The Big Adventure

misscousinitt

£700k pension pot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think I'll stay here too...

MCI

Karmacat

You had me worried there for a minute!

I know what you mean about the pension board, the pot sizes there are enormous. Not Buying It, there's quite a few people with our outlook, but there's a big dfw thing of course, of "I'm bad to buy anything". Kittie did a good one the other day, buying material from a favourite German supplier to stock up while the euro rate is so advantageous. But its lost in the general accounting, I agree.

I'm on an "up" at the moment because I've finished another piece of admin :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: small things ....

Goldiegirl

I agree, it's always good to get admin out of the way.

I've got a small list for February - get car booked in for service, get eye tests booked, get interest on my accounts paid gross to start from the next tax year.

I'll make a start on that next week

Watty1

Goldie you are rapidly becoming the queen of the declutter!

Secret_Saving_Squirrel

Hello,

I know what you mean about the other boards. They are interesting but unsettling and also suck up time. I stick to this one and MMM, which is more than enough

Squirrel xx

Karmacat

Secret_Saving_Squirrel wrote: »

the other boards ... are interesting but unsettling and also suck up time. I stick to this one and MMM, which is more than enough

Actually, it *is* true from a time level, isn't it. I've now realised that I can check through all my email, and all 3 of my forums, in half an hour - I might read The Guardian Online for 10 minutes, but I don't *have* to check it.

Half an hour. Then on to other stuff.

Goldie, loving the idea that your interest will need to be paid gross from next year :j

edinburgher

Your supermarke spat made me laugh Goldie, your first mistake was letting Mr Goldie come

If I get groceries, it takes an hour door-to-door and I get everything we need. If Mrs E comes, it takes 50% longer, we have to go to more than one shop and we get everything we need and a raging argument. Those can normally be found in the chillers...

For example, when I'm on the Pensions board, I start to worry that I'm the only person who hasn't got a £700K pension pot.

£700k? Our current pension pots are worth c. £70k (and that's a bit of an accounting swindle by counting a DB pension worth £2k/year as £50k (the size of pot we'd need to earn that income in real life)). Actual S&S? About £20k over the last 3 years. It's slow going sometimes.

I suppose it's all relative. Someone with a £700k pot probably needs it. It was like when I was on the 'Save £12k in 2015' thread run by SF - a chap had total *debts* of £872k!' I assume he's a Londoner, you could buy a castle in Scotland for less!

I agree with you that small savings add up, as do small earnings.

For example, when I'm on the Pensions board, I start to worry that I'm the only person who hasn't got a £700K pension pot.

RoaringTwenties

Goldie, might I suggest you do what I do when I have to take <ahem> additional people round the supermarket? Stick them in the cafe with a portable DVD player [STRIKE]Mr Goldie is more than welcome to borrow a Peppa Pig DVD, or Spiderman if he prefers?[/STRIKE]

gallygirl

I agree with you that small savings add up, as do small earnings.

For example, when I'm on the Pensions board, I start to worry that I'm the only person who hasn't got a £700K pension pot.

As I've said before, my pension pot and share of our properties is a lot less than £700k and I'm retiring on it. In 5 weeks and 4 days actually.



:eek:

_pale_

Goldiegirl

gallygirl wrote: »

As I've said before, my pension pot and share of our properties is a lot less than £700k and I'm retiring on it. In 5 weeks and 4 days actually.



:eek:

_pale_

I can relate to those smilies - early retirement is all of those emotions!


Mostly it's , but the other two play their part