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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,737 Forumite
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    Sorry to hear about Miss Q :(
    Mortgage OP 2026 £860/2000
    Mortgage balance: £31,791

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May 
    Boiler fund £2085/3000

  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    So sorry for the loss of your feather baby.x
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Thanks NP, SS & Alchemilla

    Natty - please come back tomorrow with a flippant comment - I've missed them :D
    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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    Morning MWC, sorry to hear about Miss Q. I love the pics you share

    Changing topic, I've wanted to buy a mandolin for ages but have always been worried I'd end up chopping the end of a finger off :(

    Best wishes Tilly x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »
    Morning MWC, sorry to hear about Miss Q. I love the pics you share

    Changing topic, I've wanted to buy a mandolin for ages but have always been worried I'd end up chopping the end of a finger off :(

    Best wishes Tilly x
    Me too. Bought one for DD for last year and she did :rotfl:.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    Me too. Bought one for DD for last year and she did :rotfl:.
    :eek::eek::eek::eek:
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »
    :eek::eek::eek::eek:
    No need to :eek: - I wasn't there to see it so it was definitely a :rotfl:.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • shala_moo
    shala_moo Posts: 3,272 Forumite
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    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »
    Morning MWC, sorry to hear about Miss Q. I love the pics you share

    Changing topic, I've wanted to buy a mandolin for ages but have always been worried I'd end up chopping the end of a finger off :(

    Best wishes Tilly x

    You'll only do it once.. its the one thing you learn to not do quite quickly! :rotfl:
    Mortgage amount at 31/12/2011 £166,050 now £0 as at Sept 21 - 15yrs 4 months early.


  • Fortune_Smiles
    Fortune_Smiles Posts: 5,208 Forumite
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    Sorry to hear Miss Q has left us for the big hen house in the sky.

    Fortune x
    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6623005/happy-days-in-our-golden-years/p1?new=1
    Working at Living
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Lovely evening with the neighbours... but now we have to tackle the washing up...

    Champagne cocktails

    Slow-roast lamb
    Potato & sweet potato gratin
    Stuffed red peppers

    Peanut butter cheesecake chocolate brownies with vanilla ice cream and warm salted caramel sauce

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