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  • LadyGnome
    LadyGnome Posts: 801 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    DD has started trying to stand, it is adorable :)

    Move all your breakables up a level out of reach NOW! They can go from getting upright and plonking back down in surprise to cruising around the room surprisingly quickly and always manage to grab the one thing you hoped they hadn't noticed.

    I remember the older Gnomeboy marching towards the bin in a babygro to throw something away. Very cute; until I realised that he was about to throw away my housekeys:eek:
    MortgageStart Nov 2012 £310,000
    Oct 2022 £143,277.74
    Reduction £166,722.26
    OriginalEnd Sept 2034 / Current official end Apr 2032 (but I have a cunning plan...)
    2022 MFW #78 £10200/£12000
    MFiT-6 #28 £21,772 /£75000
  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,806 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Rampant Recycler Hung up my suit!
    To think I winced about Mr Goldie's recent £395 dental bill.

    I'd have collapsed in a heap if it'd been £1900.:(
    Early retired - 18th December 2014
    If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 13,933 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Collapsing won't fix this one, so onwards and upwards :coffee:
  • A_Frayed_Knot
    A_Frayed_Knot Posts: 3,308 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    A work colleague also got some work done costing ££££'s.

    We joked - they may have new gnashers but wouldn't be able to afford food to use them :rotfl:
    Always have 00.00 at the end of your mortgage and one day it will all be 0's :dance:
    MF[STRIKE] March 2030[/STRIKE] Yes that does say 2030 :eek: Mortgage Free 21.12.18 _party_
    Now a Part Timer from 27.10.19
  • earthgirl
    earthgirl Posts: 3,762 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Great progress Ed. I would second the not spending very much on the birthday presents. I'm still just about getting away with it (ds1 is 5).
    15/5/12 Paid off Mortgage 1 (£220k) Bought Dream House:www: Dec 13 - Mortage 2 -£116,508. 15/7/18 Mortgage Free Again :j

    Progress not Perfection
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Brilliant reading, thanks all! Loving that DD is starting to stand up, she'll be doing these in no time :j:j:j
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 13,933 Forumite
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    edited 6 May 2016 at 6:37AM
    Think we have found a plasterer, £280 for our second largest bedroom (walls and ceiling, cupboards and repairing all the craters). Seemed reasonable, nice chap :beer:

    Nipped to Mr M for some beer, picked up a bottle of £9 for *£4*!

    We may get outside for a few minutes with a cool drink, a lovely sunny day (well, it was, getting dull now).

    Happy weekend :)
  • hiddenshadow
    hiddenshadow Posts: 2,525 Forumite
    Not bad - we just spent £330 having someone do our downstairs toilet, half a wall in our lounge, and a repair job on our ceiling from moving a light fixture.

    Enjoy the sun (or remnants thereof)..I'm not a sun person really (burn too easily) but the short walk to the polling station was quite nice this afternoon.
  • AlexLK
    AlexLK Posts: 6,125 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Seems very reasonable for both the plasterer and beer. :)

    Happy weekend?? It's Thursday. :rotfl:
    2018 totals:
    Savings £11,200
    Mortgage Overpayments £5,500
  • A_Frayed_Knot
    A_Frayed_Knot Posts: 3,308 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    For some - Thursday is their Friday at work. :rotfl:
    Always have 00.00 at the end of your mortgage and one day it will all be 0's :dance:
    MF[STRIKE] March 2030[/STRIKE] Yes that does say 2030 :eek: Mortgage Free 21.12.18 _party_
    Now a Part Timer from 27.10.19
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