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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    I recommend you & Mr MWC read Smarter Investing by Tim Hale before you make any final decisions.

    Thanks GG. I searched the library catalogue and they don't have it so we have invested in a personal copy!

    2 figs picked from the tree in the garden :T
    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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    Going forward any MOPs will need to be from underspends or additional income (just like many other MFWs but a different approach for us!) so I've started onepolling again today - so tedious...

    Eggs IN 4
    Eggs OUT 0
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Tilly tidies - save them up somewhere then monthly op.

    Tilly xxxc
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
  • muddywhitechicken
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    edited 10 August 2016 at 10:45PM
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS wrote: »
    Tilly tidies - save them up somewhere then monthly op.

    I've never TT'd before :o

    I shall start immediately!

    MWCx

    ETA: £2.93 TT :T
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Karmacat
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    And your own figs! Excellent news :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • muddywhitechicken
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    Karmacat wrote: »
    And your own figs! Excellent news :)

    Who needs to live in Spain or Portugal?! ;) I'm living the dream here :rotfl:

    23p TT
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Greying_Pilgrim
    Greying_Pilgrim Posts: 6,638 Forumite
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    Is your fig planted in a Gladstone bag muddy? I assume that came about because the roots need to be contained? I bet all the Doctors were hopping mad that their bags kept on getting nicked by enthusiastic gardeners :D Figs grow very well in Blighty don't they?

    What did you do with the figs anyway? Or are they still ripening for you? If so, what are you planning to do with them?

    Greying X
    Pounds for Panes £7,305/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
     
    Grocery Spend August 2025 £182.09/£300 
    Non-food spend August 2025 £15.55/£50
    Bulk Fund August 2025 £0/£10 
  • muddywhitechicken
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    Sadly nothing as exciting as a Gladstone Bag - the roots are contained in a black plastic pot and it's in a sheltered position in a south-facing garden :)

    I ate mine straightaway yesterday morning!
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • gallygirl
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    Crikey MC, that's good about the figs, they're not even ripe here yet!

    Well done on Smarter Investing :T.
    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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    I'm sooo tired but watching the Olympics is sooo addictive!

    Eggs IN 4
    Eggs OUT 18 (3 boxes sold for £4.50)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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