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No longer a debt free wannabe...

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  • Congratulations naimone. :T:beer:
  • meow5678
    meow5678 Posts: 150 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Congratulations! :)
    FTB
    :A Saving for my first deposit :A
  • Jo3y83
    Jo3y83 Posts: 133 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Well done!!! :j
    You have done amazingly well to clear that amount of debt in the time span that you have :T

    I will be debt free in 5 months after 11 years of sitting in it and I cannot wait to feel what you do now :D

    Congratulations!:T:j:T:j:T:j

    :beer:
  • mummum2
    mummum2 Posts: 617 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Fantastic news! congrats and here to a wonderful debt free life to you and your Mrs!! :j:beer::T.
    Long Hauler No: 51
    DMP Mutal Support Thread No: 207
    Proud to be dealing with my debts
    DFD - June '13, aiming for December '12
  • fantastiyk
    fantastiyk Posts: 324 Forumite
    That's brilliant naimoe!
    Congratulations.
  • pheebs
    pheebs Posts: 11 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10 Posts Photogenic
    Congratulations, very inspiring to those of us just setting out on our debt free journeys
    DMP with Stepchange started 1/6/12 for £44k
    Paid off in Aug 2019
    Now working on early repayment of mortgage and mortgage advance with Barclays £92k
  • Congratulations naimone. I do love these inspiring success stories and can't wait until the day I can make a post like yours. Very well done :T
    LBM 10/1/12 ~ DFW Start 6/2/12: £82,344 ~ Now Zero
    :staradmin:starmod::staradmin Debt free 17th April 2015 :staradmin:starmod::staradmin
    Eternal thanks to the DMP & Mutual Support (no.439) and Payment a Day Threads
    Mortgage free 3rd July 2014 - Grateful thanks to the 2013/14 MFW threads
    "Debt is normal. Be weird!" Dave Ramsey
    Proud to have dealt with our debt :)
  • Ladybird.
    Ladybird. Posts: 235 Forumite
    Congratulations!! Definitely inspiring! :T
  • naimone
    naimone Posts: 26 Forumite
    Thanks for the feedback you've all sent. Much appreciated.

    Wasn't always the same way. I was a complete disaster financially when I met my wife. When we moved in together I gave her my bank cards and such because I knew I had to break my previous habits. Without her help back then, I am sure I would still be borrowing to "solve" my financial problems! Nowadays I can quite happily tell myself not to respond to every spending whim that passes between my ears. If it is something I really need, I always check to see if I can get it cheaper (QR readers on smartphones are a big help if you 're in the shops).

    Ironically, the lousy interest rates have worked in our favour. When the fixed rate our mortgage ended our monthly payment dropped by over £400. That really speeded up the repayments over the last two years. Which reminds me... time to start reading the MFW forum.
    Debt balance at LBM, 6/6/2008 = £13,946.53 +£14,000 fixed term loan
    plus brand new car and bathroom since then.
    Proud to have dealt with my debts
    .
    Debt free target date 25/12/2012
    Debt free date 25/5/2012
  • sheilds
    sheilds Posts: 156 Forumite
    Wow! Well done-you should be very proud of yourselves-not only in your own achievements but also as an inspiration to others...

    Take a well deserved bow.xxx:starmod:
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