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Butti's Journey: A matter of loaf and death

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  • Verbatim
    Verbatim Posts: 4,831 Forumite
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    Well done Butti

    That sounds like a remarkably productive start to the weekend!
    CCs @0% £24k Dec 05 £19,621.41 Au £13400 S 12600 Oct £11,981 £9481 £7500 Nov £7250 D £7100 Jan 6950 F £5800 Mar£5400 May £4830 June £4660 July £4460 Aug £3200, S £900, £0 18/9/07 DFW Nerd 042
  • beanielou
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    Blimey that was some CC limit :eek:
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  • Butti
    Butti Posts: 5,014 Forumite
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Blimey that was some CC limit :eek:

    Yes wasn't it Beanie. Banks they're so bizarre!
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
    Diary 'Butti's journey : A matter of loaf or death'.
    Diary 2 'The whimsical tale of the Waterbed of Debt'
    48% off mortgage

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  • katsu
    katsu Posts: 5,023 Forumite
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    I took out a CC so I could put my work travel on it and they gave me a 10k limit :eek: I was so shocked. It is rather terrifying really.
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  • katsu
    katsu Posts: 5,023 Forumite
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    Hi Butti by the way, nice to see all going well.
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  • Butti
    Butti Posts: 5,014 Forumite
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    katsu wrote: »
    Hi Butti by the way, nice to see all going well.

    Thanks Katsu.

    Looks like I'm putting a bed frame together tomorrow evening :j:j:j:j:j
    Yes I've ordered what is being described as a large parcel :rotfl:
    Working from home tomorrow because I have no idea how they will 'deliver' it if I'm not in!
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
    Diary 'Butti's journey : A matter of loaf or death'.
    Diary 2 'The whimsical tale of the Waterbed of Debt'
    48% off mortgage

    'one day I will be rich and famous…for now I'll just have to settle for being poor and incredibly sexy'. Vimrod Member of MIKE'S :cool: MOB
  • skint_spice
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    Butti gets a bed - a whole new chapter! :D
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,211 Ambassador
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    Butti gets a bed - a whole new chapter! :D

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
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    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • Butti
    Butti Posts: 5,014 Forumite
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    Butti gets a bed - a whole new chapter! :D

    Well it's here. Looks like a bit more than an evening's work!
    Debt LBM (08/09) £11,641. DEBT FREE APRIL 2021.
    Diary 'Butti's journey : A matter of loaf or death'.
    Diary 2 'The whimsical tale of the Waterbed of Debt'
    48% off mortgage

    'one day I will be rich and famous…for now I'll just have to settle for being poor and incredibly sexy'. Vimrod Member of MIKE'S :cool: MOB
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,484 Forumite
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    Butti wrote: »
    Well it's here. Looks like a bit more than an evening's work!

    How did it go?
    Mortgage OP 2025 £6750/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £35,463

    Declutter 16/244

    Money making challenge £58/400

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
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