Making chicken feed of my mortgage

muddywhitechicken

I'm home :j

An hour later than expected due to a signalling problem
Tomorrow I will be submitting a Delay Repay form to claim £43.50 compensation (50% of my single ticket cost). I'll need to check with work whether I can keep this as compensation for my inconvenience or if I have to give the vouchers to them.

Mr MWC has had the heating on to dry his clothes
He should have done what I did... get my aunt to wash and iron them

Eggs IN 8 (4 today, 4 yesterday)
Eggs OUT 1

In financial news, I've received a statement from my sharesave scheme. I'm currently paying in £200/month directly from my salary and because I've never had the money, I don't miss it - the total is £5,000 :cool:

BookWorm

Welcome back MWC

I often use the delay repay claimback scheme. Have to confess that even when the journey is a work one that I've never told work. They send the compensation in rail vouchers anyway - so no idea what work would do with those! I then keep the vouchers all year and use them off the cost of my season ticket

muddywhitechicken

Thanks BW

I am tempted to keep them myself as the vouchers would buy 1-day London travelcards for me & Mr MWC but I know that the department travel budget is really tight...

newgirly

Hi MWC, just wanted to say how great your chutneys look :T loved the knitted hats too, I shall keep my eye out as I usually buy some as they are the perfect size for sock monkeys to wear

muddywhitechicken

Thanks newgirly

This weekend I'll be making plum & russet mincemeat and possibly spicy pear pickle as well (if I can buy some cheap pears)

muddywhitechicken

Here's my mortgage update:

October 2012

Original mortgage (interest only)
2.50% BMR
Redemption date = April 2028
£88,660

Further advance (repayment)
2.50% BMR
Redemption date = August 2026
£79,832

Total mortgage = £168,492


October 2013

Original mortgage (interest only)
2.50% BMR
Redemption date = April 2028
£88,700

Further advance (repayment)
2.50% BMR
Redemption date = July 2022
£53,000

Total mortgage = £141,700

Reduction in total mortgage = £26,792

of which £21,187 are MOPs

BookWorm

:T Awesome - well done MWC

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS

Fab MWC :T:T

Tilly x

muddywhitechicken

BookWorm wrote: »

:T Awesome - well done MWC

Thanks BW

Eggs IN 2
Eggs OUT 0
There's not been a white egg from Miss MWC since we got home which is most unlike her :huh:

Lunch/dinner (I ate at 15:30) was a delicious Bengali butternut squash & chickpea curry (leftover from yesterday), stirfried cabbage with nigella seeds and wholemeal roti. I'm hungry now but will go to bed soon and avoid the temptation!

The first of 2 batchs of mincemeat is mixed and standing overnight before I cook it tomorrow - it smells amazing already :cool:

Oh, I nearly forgot to tell you my big news... I've ordered my Christmas turkey and paid a £25 deposit. We haven't had turkey at Christmas for probably 15 years as I [STRIKE]don't[/STRIKE] didn't like it... well that was until I ate a turkey that had been brined for 24 hours before roasting for Thanksgiving last Sunday. It was so moist and really, really tasty

muddywhitechicken

Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »

Fab MWC :T:T

Tilly x

Thanks Tilly

I'm really chuffed and Mr MWC is totally onboard now :T