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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • misscousinitt
    misscousinitt Posts: 3,655 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee!
    Amazing what a good night's sleep can do.

    Well done on the weight loss and keeping up those steps.

    MCI x
    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)
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Congratulations on the pay rise.x
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,091 Forumite
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    Mahoosive pay rise - well done :T
  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 7,239 Forumite
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    Just got caught up! Great on the loss of pounds (weight) and the gaining of pounds (pay) :)
    Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became

    In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!
  • :mad: at people who close roads for the weekend and don't put any signs up informing you until about 100 metres from where it's closed :mad:

    By the time I could turn off, I'd been crawling along in first gear for 45 minutes, I'd missed my hairdresser's appointment and my car was threatening to overheat :(

    But...

    Bedding, towels and clothes dried outside today :cool:

    Chub club weigh-in this morning - I've lost another 1.5 lbs:T

    We pottered in the garden this afternoon - Mr MWC mowed the lawn and I tidied up :)

    Mr MWC cooked Bengali butternut squash with chickpeas and stir-fried cabbage (without the Bengal gram, coconut and peanuts to reduce the calories) :drool:

    Eggs IN 5
    Eggs OUT 0
    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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    edited 7 March 2015 at 9:54PM
    And the freezer is nearly empty... :j

    2 x 250 g minced beef
    1 x gammon shank (split pea & ham soup planned for Friday)
    8 x chipolatas (sausage, kale & barley stew for dinner tomorrow)
    2 x lamb burgers + 2 x w/m pittas (to be eaten the week after next)
    Mixed berries (for Mr MWC's breakfasts)
    Blackberries (occasional treat for The Girls)
    500 g sloes
    1/4 bag frozen peas + a handful of broad beans
    300 g smoked bacon lardons
    4 rashers streaky bacon
    135 g smoked cod (to be eaten the week after next)
    2 x fish fingers
    2 slices ham
    [STRIKE]HM elderflower cordial[/STRIKE] (on closer inspection it didn't look fit for consumption)
    HM stock of unknown origin
    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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    Ooh, you still have sloes in your freezer! Now that my original countryside site has been built on, I have to find another ... you're doing very well on emptying the freezer, MWC :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,286 Forumite
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    You have more in your 'nearly empty' freezer than I have in my 'full' one! Tho' I have to have space for up to 12 loaves of g-f bread, so can't fill it with other food...
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • Karmacat wrote: »
    Ooh, you still have sloes in your freezer! Now that my original countryside site has been built on, I have to find another ... you're doing very well on emptying the freezer, MWC :)

    I really must buy another bottle of gin...
    You have more in your 'nearly empty' freezer than I have in my 'full' one! Tho' I have to have space for up to 12 loaves of g-f bread, so can't fill it with other food...

    A couple of months ago it was totally rammed!
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • I returned loads of clothes today :T but came home with loads more... oh dear :o

    18,000 steps stepped (mooching round the shops + a brisk 3-mile walk this evening)

    The HM stock remained unidentified but it was delicious, along with the chipolatas, in sausage, kale & barley stew :drool:

    Eggs IN 6
    Eggs OUT 0
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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