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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,833 Forumite
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    As expected, this year's hampers look fantabulous! :D


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    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Thank you!

    So weary - another 3 hampers + 4 mini hampers finished for delivery tomorrow :T

    Egg neutral today:

    Eggs IN 3
    Eggs OUT 3 (Mr MWC had 2 poached for lunch + 1 used for cookie making this evening)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • gallygirl
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    After a couple of glasses of sloe gin each (2013 vintage) we concluded that:

    a) it was very good!
    b) 2014 was the year that, aged 43, we started to get saggy necks :(
    Oh dear to the necks :(. The upside is the eyesight will go soon so you won't notice anymore :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"
  • Karmacat
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    Oh dear to the necks :(. The upside is the eyesight will go soon so you won't notice anymore :rotfl:.
    Thats true. And even before then - imagine taking a selfie from *above* you :D
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • muddywhitechicken
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    Good morning :)

    We've been to the local farmer's market this morning to collect the happy FR turkey for tomorrow's pre-Christmas dinner with The Dads :T

    Mr MWC drove laps round the car park as there were no empty spaces thereby saving us £1 - that about the only bit of financial news in my diary :rotfl:

    He's heading into London this afternoon with his best mate and they have tickets to see Madness this evening. It could be messy...

    Plan is that the best mate stays here tonight. Fingers-crossed they fall asleep on the train home, end up at the end of the line and phone his wife to pick them up as it's closer :rotfl:
    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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    Morning muddywhitechicken - hope the pre-Christmas dinner preparations are well under way :D And I hope that Mr MWC had a ball at the concert last night :D

    Have a great day. Love to the girls!

    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 
  • gallygirl
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    How's his head this morning :D.
    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"
  • muddywhitechicken
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    edited 21 December 2014 at 6:42PM
    gallygirl wrote: »
    How's his head this morning :D.

    Surprisingly fine!

    They did fall asleep on the train home but Mr MWC had the foresight to get the slow train that terminates at the local station and a fellow passenger woke them up :rotfl:
    They were drunk enough to get kebabs on the walk home...

    I spent the afternoon/evening and this morning watching rubbish made-for-TV Christmas movies and baking cookies/making lemon curd/assembling hampers/wrapping presents :)

    Pre-Christmas dinner - roast turkey/stuffing/pigs in blankets/roast potatoes/sprouts and a [STRIKE]leftover from last year[/STRIKE] mature HM Xmas pud - was delicious :drool:

    Egg tally for last couple of days:
    Eggs IN 5
    Eggs OUT 7
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    4 large hampers have left the house today :T

    My favourite was decorated with a bottlebrush golden retriever tree decoration I bought in Canada that looks like the family's dog :)
    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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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    4 large hampers have left the house today :T

    My favourite was decorated with a bottlebrush golden retriever tree decoration I bought in Canada that looks like the family's dog :)

    That tree decoration is absolutely gorgeous MWC - how thoughtful you are :D

    Have a great day :D

    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 
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