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Diary of a spendy cow

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  • mooomin
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    Happy birthday to you too Tomtom!! ♥
  • mooomin
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    Time for a small post-weekend update:

    Only spent £5.50 all weekend (Fat Club weekly dues as I'm over goal weight so have to pay :o ) On the plus side, five lbs down in a week :D Just another 11 to go to make it free again :o:o

    I got my next set of incentive stamps through for the RM surveys - 12 x 1st class, 4 x 1st class large letter and a set of commemorative ones that I'll happily break in to if required ;) I'm getting in a good routine of posting now, so I'm happy enough with the receipts vs outputs required.

    Nectar is up to 5117 points / £25.58 which is perfectly acceptable.

    I filled the car up with fuel for under £30 thanks to 4p off a litre with the Fuelsave thingie at Tesco and a £5 fuel voucher from their consumer feedback group. Every little helps indeed ;)

    I'm selling my spare freezer this week. I'm having a wee wobble about it as I feel I need it "in case" but with two of us, the four drawers in my fridge freezer really are plenty, and it'll help me to shop smarter. I'll be £50 up too :D

    Happy Mondays to you all :T
  • EssexHebridean
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    We've got 2 freezers. The second one was bought to enable us to buy meat in bulk, but we kept slipping into a routine of using it all the time, so it got emptied and defrosted back in February and hasn't been switched on again since, I'm pleased to say. we'll probably do a bulk meat purchase of some description in a couple of months, when it will go back on again.

    I might have to sulk, Tesco didn't send ME a fuel voucher! ;)
    🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
    Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
    Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
    £100k barrier broken 1/4/25
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  • mooomin
    mooomin Posts: 13,703 Forumite
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    I was doing the Fuelsave promotion thing though - I had to fill in a survey and then got selected. Are you a member of their Orchard scheme? It seems to have a few things like that...
  • Yoo hoo, Moo!

    I'm back! :D It has been a while but I hope you are well. :)

    Happy belated birthday to Mr. Moo. I hope you spoiled him rotten. :)

    Be back soon...got stuff to do. Toodles for now! xxx
    Debt: £11,640.02 paid in full! DFD: 30/06/20
    Starter Emergency Fund (#187): £1000/£1000
    3 month Emergency Fund (#45): £3300/£3300
  • mooomin
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    Welcome back PB :D

    Money to pay credit card (awaiting two friends): £307.61

    Balance of credit card: £280.40

    Credit of: £27.21

    Idea of what I've done to have a credit balance: Zero :D
  • mooomin
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    £5.17 in the ISA this morning thanks to the last round of cashback from Halifax. I have £813.33 to go until I top it up to the next £1000, so that's my target right there :D
  • EssexHebridean
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    Orchard seems good so far - I've had free pasta and free cheese - both good things to get free! :D
    🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
    Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
    Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
    £100k barrier broken 1/4/25
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  • mooomin wrote: »
    Welcome back PB :D

    Thanks! :D New job, so bit busy at the moment. I think it's what is speculatively referred to as 'a challenge'. ;)
    mooomin wrote: »
    Idea of what I've done to have a credit balance: Zero :D

    Ah, you are clearly a graduate of the PB School of Finance, Mooomin! This might help to explain some of my financial scrapes...! :eek:
    Debt: £11,640.02 paid in full! DFD: 30/06/20
    Starter Emergency Fund (#187): £1000/£1000
    3 month Emergency Fund (#45): £3300/£3300
  • Happy birthday to Mr Mooo from me, a birthday twin :)

    Hope you have a great day, we are off for a meal out later to celebrate. I will enjoy this year more than last, as it was the dread 4-0. 41 is fine, though ;)

    4-6 is OK too - or half of 92 :D

    My best chum has a birthday on the 26th too - a fine day.

    Happy belated to your Mr Moo and to you too Tom Tom.

    :)

    April is a great month for birthdays as is May :A
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
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