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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • Calfuray
    Calfuray Posts: 1,003 Forumite
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    Merry Christmas MWC. Hope you and the chickens are enjoying it x
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    I made 21 hampers this year - a few are pictured below:

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    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Pearla*Merle
    Pearla*Merle Posts: 1,611 Forumite
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    They look fabulous! :T Wish they were all coming to my house ;)
    a penny picker upper. MFW approx 78% to go | FIRE 3 years worth (30% savings rate: now aiming for 40%!) | Normality is a paved road; it's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it | Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible | The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Thanks Pearla

    I have a couple of weeks off and then I start all over again with the whisky marmalade... :)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,084 Forumite
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    Many happy returns MWC :beer:

    I have to say that I am blown away by your hampers, a lot of love and care has gone into those.

    Both my little sister and one of my SILs made hampers this year and the creativity, thought and effort kind of put shop bought purchases to shame.

    One for me to try in 2014?
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    They do look stunning.
  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,403 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Hi MWC, those hampers are beautiful :T
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • teabody
    teabody Posts: 208 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts
    Wow!!!! Do you make all products yourself? I have made little hampers before with shop bought products but it is so much nicer when you know it is homemade x
  • shala_moo
    shala_moo Posts: 3,272 Forumite
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    Beautiful hampers MWC :T
    Mortgage amount at 31/12/2011 £166,050 now £0 as at Sept 21 - 15yrs 4 months early.


  • XSpender
    XSpender Posts: 3,811 Forumite
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    Your hampers look fabulous
    Save £10,500 - £2673.77 - 25.5%
    Pay off £7000 - £1743 - 19.4%
    Make £2021 extra income - £99.75
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