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  • in_need_of_direction
    in_need_of_direction Posts: 7,947 Forumite
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    You're not buying new clothes, you're investing in a new improved appearance. Well done on all the progress. Take care
    Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 11st 12lb determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge. I’m not perfect but I’m good enough for now.
  • Lois_E
    Lois_E Posts: 2,227 Forumite
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    Glad you're OK. :)
    Well done on the weight loss and MOPs. :T
    Do come back here if your crazy life ever settles down a little. :wave:
    Starting again 13/4/19
    Home loan 1: £21,102.50 Home loan 2: £7,698.99
    Total owed: £28,801.49
  • Beckyy
    Beckyy Posts: 2,833 Forumite
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    Well done on the weight loss :j
  • Pearla*Merle
    Pearla*Merle Posts: 1,611 Forumite
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    Cal, I don't think I had a chance to say WELL DONE! So exciting to hear that you're off on a grand adventure!

    Life sounds super busy right now, I'm in awe of all your good work on the fitness front in amongst all the other stuff happening! :T

    Congrats with the wedding as well, hope you have a wonderful day xx
    a penny picker upper. MFW approx 78% to go | FIRE 3 years worth (30% savings rate: now aiming for 40%!) | Normality is a paved road; it's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it | Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible | The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library
  • Calfuray
    Calfuray Posts: 1,003 Forumite
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    in_need_of_direction wrote: »
    You're not buying new clothes, you're investing in a new improved appearance. Well done on all the progress. Take care

    Ha, I like this one, thanks very much!
    Lois_E wrote: »
    Glad you're OK. :)
    Well done on the weight loss and MOPs. :T
    Do come back here if your crazy life ever settles down a little. :wave:

    Thank you! Promise I will :) Just trying not to procrastinate too much, so have been running away from the site :rotfl:
    Beckyy wrote: »
    Well done on the weight loss :j

    Thank you! :D
    Pearla*Merle wrote: »
    Cal, I don't think I had a chance to say WELL DONE! So exciting to hear that you're off on a grand adventure!

    Life sounds super busy right now, I'm in awe of all your good work on the fitness front in amongst all the other stuff happening! :T

    Congrats with the wedding as well, hope you have a wonderful day xx

    Thanks Pearla :) It will be an adventure - eep! Super busy - yes! Not going to lie, fitness is hard to keep up when I'm not leaving uni until around 7pm after a long day and I just want to go home and sleep... but I've not missed a session yet.

    Wedding is on Wednesday... what?! Not 100% organised, need to get music onto a playlist for ceremony, get hair dye, practice make-up, tidy and clean whole house for sister/brother coming over _pale_

    _______________________________

    Tomorrow - uni to work on assignment due in on Monday, nearly there! Report to write up. Labs due for Monday, need to complete those.
    Monday - hand in last pieces of assigned work, make sure I'm checked off on everything. Try to catch lecturer for bug in code.
    Tuesday - clean. Clean EVERYTHING! While trying not to break nails.... Hair cut and lots of pampering :)
    Wednesday - get married! Just small ceremony in registry office with me, OH, brother and sister. Home to get changed, meal out after. May go over on calories that day :p -30 something pounds right now, due to weigh in on Monday.

    Off to do the money shuffle and do my monthly OP. Then bed :) I will probably be back on next around Wednesday/Thursday, when revision for exams then starts. Eep!

    Hope everyone is well :)

    Cal xx
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,276 Forumite
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    Wishing you health, wealth and happiness in your life together.
  • Fortune_Smiles
    Fortune_Smiles Posts: 5,188 Forumite
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    I hope you have a beautiful wedding day Cal. It sounds similar to mine - we got married in a boutique hotel in Rye and there were just us and our 2 witnesses. It was fabulous and I wouldn't have changed a thing.


    Best wishes


    Fortune x
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  • in_need_of_direction
    in_need_of_direction Posts: 7,947 Forumite
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    Enjoy your day. Hopefully it will be all you want and will set the standard for the rest of your life together.
    Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 11st 12lb determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge. I’m not perfect but I’m good enough for now.
  • Calfuray
    Calfuray Posts: 1,003 Forumite
    Uniform Washer
    Alchemilla wrote: »
    Wishing you health, wealth and happiness in your life together.

    Thank you very much :)
    Fortune_Smiles wrote: »
    I hope you have a beautiful wedding day Cal. It sounds similar to mine - we got married in a boutique hotel in Rye and there were just us and our 2 witnesses. It was fabulous and I wouldn't have changed a thing.


    Best wishes


    Fortune x

    That sounds like perfection Fortune. Thank you :)
    in_need_of_direction wrote: »
    Enjoy your day. Hopefully it will be all you want and will set the standard for the rest of your life together.

    Thank you. I hope so too!

    _______________________

    Today's the day! Sitting having breakfast, just out the shower, need to hair/makeup/dress and then it'll be time! Excited but nervous. Can't imagine what I'd feel like if it was a wedding with loads of guests!

    Thanks for all the lovely posts

    Cal xx
  • Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS
    Tilly_MFW_in_6_YRS Posts: 7,854 Forumite
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    Have a fab day Cal and wishing you both every happiness in the coming years.

    Best wishes Tilly x
    2004 £387k 29 years - MF March 2033:eek:
    2011 £309k 10 years - MF March 2021.
    Achieved Goal: 28/08/15 :j
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