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McColourblinds indeed.
They are truly dire( & I am a very patriotic Scot)I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
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I love Stirling campus~~ will never ever see it in the same light again
(That's where DS goes).I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
I love Stirling campus~~ will never ever see it in the same light again
If you saw it "in the flesh" as it were, you won't be seeing anything in any light again...(That's where DS goes).
Get him to take photos of where the grass scorched."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
McColourblinds indeed.
They are truly dire( & I am a very patriotic Scot)
Well I'm not a patriotic Scot - and they're dire.
Even worse than the deck chair/shop awning/windbreak kit Newcastle put out a few years ago. Beating that is impressive - but for all the wrong reasons..."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
Loving this weather, warm and sunny but not so hot it's hard to sleep, tomorrow and friday off so hoping it stays.Mortgage OP 2025 £7050/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £34,965
Money making challenge £78/400
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)0 -
Hurrah to Thursday & Friday off :jI am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
Hurrah to Thursday & Friday off :j
Two days Beanie! In a row:D did turn down an extra day but sometimes money just doesn't beat time off;)Mortgage OP 2025 £7050/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £34,965
Money making challenge £78/400
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)0 -
skint_spice wrote: »Two days Beanie! In a row:D
That's almost like a weekend. You'll be getting soft...skint_spice wrote: »did turn down an extra day but sometimes money just doesn't beat time off;)
Oh...it's loaded_spice now...
Enjoy your time off - seems the weather will be good in your neck of the woods until the real weekend."Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
That's almost like a weekend. You'll be getting soft...
I know! I'm a student - I should be treking across Europe or something!:pOh...it's loaded_spice now...
Nah, it's easier to make that decision when you have a minimum wage job;) Well sort of, obviously it takes longer to meet minimum costs but you know what I mean;)Enjoy your time off - seems the weather will be good in your neck of the woods until the real weekend.
Thank you, just hung washing out and it's really hot outside, must grab a book and go sit in the garden (think DS is off out with friends).
£160 paid off mortgage which brings me into the £37Ks:j:j:j only just by a pound but it's broken into another thousand:D
oh and have had SAAS letter so fees getting paid and should get money to live on soon, only another two months of living off wages and savings:DMortgage OP 2025 £7050/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £34,965
Money making challenge £78/400
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)0 -
skint_spice wrote: »I know! I'm a student - I should be treking across Europe or something!:p
Or you could be saving primates like the Wild Apes of Dunfermline...skint_spice wrote: »Nah, it's easier to make that decision when you have a minimum wage job;) Well sort of, obviously it takes longer to meet minimum costs but you know what I mean;)
I do...skint_spice wrote: »£160 paid off mortgage which brings me into the £37Ks:j:j:j only just by a pound but it's broken into another thousand:D
When it reaches zero - that too will only be by a pound...skint_spice wrote: »oh and have had SAAS letter so fees getting paid and should get money to live on soon, only another two months of living off wages and savings:D
:T"Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0
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