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  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Great on lowered childcare costs, yuck on sickness! I hope you manage to stay at home to work - its a *lot* easier.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 6,909 Forumite
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    Love your attitude to paying the 'rents for childcare. Totally ok :)
    Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became

    In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,253 Forumite
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    Thanks Watty. Its a Squid pro quo.
    He he.
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,253 Forumite
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    £16.70 on piano books.
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,243 Forumite
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    Get well soon xx
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • CathT
    CathT Posts: 7,133 Forumite
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    Great news on the childcare savings. DD wants to learn to play the piano. I am secretly delighted. I would also love to learn.

    Are you both feeling better?
    June 2025 - part 1 - £19,145 part 2 - £21,973 Total - £41,118 29 months to go!
  • Secret_Saving_Squirrel
    Secret_Saving_Squirrel Posts: 4,138 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Piano books are a crazy price, considering how few pages there are in them. Have a restful Friday night and I hope you all feel better soon.
    Paid off mortgage nine years early in 2013. Now picking and choosing our work to fit in with the rest of our lives!
    Still thrifty though, after all these years:D
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,253 Forumite
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    edited 27 June 2015 at 6:57AM
    Thanks. All better now.
    DS will not be happy but I can't in conscience take him to the party he is invited to this afternoon.

    The piano books will get re used for DS since he will have lessons when he gets into year 1.

    It is the social advantage of being able to play that attracts me to it. DS's godmother bought a baby grand and gave us her (hundred year old) piano. It is missing the top string which I will have to
  • Alchemilla
    Alchemilla Posts: 6,253 Forumite
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    Fix if anyone ever gets that competent.
    One of the books is for my own sanity because if I have to hear "when father papered the ceiling" again...
  • Secret_Saving_Squirrel
    Secret_Saving_Squirrel Posts: 4,138 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    I had lessons but have completely forgotten how to play now! Have a good day, Al,

    Squirrel x
    Paid off mortgage nine years early in 2013. Now picking and choosing our work to fit in with the rest of our lives!
    Still thrifty though, after all these years:D
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