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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,241 Forumite
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    Fantastic news! That'll get you a few more fancy shower gels...
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  • earthgirl
    earthgirl Posts: 3,762 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Great news on the tax rebate. Phew!
    15/5/12 Paid off Mortgage 1 (£220k) Bought Dream House:www: Dec 13 - Mortage 2 -£116,508. 15/7/18 Mortgage Free Again :j

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  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,781 Forumite
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    Fab news from HMRC! :) x
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    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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    edited 25 March 2017 at 9:52PM
    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    - buy a wedding outfit :( I hate clothes shopping... and I'm wondering how I can accessorise my navy kaliko dress so that it doesn't look like the dress they all saw me wearing at a funeral this week! Any ideas?

    So... I've bought...

    a multi/navy silk caped scarf with beautiful purple pansies

    a navy hat

    and a duck egg blue handbag

    What do you think?

    In money-related news, the home improvement fund has exceeded its target without me needing to sell any of my shares and I've received a £350 dividend :)

    In kitchen/living room news, we sign the production drawings for the kitchen this week and we've chosen sofas, chairs, wallpaper and paint for the living room :)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Greying_Pilgrim
    Greying_Pilgrim Posts: 6,613 Forumite
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    edited 25 March 2017 at 10:00PM
    MWC - as I'm a walking trousers and fleece- at all times - kinda gal (don't ask me what I got married in!), I'm not going to venture into fashion advice.

    But I do like that hat - honestly :D

    [STRIKE]And the link to the handbag doesn't seem to work - I think it goes to an MSE page instead for some reason. Or is it just my non-techy fingers?
    [/STRIKE]
    Lovely to *see* you.

    Greying X
    Pounds for Panes £7,305/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
     
    Grocery Spend August 2025 £95.97/£300 
    Non-food spend August 2025 £3.75/£50
    Bulk Fund August 2025 £0/£10 
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    Thanks Greying

    I'm so rubbish at fashion and accessories that I had to ask a sales assistant if I was wearing the caped scarf correctly! :o
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Greying_Pilgrim
    Greying_Pilgrim Posts: 6,613 Forumite
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    ooooh, yes, that is a nice bag. I don't use handbags at all, but I like that one - like the colour too :D

    I'm scared of fashion sales assistants, and shop in m1llet$ :rotfl:

    Greying X
    Pounds for Panes £7,305/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
     
    Grocery Spend August 2025 £95.97/£300 
    Non-food spend August 2025 £3.75/£50
    Bulk Fund August 2025 £0/£10 
  • Fortune_Smiles
    Fortune_Smiles Posts: 5,112 Forumite
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    All very stylish and glamorous MWC - you'll look fab :T

    Fortune x
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  • XSpender
    XSpender Posts: 3,811 Forumite
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    Lovely choices, I especially like the scarf thingy.
    Save £10,500 - £2673.77 - 25.5%
    Pay off £7000 - £1743 - 19.4%
    Make £2021 extra income - £99.75
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    :wave: oh dear, I have been gone awhile... :o

    What's been happening since I last visited :think: I've mainly been spending lots of money on lots of stuff for the kitchen and living room, clothes and lotions & potions :whistle:

    I've also made a £500 OP to the mortgage this month so I'm not a complete MFW fraud!

    It's been a good month healthwise. I had an iffy looking mole removed from a sun-exposed bit of my body - it was benign - and a mammogram also showed no evidence of cancer :T

    Off to Portugal on Monday for 5 days :cool:

    Hope everyone is well.

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