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  • greenbee
    greenbee Posts: 17,781 Forumite
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    Good news Mr B. On both counts.

    I finally did my tax return the other day after putting it off for months - and got a rebate. I should have done it earlier!
  • mothernerd
    mothernerd Posts: 4,858 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Debt-free and Proud!
    Congratulations. You are a hero.

    Over the years I've had to fix (sometimes temporarily - until we could afford to pay for something to be done) lots of things, mainly by thinking about the problem, sometimes with the aid of library books. I know I have lost some confidence over recent years and I want it back.
    My mission in life is not only to survive,but to thrive and to do so with some Passion, some Compassion, some Humour and some Style.
    NST SEP No 1 No Debt No mortgage
  • lucielle
    lucielle Posts: 11,500 Forumite
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    Very well done Mr B!
    L
    Total Debt Dec 07 £59875.83 Overdrafts £2900,New Debt Figure ZERO !!!!!!:j 08/06/2013
    Lucielle's Daring Debt Free Journey
    DFD Before we Die!!!! Long Haul Supporter #124
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,479 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Excellent~on both counts :j :j
    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.***
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  • grannyx2
    grannyx2 Posts: 3,455 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Love that story and it's great ending x
    Targets
    Trip to Australia (On hold until 2022 now) to meet new grandson born jan 21!

    Lose 84lbs. Update (minus 65lbs mostly during lockdown as of 18.05.21)

    LBM : July 11 - £56,962
    DEBT FREE 21-05-21
    MORTGAGE FREE 13-06-18

    Loving my kitty cat

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3958715/return-to-solvency/p1
  • dawnybabes
    dawnybabes Posts: 3,338 Forumite
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    Woo hoo, a real,man and a tax rebate :-)
    Sealed pot challenge 822

    Jan - £176.66 :j
  • Igamogam
    Igamogam Posts: 6,028 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Combo Breaker
    Merry Christmas Mr B :)
    Be the change you want to see -with apologies to Gandhi :o
    In gardens, beauty is a by-product. The main business is sex and death. ~Sam Llewelyn
    'On the internet no one knows you are a cat' :) ;)
  • in_need_of_direction
    in_need_of_direction Posts: 7,712 Forumite
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    Love the story and also how you tell it. Get back to your writing mr b.
    Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 12st determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge.
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    in_need_of_direction wrote: »
    Love the story and also how you tell it. Get back to your writing mr b.
    Seconded :T.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • Verbatim
    Verbatim Posts: 4,831 Forumite
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    Great story I agree. But what happened over the last month? In about 30 days you've gone from feeling well accepted at work, "part of the fabric", content and with like minded colleagues to hating your job.
    I know you veer between feast and famine, all out going for it or nothing doing so perhaps with sense prevailing with the weight loss all those see-saw tendencies are focussed on the job?
    I'm glad the loo is fixed. I wish you and yours a Happy Christmas.
    V
    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
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