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Your London trip sounds fab and supporting your friends is lovely too xMortgage: £280,752/ £262,515.84
hmrc:£16760/£5,480.20
evil credit cards: £41,208/ £37,841
Car: £18,800/£13,101.18
Weight 13.9/ 12.6 -1 stone 3
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Hey Skint...great to see you!! Thanks for stopping by
NL...yes it's nice to think about doing nice things , but thoughtfully iykwim. Plus have realised that the YHA membership often has discounts on several London activities eg. Merlin stuff so worth checking that out too.
Great day today. You know one of those when all seems good in the world, good company...family and friends:D
Went for a run too...always feel better after that. Also made £1.77 on the panels..I almost feel rich:rotfl:MFiT-T4 Member No. 96 - 2022 is my MF goal
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::T0 -
A pound made is a pound made.
Nice things make your heart sing. Sounds like you have had a lovely day.
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Hey Brizzle, we have a boarder, but then so it seems do most people in NZ. Housing/rent is so expensive here that most people can't afford to live by themselves. We found it a good way to make the money go a little further although you have to balance it out with the privacy that you lose. We're on our third boarder now and have never provided meals. It gets too complicated if, like our current boarder, they don't eat the same foods as the rest of us.Diary: Conquering Debts Once and For All
CC1 Jan 2012 $875.32 / CLEARED
CC2 Jan 2012 $5,883.33 / June 2014 CLEARED
Mortgage Jan 2012 $382,997.08 / Sept 2014 $367,775.37
Business Loans Feb 2012 $48,407.52 / Sept 2014 $5,289.09
Ex mortgage - 89.07% debt paid0 -
Thanks Mrs BoF! Useful advice. We share at the moment anyway with our childminder so pretty used to losing privacy..maybe less rows between me and OH but still a few to be sure!
Hows the etsy shop going?MFiT-T4 Member No. 96 - 2022 is my MF goal
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::T0 -
Hi Brizzle! Long time no see (metaphorically speaking
) I hope everything is ok and will try to catch up later dfw x Emergency Fund- £717.77
New Diary- https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6647063/investing-in-us-holidays-health-and-the-road-to-150k#latest0 -
Weyhey!!! She's back..great to hear from you...
How's it been going?? (just caught that you have updated your diary so will whizz along now)MFiT-T4 Member No. 96 - 2022 is my MF goal
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::T0 -
Hows the etsy shop going?
I sold my first item last week and have received my first positive feedback. Hopefully a sign of things to come. Diary: Conquering Debts Once and For All
CC1 Jan 2012 $875.32 / CLEARED
CC2 Jan 2012 $5,883.33 / June 2014 CLEARED
Mortgage Jan 2012 $382,997.08 / Sept 2014 $367,775.37
Business Loans Feb 2012 $48,407.52 / Sept 2014 $5,289.09
Ex mortgage - 89.07% debt paid0 -
It all sounds great Mrs B. Long may it continue! That debt free date is getting closer and closer.Total debt at October 2008: £67,213.30
Total debt today: £0 - debt and mortgage free 29th November 2013 :T
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Hi folks
Absolutely Bol.ixed for the day..heading home now..early start tomorrow but hopefully a lie in on Thursday if I can persuade OH to get kids up and off to school..
Tilly Tidy today..as always!!
A LSD however..does 60p for 2 uses of the loo at various London stations count??? That's it AND we made a little on EBay. £40 so not to be sniffed at even though lots of things didn't sell. I plan to try again after Easter.
Not sure about the panels as not home yet but know it was rainy for some of today so may not be a good income day. Chooks have been laying which is always a nice sign..they only kick off when the days get longer so it's always a herald of spring regardless of what the blooming snow is doing!!:rotfl:
HR apparently on track with my letter for the additional hours.. It will be nice to get that finalised too.
Think that's it...
Laters. Hope everyone is OK xMFiT-T4 Member No. 96 - 2022 is my MF goal
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::T0
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