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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Oh my!

    Congratulations :j

    I used to have a dfw diary, and since I became debt free, I've been in and out of mse ... recently, I've been coming back more and more, and several friends are now on the mfw board ... so I was looking at the diaries on here, first page and last page, and this massive achievement is what I find!

    Thats it, I'm coming back, I'm starting a diary here :rotfl:

    Many, many congratulations to you, lovely to hear you're going to your fave restaurant this weekend :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • LauraJo
    LauraJo Posts: 1,041 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Morning all, thanks for more lovely kind messages - gives a nice warm fuzzy glow on a miserable rainey morning :)
    Karmacat - do it!!! Look forward to reading it :)
    Hope everyone has a nice weekend lined up?
    I think the South East might float away if this rain continues :eek:
    Mortgage starting balance 2011 ... £170k today £1.5k
    Savings: £3k
    Aim: 100k by Dec 2021
  • well done laurajo, wonderful acheivement and hope you enjoy your weekend - what are you next plans?
    mortgage 1 33,000. paid nov 2012 :D. mortgage 2 87,000 due 51,686.76 at july 2013, but then:new home and remortgage ... £101065.43:eek: now 74k
  • congratulations!!!! you have done so well, I aim now to be MF in 5 years fingers xed... congrats again xxxx
    Dec 2011 £141,000 / dec 2013 £135,000/ Jan 2014 £131,000 / July 2014 £129 000
  • I just read the first and last few pages of your thread and am in awe of how well you've done! Congrats, I bet it feels amazing! Basically I want to be you right now :)
    2016 diet challenge 16lbs/42lbs lost

    2014 MFW #114: £5000 overpayments made
    2015 Savings Challenge #65: £6000 saved
  • LauraJo
    LauraJo Posts: 1,041 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I just read the first and last few pages of your thread and am in awe of how well you've done! Congrats, I bet it feels amazing! Basically I want to be you right now :)

    Lol thanks!
    Mortgage starting balance 2011 ... £170k today £1.5k
    Savings: £3k
    Aim: 100k by Dec 2021
  • LauraJo
    LauraJo Posts: 1,041 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Where do I start!!
    Moved to my posh new yard. Went ok except my horse got kicked by a spooking horse on our hack - a hairy moment indeed :eek:
    Went out Fri and spent too much
    Went out Sat and spent too much (then watched cirque du soliel - amazing btw!!!)
    Went out Sun and bought a car :eek:
    Overall, its not been the cheapest weekend but we just didn't care :p
    Back at work now wondering what I should do next weekend :D
    Hope everyone is having a lovely Monday - 4 1/2 days til the weekend :)
    Mortgage starting balance 2011 ... £170k today £1.5k
    Savings: £3k
    Aim: 100k by Dec 2021
  • abouttimetoo
    abouttimetoo Posts: 1,860 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    :mad: Grrr, just lost a long post, I hate MSE when it does that and what's with this keep signing you out every two minutes :mad:
    MFW Start Date 1.4.08. Updated 23.1.18. MFW date 1.8.18
    Original Mortgage o/s £187,643 / £71,904 (-115,739)
    Repay o/s £92,661 / now £55,900 (-36,761)
    Int Only o/s £94,982, now £16,004 (-78,978)
    Total daily interest £1 [a) £0.77 b)£0.23
    Total OP's:2018 target £TBC YTD £1,995
  • abouttimetoo
    abouttimetoo Posts: 1,860 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Right, try again!

    Laura Jo, I was saying I've only been MIA for a couple of months only to find out you've only been and gone and done it! :j :j Brilliant news, and like the others i'm so happy for you

    It sounds like you had a great weekend and go you re all that spending, did it feel fun or did you feel naughty :p

    How did you find CdS (too lazy to look at spelling) I got free tickets a couple of years ago and it was fantastic and really exceeded all my expectations and even better that it was free!

    I loved your list of what you plan to do and particularly helping family. This really resonated with me as there is a very close member of family who I know has a very small overdraft but she has had it for ever and I would love to pay it off for her. I could do this quite easily but I hang back as her other half has a brilliant highly paid job but there seems to be a bit of 'what's mine is mine' going on so it's a bit sensitive isn't it when it comes to things like that

    Great news you've now got horsey moved, things are all coming together :D

    Regards
    ATT
    MFW Start Date 1.4.08. Updated 23.1.18. MFW date 1.8.18
    Original Mortgage o/s £187,643 / £71,904 (-115,739)
    Repay o/s £92,661 / now £55,900 (-36,761)
    Int Only o/s £94,982, now £16,004 (-78,978)
    Total daily interest £1 [a) £0.77 b)£0.23
    Total OP's:2018 target £TBC YTD £1,995
  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 6,857 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Go you! Love the report of the carefree spending!! Hope horse ok after kick? And new yard all you hope it will be.
    Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became

    In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!
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