Life begins at.... some time before 70?!

getting-sorted-sarah

*Eventually* I will catch up on others' diaries and be able to comment! I feel like a time traveller at the moment! Reading is keeing me busy as I lounge in this rather nice hotel waiting for OH to get here so we can start on the birthday carrot cake! (I already ate the complimentary biscuits )

Thanks for the recommendation gallygirl - almost 3 years for us, but yes, there are many advantages!!

Good things today:
Beautiful drive here, and at a more economiical speed than my usual motorway driving
Money saving bottle of wine in our room
TT of 56p
Pinecone survey just completed
Yougv survey just completed (now £44.25/£50.00 :T)

Have a fab weekend everyone!
S x

goodmorningsunshine

Hello and Good Luck to you, had a read at your diary as am looking for inspiration.

So much to learn and so much to do.

Now off to find out what I can about Tilly Tidies ??

getting-sorted-sarah

Hi GMS! Thanks for reading. You probably found out by now, but a Tilly Tidy (invented by Tilly) is when you round down your bank balance to a tidy amount, either pence or pounds, and put the tidied money into a savings account. It is the banking version of scooping all the coppers in your purse into a change jar - your purse is tidier, you won't miss the change, and it will all add up in the jar.
hth
S x

getting-sorted-sarah

Email from Tezzco this morning, following my delivery yesterday:

Most of the time, our customers save by shopping with us, but on this occasion you didn't. Your comparable grocery shopping would have been £0.01 cheaper elsewhere, so here is a voucher for the difference.

:rotfl: :rotfl:
I'll take it!

getting-sorted-sarah

Well, met with solicitor this morning, signed some paperwork and have a provisional completion date of 18/07/14, then need to sort carpet fitting and move a bit after that - woo hoo!

No TT for Sat, 59p yesterday and 60p today
Saved £9.50 on meal bill on Sat with Gourmet card

Not much else to report at the moment!

S x

getting-sorted-sarah

Quiet for a few days because not much has been going on! But I am still here and still MFW - although also still just Mortgage Wannabe :rotfl:

Good things
TT savings account up to £11.01
Got a quote from lovely carpet man (£1,300) and booked fitting
Still on track to complete on 18th
Taking lunches to work
Bargainous sun dried tomatoes
Another Yougov survey (painfully slow progress)
Chased up £4.95 from Quidco

Badder things
Fat fat fat
Eat out of cupboards more, stop shopping! (But don't eat everything - see previous point)
Looking like torrential rain will see off car boot plans for Sunday

S x

LydiaJ

getting-sorted-sarah wrote: »

Hello everyone!

Sorry this is long! I'm a long time serial poster and challenge-er - had my DFW lightbulb moment in 2007 and have since paid off about £15k in debt - many have done much more but this has been an achievement for me as a single mum with a not very well paid job!...My mortgage is 26 years, so I will have just turned 70 when it is completed(!) if I don't take action!

Hello from another single parent who's about 26ish years away from 70! :hello:

getting-sorted-sarah wrote: »

I probably shouldn't have started the diary till I had moved but I am always a keen-er! :rotfl:

Not at all. Beginning the diary while you are still full of the enthusiasm of getting out of rented and buying your lovely new place is the perfect time to do it. Then the diary is already established when the novelty of home owning starts to wear off, and there is more chance that you will stick to it.

gallygirl

Not too long to go now :j. Soon you'll owe a fortune, yeahhhhhhhh :rotfl:.

getting-sorted-sarah

gallygirl wrote: »

Not too long to go now :j. Soon you'll owe a fortune, yeahhhhhhhh :rotfl:.

:rotfl: Haha yes, thanks for that!

getting-sorted-sarah

LydiaJ wrote: »

Hello from another single parent who's about 26ish years away from 70! :hello:

Hi Lydia! :wave: Thanks for the encouraging words!