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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • :wave: Hbbb

    More of a resemblance with the cow's backside :rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Eggs IN 3
    Eggs OUT 1 (pastry glaze)

    Mr MWC made Christmas leftovers into JO's turkey & leek pie with chestnut & sage puff pastry and served it with sprouts!
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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    Eggs OUT 0

    My replacement tax rebate cheques arrived today :j so £750 MOP'd along with another £1,250 from the current a/c :D

    We're on target to be <£120,000 by the middle of March :cool:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper

    We're on target to be <£120,000 by the middle of March :cool:
    Great stuff :T.

    How is MWC?
    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"
  • gallygirl wrote: »
    How is MWC?

    I'm guessing you don't mean me :rotfl:

    I didn't really see her today so I asked Mr MWC... he shrugged his shoulders and said "fine"...
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Thats a fantastic achievement, £120,000! Well done you :j
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • misscousinitt
    misscousinitt Posts: 3,655 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee!
    Hi

    Just catching up.

    Well done on your Feb targets - even though you didn't quite get to where you wanted to be you still did GREAT!!!!

    Good to see freezer contents going down - doing the same myself!

    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)
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    Eggs OUT 2 (pancake batter)

    I received confirmation of my pay rise/bonus/LTI today - pay rise effective immediately, bonus paid at the end of this month :T:T:T

    HFW's winter stir fry for dinner for the last time until December :(
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Greying_Pilgrim
    Greying_Pilgrim Posts: 6,948 Forumite
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    Ay up MWC YAY :j to pay rises and bonuses - and subsequent mortgage busting I'm sure :D

    Boo to last time for the winter stir-fry - but think of all the lovely grub that you'll get to munch on/try out in between now and December :D:D:D Always a silver lining dear thing :D:D

    Love to the 'girls' and have a great day, won't you?

    Greying
    Pounds for Panes £7,705/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
     
    Grocery Spend October 2025 £173.75/£200 
    Non-food spend October 2025 £35.96/£50
    Bulk Fund October (month 10 of 12) £0/£35.20 
  • I :heart2: autumn/winter food - squash, root vegetables, pulses, slow-cooked meat, soups...

    I've been looking through my RC cookbooks and drooling :rotfl:

    On the menu soon:

    Parsnip & thyme soda bread - tick
    Split pea & ham soup - tick
    Sausage & root veg stew
    Oxtail with cinnamon & star anise - tick
    Shin of beef with ginger & soy
    Pot-roast pheasant with chorizo, butter beans & parsley
    5-root soup with bacon - tick
    Thyme and caramelised onion mash
    Squash & fennel lasagne
    3-root boulangere with big baked mushrooms - tick
    Spelt salad with squash & fennel - tick
    Roasted parsnip, puy lentil & watercress salad -tick
    Warm salad of mushrooms & roasted squash
    Porotos granados
    Parsnip & ginger soup
    Chestnut & sage soup
    Pearl barley broth - tick
    Cannellini bean & leek soup with chilli oil - tick
    Oven-roasted roots frittata -tick
    Mushroom risoniotto
    Leek risotto with chestnuts - tick
    Winter stir-fry with Chinese five spice -tick
    Roasted roots with apple & rosemary

    The split pea & ham soup is first - just off to defrost a gammon shank and soak some yellow split peas :D

    So we made just over half of the recipes on my wish-list :)

    I'll need to make a spring recipe list this weekend :D
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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