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SarahNeedle1872 - DFW Diary

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  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,576 Forumite
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    Well done you, and you must feel rich without that loan!
    Mortgage OP 2025 £7550/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £34,196

    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)
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,878 Ambassador
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    Fab news on your loan.
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    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.
  • Thanks.... the last bit seems to be the hardest bit though, we've been floating around £3k for a few months now!
    'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,878 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Is OHCC your next target then?
    Could be gone by the dreaded Chrimbo.
    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.
  • hypno06
    hypno06 Posts: 32,296 Forumite
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    Excellent news on the loan payment going out!!!

    Get playing with that snowball!
    Successful women can still have their feet on the ground. They just wear better shoes. (Maud Van de Venne)
    Life begins at the end of your comfort zone (Neale Donald Walsch)
  • Yep! Then its being cut up! According to my newly aquired snowball, it should take two months to pay off.... and the best thing is its payday a week Friday, so I don't have to wait long before I can pay around £350 off it :)
    'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,878 Ambassador
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    Wow, you are on a roll.
    Great for you!
    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.
  • Verbatim
    Verbatim Posts: 4,831 Forumite
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    Great another one gone!
    Go SN
    CCs @0% £24k Dec 05 £19,621.41 Au £13400 S 12600 Oct £11,981 £9481 £7500 Nov £7250 D £7100 Jan 6950 F £5800 Mar£5400 May £4830 June £4660 July £4460 Aug £3200, S £900, £0 18/9/07 DFW Nerd 042
  • Another good day today.... not only did I go to Coventry to see my Little Sis for the first time in ages:D, but I managed to get there and back without buying any fuel, thus making another NSD:T ...... BUT I got £89.48 'personal loan cashback' from my bank, which I had totally forgotten I was gonna get:j - Good Times!!!:beer:
    'We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars' - Oscar Wilde
  • lilmissmup
    lilmissmup Posts: 6,884 Forumite
    Hi Sarah,

    Just spotted your diary so thought would pop in and say Hi :hello:

    Well done on clearing that loan, hope the cards get cleared quickly for you :)
    Now a SAHM trying to earn some spare pennies each month
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