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Making chicken feed of my mortgage
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That is a lot of orange! I'm picturing it now and it looks amazing!!MFW: Was: £136,000.......Now: £47,736.58......0
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I think you have a thing for the colour orange MWC, are you Dutch? XD"You won't bloom until you're planted" - Graffiti spotted in Newcastle.
Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind - Doctor Who
Total mortgage overpayments 2017 - 2024 - £8945.62!0 -
VintageHistorian wrote: »I think you have a thing for the colour orange MWC, are you Dutch? XD
:rotfl: no but my boss is and he liked my colour choice!Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
shangaijimmy wrote: »That is a lot of orange! I'm picturing it now and it looks amazing!!
What do you think?Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0 -
Fabulous!
Fortune xhttps://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6623005/happy-days-in-our-golden-years/p1?new=1
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My goodness, that is fabulous.
Orange is not a colour I would choose, but only because my hair would match!Outstanding mortgage: £23,181 (December 19)
MFW 2020 Challenge Member #10 0/£23180 -
Looks amazing - I love the orange ceiling - would never have thought to do that - it looks fantastic
xI am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £20
2026 Declutter campaign awards 2x star0 -
It is beautiful! But I'd never be able to reach the salt and pepper pots! Or change the radio station...
Where's the cake? Did you scoff it already?NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!0 -
Definitely amazing. I wondered how an orange ceiling would work - but as an 'accent' it totally rocks. Very, very inventive MWC - bravo! :T
Greying XGrocery Spend June 2026 £81.46/£225
GC May 2026 £225.53/£200
GC April 2026 £199.95/£200
Non-food spend June 2026 £36.28/£80
Bulk Fund 2026 Month 6/12 - £9.98/£87.56 (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 Friends0 -
I've just checked my pension pots - currently at just over £150,000 which I didn't think was too bad until I looked at the MAS's pension calculator
Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0
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