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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • MFW has brainwashed me - I have a £25 gift voucher for notonthehighstreet and I can't find anything I want to spend it on :eek::rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Eggs IN 4
    Eggs OUT 6 (1 box sold fr £1.25)

    Mr MWC arrived back from his business trip with fish & chips :D

    My holiday entitlement has increased to 26 days/year :j

    Do you remember me saying that Mr MWC had sold some shares at the end of last year? Well, with hindsight we now wish he hadn't... they are now trading at 75% higher!!!

    Note to self: do NOT invest life savings in the stock market :rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Eggs IN 3
    Eggs OUT 6 (dinner)

    Delicious dinner of roast vegetable frittata (potato/J artichoke/beetroot/carrot/parsnip/leek/celery/tomato) and spring greens :drool:

    Payday tomorrow :j
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    I love notonthehighstreet.

    But I know I shouldn't!
  • Hurrah it's the weekend :j

    Looking forward to money shuffling and MOPing, not looking forward so much to reviewing 3 x work documents including a 720 page report... :(
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Eggs IN 3
    Eggs OUT 12 (2 boxes sold for £4)

    Miss MWC is looking a bit peaky again :( Vet appointment booked for tomorrow... I shall snatch her out of the coop after dark and she can spend the night in the pet carrier
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    Get well soon Miss MWC.
  • Hi


    Glad you are feeling a bit better and hope that Miss MWC is ok.


    MCI
    Mortgage Free x 1 03.11.2012 - House rented out Feb 2016
    Mortgage No 2: £82, 595.61 (31.08.2019)
    OP's to Date £8500

    Renovation Fund:£511.39;
    Nectar Points Balance: approx £30 (31.08.2019)
  • Miss MWC is looking fit and well this morning and is back in the garden with the others :T

    She was indignant about being locked in the the pet carrier and was trying to head butt her way out when I came downstairs!
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Greying_Pilgrim
    Greying_Pilgrim Posts: 6,935 Forumite
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    Miss MWC is looking fit and well this morning and is back in the garden with the others :T

    She was indignant about being locked in the the pet carrier and was trying to head butt her way out when I came downstairs!


    :T Yay - good news to start off the day - Ta MWC :D

    Greying
    Pounds for Panes £7,705/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
     
    Grocery Spend October 2025 £113.98/£200 
    Non-food spend October 2025 £9.97/£50
    Bulk Fund October (month 10 of 12) £0/£35.20 
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