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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    I've mixed up a bucketful of chicken treat this morning:

    1 x 2kg mixed wild bird seed £2
    1 x 500g black sunflower seeds 99p
    1 x 400g sunflower hearts 99p
    2 x 100g dried mealworms 99p/each
    1 x 1kg mixed corn approx. 80p

    That should last them several weeks.

    This week they also have 2 bags of spinach (£1.35/each), a couple of round lettuce (60p/each), alpine strawberries from the garden and hopefully I'll be able to get them some cheap melon midweek :p

    We spent £56 in town this morning which is more than I had hoped but did include the above, £9.50 on toiletries/anti-histamines, £7.50 on fish, £4 on chaunsa mangoes and a bunch of pink asters (£1.80). If I'd stuck to the list I reckon it would have been just under £40...
    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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    Am I still blocked from posting on my own diary?!
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Helooooooo I can see you x x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    Am I still blocked from posting on my own diary?!

    Obviously not... just blocked from telling you what I had for dinner... ???!!!
    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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    Fed-up with typing posts and then being blocked from posting - stupid forum
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    There seem to be loads of problems at the moment :eek:
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • Fortune_Smiles
    Fortune_Smiles Posts: 5,148 Forumite
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    Me too - seems to be to do with the smilies.

    Fortune x
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6623005/happy-days-in-our-golden-years/p1?new=1
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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    I'll try again then!

    - Yesterday's dinner was HM pork vindaloo and a large glass of milk

    - I got my lie-in this morning

    - daily mortgage interest is £10.39 down from £11.30 on 1 January

    - Mr MWC has once again taken over in the kitchen - I mention that I want to have a go making bread, he's made bread this morning
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • abouttimetoo
    abouttimetoo Posts: 1,860 Forumite
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    Mr MWC has just updated me on his travel plans and menu-planning next weekend is going to be easy :D

    Sunday evening until Tuesday evening - Mr MWC away
    Monday afternoon until Wednesday evening - MWC away
    Wednesday morning until late Thursday evening - Mr MWC away

    He's also away Monday and Tuesday this week - it's lucky that most of my business trips are local this month otherwise I'd forget what he looks like!

    I should be able to stick to my grocery budget though :rotfl:


    testing 1, 2, 3
    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
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    edited 11 August 2013 at 11:49AM
    testing 1, 2, 3? Seems I'm blocked from posting here too MWC
    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
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