:T:T:T

    Wow !! So exciting !! Go Mrs B....so near yet so far !! Cant wait for the day you become officially DF !!
    I am so excited for you I might treat myself to a glass of vino to toast you, if I ever get out of this office tonight ! Whoopee !!!

    Oh and the Tilly Tidy conversation made me laugh !! My Tilly Tidies are usually about 41p, but seriously addictive ! Mine go into savings pots rather than the debt though :o xxx
    LBM July 2011 - Finally took control Nov 2011 DFD Sometime in the distant future ! :eek:
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    Cleared Jul 2020 £96796.75    :T
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  • Alice_in_Poorland
    Alice_in_Poorland Posts: 2,431 Forumite
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    Well done brizzle,:j that is fab news.....you are a real inspiration. :)

    Xx
    DMP with CCCS started Jan12 £34,906 Jan13 £31,893 Jan14 £26,836 Jan15 £21,894 Jan16 £16,839 Jan17 £14,415 Jan19 £12,938ish Jan19 £9,649 Jan20 £6612 Feb 21 0 Self managed from Jan'17
    Jan 18- Bcard1 £0,Bcard2(PRA) £0,C@ptl £0,Ybank,£0,Virgin/MBNA £0,YB1 £0,S@ntader £0,Bcard loan £0,
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  • jwil
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    Brizzle, that's amazing, well done! :T :T :T
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