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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.
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Hope you’re enjoying your new room 👍January spends - £587.584
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ooh good news on the decorating Beanie, may have to pick your brains there when this place finally gets underway!Fingers crossed for your car.RB xxDebt free May 2016... DFW#2 in progress
Campervan paid off summer '21... MFW progress tbc4 -
You're a bit quiet - I hope all is well with youSave £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
My new diary is here4 -
Thank you everyone.
I have been busy doing some more decluttering & I am pleased with where I am.
I hope it did me some good to have a weekend away from my laptop.
I have had a tough few day what with one thing & another.
I had a online funeral yesterday & it was tough. Tough.
I lost 7 lbs this week so very very pleased with thatI 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.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.6 -
Well done on the decluttering and weight loss 👏 Boo to the tough funeral though ☹️I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)6
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Wow 7lb Beanie....pass some of that motivation my way pretty please 👍
Sorry about the funeral. I think they are so sad and the worse bit is not being able to hug the family.
Can you also pass the decluttering vibe my way too....I’ve lost my mojoJanuary spends - £587.585 -
Well done on the weight loss beanie and also congrats on your lovely, new decorated bedroom!Sorry to hear the news of the funeral. 😞Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
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RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
My diary: “Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!”5 -
Well done on the decluttering and fab weight loss! Sorry to hear about the funeral"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee4
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Thank you everyoneI 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.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.4 -
Sorry about the funeral, beanie - I have one of those to attend on 15th March, of a relation I only knew online (for genealogy) ... hope it wasn't too upsetting for you.2023: the year I get to buy a car6
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