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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,451 Forumite
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    You and Mr MWC sure know how to rock a Friday evening!
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    apple_muncher wrote: »
    You and Mr MWC sure know how to rock a Friday evening!

    Worse than that... we've had an argument about the meal plan and we aren't speaking to each other!
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    :rotfl: Oh dear :rotfl:.Only on MSE could folk fall out over a meal plan :rotfl:.

    Pour him a glass of something amber coloured and give him a kiss on the cheek :kisses3:- tell him it's from me if necessary ;).
    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
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    He's fasting today (that's why he's grumpy ;))

    Our diets aren't compatible :(
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • gallygirl
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    He's fasting today (that's why he's grumpy ;))

    Wind the clock forward :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"
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: hope all's well this morning!

    Have a good one, MWC :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,451 Forumite
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    Hope Mr MWC isn't fasting today and that you are friends again. x
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    We're talking :) BUT the meal plan hasn't been mentioned again!

    Fat Club weigh-in this morning - another 3 pounds lost (total = 10 pounds) and first goal reached :T

    Operation Empty Freezer has started early:

    - Scrambled egg & smoked salmon for lunch using frozen eggs and leftover-from-Christmas smoked salmon
    - YS rump steak for dinner
    - Shin of beef and HM beef stock defrosting for dinner tomorrow
    - rhubarb, plums, pear & blackberries to be used in a crumble for pudding tomorrow

    Plans for the rest of the day:

    - Shuffle money, pay CCs and make a MOP :D
    - Housework
    - A little decluttering
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Greying_Pilgrim
    Greying_Pilgrim Posts: 8,054 Forumite
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    YAY to weightloss MWC :j

    But boo to harsh words with loved ones :( Mind, you could have gone for broke and asked, 'Could he please make sure that Afghan Carrot Hotpot was included in this month's plan.......' :rotfl:

    We're having crumble for pudding tomorrow too - plum :D I cooked bread in the oven last night, so needed a filler :D I used buttermilk in the dough (overnight rise in the fridge) and spread yoghurt on the top to help browning. Resultant loaf was really quite brioche like in taste/texture (but no butter actually in it iyswim).

    Greying
    Grocery Spend May 2026 £111.65/£200
    Grocery spend April 2026 £199.95/£200 +5pence
    Non-food spend May 2026 £41.72/£80
    Bulk Fund 2026 Month 5/12 - £5.98/£93.54 (reducing balance - start £120 pa)

    ""Mother Nature don't draw straight lines
    The broken moulds in a grand design
    We look a mess but we're doing fine
    We're card carrying lifelong members
    Of the union of different kinds..."

    "Union of the Different kinds" - R Christie & T Gilbert,  Fisherman's Friends 
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    £2,000 MOP'd and £750 transferred to S&S ISA

    We're on target to have paid off the FA by April (£106,190 + interest in 7 years) :j
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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