Morgage Free when you are addicted to shopping.

littlegreenpeas

Hello lovely forumland

I have been rubbish at updating the diary but hubby and I have decided that 2016 is going to be a mortgage reducing year. Therefore I need to get on it.

Our mortgage currently stands at £68,000 would ideally like to be in the 50's by January next year.

So far we have negotiated the gas and electric with a £200 drop.
New phone contract is £10 less a month
Selling old phone on eBay
Bought all the Christmas cards for next year at 50% off.
Bought loads of veg from the supermarket at 10p and frozen it
Avoided the sales
Joined greenredeem
Printed vouchers for things we use already.
Used 99% of the present box which has saved lots of money this Christmas.

Lgp
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Crumpets

Hello LGP, welcome back! Good luck with your plan, it sounds like you're off to a great start. Sometimes it's good to have a break away from it all and the come back with renewed enthusiasm

I was just reading thaw last few posts, how is your mum now? (don't answer if you don't want to ) hope shes ok

mortgage_girl

Happy New Year LGP. It's good to see you back. I hope your Mum is doing ok? It looks like you've made a really good start with your money saving so far, it all adds up and I'm sure you'll have your mortgage in the 50's in no time.

MGx

Luckyinlife

Ohh well done :] we have the same kind of target :] i hope to be in the 50s late 2016 with some regular OPS

will follow with interest :]

littlegreenpeas

Hello all. My mum is fine thanks. A dose of radiotherapy and all seems to be good, she has to wait five years for the all clear but we are all relived that she is in current good health and spirits. Mum cannot walk very fast now and gets quite tired but this is minor. It does make you think very differently about life and what's important.

Luckyinlife it's nice to have someone on the same journey.

Hello mortgage girl and Crumpets. It's lovely to be back

Lgp

littlegreenpeas

Today has been a nsd. Putting the Christmas decorations away and tidying the house. I am trying to donate all the unused items in the house to the local charity shop, I know for a proper mse fix I should be selling. Chicken stew soup for tea and hubby is having salad as its looking limp in the bottom of the fridge. Shopping tomorrow for food, hoping to get it under budget.
Going to make a list so I don't make unnecessary purchases.

Lgp

Crumpets

Great news about your mum LGP! What a relief for you

I can't wait to take our decorations down, I don't mind the tree but its all the other nicnacks that drive me crazy

Good luck with the grocery shopping tomorrow

lavinia21

happy new year littlgreenpeas sounds like your off to a determined start for 2016. Can I ask what greenredeem is?

littlegreenpeas

Hello Lavinia21
greenredeem is a website that I actually got off the mse site for vouchers on supermarket shopping. Basically you make pledges do recycling and then they let you have vouchers on Unilever products. It's not a large money spinner but it's worth a small amount of time for money off.

littlegreenpeas

Well this weekend has been very productive, all the cupboards have been cleaned and cleared. I feel so much better about the house now as it was getting me down. Lots of things we haven't used in 6 months will all go to charity.
I have signed up to do a mud run with some friends for charity. This will help, me get motivated to lose some more inches.

My tyre got a nail in it which was luckily repairable £14. We also spent some Christmas money but apart from that it was a no spend weekend.

No rock and roll this weekend but I loved being with hubby