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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,123 Forumite
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    Sorry to hear you've had more falls.  Does it correlate with times when you are more stressed?

    Glad the car is fixed and fingers crossed it goes through MOT ok.  I really hope you get decent responses to your complaints as well.
    "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 McGee
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,852 Ambassador
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    jwil said:
    Sorry to hear you've had more falls.  Does it correlate with times when you are more stressed?

    Glad the car is fixed and fingers crossed it goes through MOT ok.  I really hope you get decent responses to your complaints as well.
    It absolutly does.  :(
    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.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,852 Ambassador
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    jwil said:
    Sorry to hear you've had more falls.  Does it correlate with times when you are more stressed?

    Glad the car is fixed and fingers crossed it goes through MOT ok.  I really hope you get decent responses to your complaints as well.
    maggiem said:
    🤞🤞🤞that car returns and is safe and drivable. 
    Thank you both.


    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.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,852 Ambassador
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    Not even 8 o'clock & just about dark  :(
    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.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • Yes I know - these dark evenings have hit so quickly. ☹️
    So pleased to hear the positive news on the car. 👍
    Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
    Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
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    RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
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  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,426 Forumite
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    Hooray for the car being sorted for you 🤞 hopefully that will be it. Bet you’ve not got long left on it now before you have to choose a new one…..
    January spends - £587.58
  • Sun_Addict
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    Let’s hope it’s fixed properly this time 🤞
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • More crossed fingers here (also boots polished in case needed for application to rear of CEO)
    Debt free May 2016... DFW#2 in progress
    Campervan paid off summer '21... MFW progress tbc
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,852 Ambassador
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    milann said:
    Hooray for the car being sorted for you 🤞 hopefully that will be it. Bet you’ve not got long left on it now before you have to choose a new one…..
    New one was ordered months ago & currently delayed.............
    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.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
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