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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Carpet ordered and paid for (well £1,319 put on new 0% CC!) - it will be fitted at the end of August :D
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Peonie
    Peonie Posts: 1,471 Forumite
    If you don't find a plant pot in yellow find one you like and spray paint it yellow.
    Pots: House £6966/£7100, Rainy day Complete, [STRIKE]Sunny day £0/£700[/STRIKE], IVF £2523/£2523, Car up-keep £135/£135, New car £5000/£5000, Holiday £1000/£1000, MFW #16 £2077/£3120
    MFiT3 #86: Reduce mortgage from £146,800 to £125,000
    Mortgage Sept 2014: £135,500, MF Oct 2035 Peak July 2011: £154,000, MF July 2036
  • Calfuray
    Calfuray Posts: 1,003 Forumite
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    Like this? :D

    !B4uHFbw!Wk~$(KGrHqV,!hUE)72T)b65BMq6F0ZtQQ~~_3.JPG

    Or what kind of style/size you looking for?

    Love the wallpaper and wall decal and everything! Gorgeous :)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Calfuray wrote: »
    Like this? :D

    !B4uHFbw!Wk~$(KGrHqV,!hUE)72T)b65BMq6F0ZtQQ~~_3.JPG

    Or what kind of style/size you looking for?

    Love the wallpaper and wall decal and everything! Gorgeous :)

    Thanks Calfuray

    That's the colour I'm looking for but preferably ceramic with a diameter of approx. 22cm
    Peonie wrote: »
    If you don't find a plant pot in yellow find one you like and spray paint it yellow.

    Good idea Peonie - is spray paint easy to use?
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Calfuray
    Calfuray Posts: 1,003 Forumite
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    :( Nope.

    I've found a few metal/enamel and loads of plastic, but can't find bright yellow ceramic, and definitely not in that size.

    Target have some smaller yellow ceramic ones, but that doesn't help!!
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Calfuray wrote: »
    Target have some smaller yellow ceramic ones, but that doesn't help!!

    Target as in the US store Target?

    I'm in the US in September on a business trip and there's a Target near to the hotel :D
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • unhappy_shopper
    unhappy_shopper Posts: 1,304 Forumite
    MWC, your wallpaper and wall decals are lovely. Are you looking for a flower pot like this?

    Etsy has lots of handpainted ones - may be you can paint one matching your wallpaper design (says one who has never painted anything in her life, but watched others do the hard work :D)
    Mortgage: @ Feb. 2007: £133,200; Apr. 2011: £24,373; May 2011: £175,999; Jun 2013: ~£97K; Mar. 2014 £392,212.73; Dec. 2015: £327,051.77; Mar. 2016: ~£480K; Mar. 2017 £444,445.74
  • Calfuray
    Calfuray Posts: 1,003 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    Target as in the US store Target?

    I'm in the US in September on a business trip and there's a Target near to the hotel :D

    Yes!

    Yay, I did help! (If you want to transport ceramic plant pots back home :rotfl:)

    ETA:

    These ones - 060308_target.jpg
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    unhappy_shopper wrote: »
    MWC, your wallpaper and wall decals are lovely. Are you looking for a flower pot like this?

    Etsy has lots of handpainted ones - may be you can paint one matching your wallpaper design (says one who has never painted anything in her life, but watched others do the hard work :D)

    Thanks US, I hadn't thought of etsy

    I also want to try notonthehighstreet but it keeps crashing my laptop :mad:

    Not sure that I could paint the pot myself - i haven't got an artistic bone in my body :rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Calfuray wrote: »

    Yay, I did help!

    You did - thank you :T
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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