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Making chicken feed of my mortgage

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  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    edited 17 December 2017 at 8:47PM
    CathT wrote: »
    Your weight loss is incredible!

    Thanks! My willpower was good for the first 2 weeks of December but I've been baking today... :whistle: I may have eaten [STRIKE]1[/STRIKE] 6 cookies in the name of quality control :o
    CathT wrote: »
    TCB definitely comes in handy for business related expenses, nice bonus from there.

    He's taking advantage whilst he can - as the company grows, processes will get put in place and he won't get to book his own travel.
    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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    I'm still at -3 lbs for the month :T

    Considering that it's just the two of us for Christmas dinner and we're having bubble & squeak, I appear to have spent a small fortune on food & drink...

    Thursday - hosted a party for the neighbours (x4 households)
    Friday - LOs (I over-catered again...), FIL popped down to help us eat them!
    Today - neighbours that couldn't make it on Thursday popped in for a couple of hours for a cup of tea & mince pies/HM fruit cake
    Christmas Eve - my dad & his ladyfriend are coming for lunch (fish pie)
    Christmas Day - a couple of slices of the Boxing Day ham with bubble & squeak
    Boxing Day - Mr MWC's family visiting for board games & buffet
    Wednesday - recovery day, scotch broth on the meal plan
    Thursday - day trip to visit my brother, SIL & nephew
    Friday - fancy lunch in London town
    Saturday - another recovery day!
    New Year's Eve - hogmanay at Mr MWC's cousin's
    New Year's Day - yet another recovery day!

    I picked a bag of salad leaves from the garden today :T Currently @ £1.50/bag :)

    We booked our summer holiday today - 2 weeks in Croatia in June :j We are extending the holiday for a few days (using Mr MWC's free hotel nights) so the £120 discount we got for attending the holiday company's discovery day will go towards paying for the additional car hire costs :T
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • CathT
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    Must have been the day for booking holidays, we booked another one for next year yesterday aswell! Croatia looks stunning.

    You seem to have a good balance of socialising/family time and recovery days over Christmas.

    Do you still do your January grocery challenge of using vouchers/points?
    Nov 2025 - part 1 - £13,878 part 2 - £20,953 Total - £34,832 24 months to go!
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    CathT wrote: »
    Do you still do your January grocery challenge of using vouchers/points?

    Yes, that's the plan - I'm not sure of the actual amount I'll have to spend yet but I do know that it'll include £112.50 of nectar points :)

    Did I mention that one of us is going to Mexico on a work beano for my birthday? And it's not me...!!! :mad: So I'm thinking of visiting my aunt in Toronto for a week in January rather than sit here and mope :)
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 6,269 Forumite
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    Ooooo Toronto!

    GO FOR IT!!!

    ...and have a Timmies for me!!!
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    Original Date - Sept 2041 New projection - Dec 2039 (reduced by 21 months)
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
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    rtandon27 wrote: »
    ...and have a Timmies for me!!!

    A double double? :rotfl:
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 6,269 Forumite
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    muddywhitechicken wrote: »
    A double double? :rotfl:

    :rotfl: snort :rotfl:

    with an 10-pack of timbits - sour cream glazed & blueberry filled!
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    Original Date - Sept 2041 New projection - Dec 2039 (reduced by 21 months)
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    Are you visiting Plitvice waterfalls? If so, you can tell me if they need to remain on my bucket list :rotfl:.

    :mad: to Mexico :(. I'd suggest coming to see me but more likely I could come to see you the way things are going :eek:. Enjoy the snow if you go to Toronto :snow_grin. Oh, and :xmassign:.
    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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    Merry Christmas everyone :santa2:

    We're having a lovely low key day - presents and a 4-mile walk this morning, working our way through the drinks cupboard in front of the log burner this afternoon!

    I'm hoping to go to Plitvice Lakes National Park GG - although a slight detour will be required :) Feel free to pop in whenever you need a bed for the night or a change of scene - if it's the week we're both away, you can chickensit!!!

    MWCxxx
    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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    I'm just baking the last batch of white chocolate, cranberry & pecan cookies (gift for my brother's MIL). I'm being good again after a couple of days of gluttony so Mr MWC is on QC duty!

    Overnight oats, banana, berries & skyr for breakfast
    HM scotch broth for lunch
    LO winter coleslaw (red cabbage, red onion, carrot, radish, apple, dried cherries, flaked toasted almonds with a mustard vinaigrette dressing) topped up with shredded raw sprouts & LO ham for dinner

    We went for a 7.5 mile walk this afternoon and my new fitbit tells me that I've done 15,000 steps :T
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
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