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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.
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Echoing the others re food banks - I've just read the article. Love your bob!😃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!”7 -
From me too
I read that article when it came out, skimmed the captions though ... never again
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beanielou said:Bubblesmum said:Fame ….. is that the food bank ? will ask oh as he has it ….Re friend - have those who simply don’t have a clue - well done you for making a self care decision so you can enjoy the event with your family that you planned x
Ps as the others have said - take it easy xxx🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her5 -
Great work Beanie and what a lovely, smiley face you have.
Fortune x
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6623005/happy-days-in-our-golden-years/p1?new=1
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well done Beanie your doing a fab job. Where would the world be without people like you xx2025 Decluttering 10472⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
2024 Decluttering 11728⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️6 -
Beanie great photo and article .Life is an adventure, never stop exploring.6
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I thought it was a lovely picture too, didn't want to say anything in case you didn't want to mention it"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 McGee5
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Good article. Nice pic 🙂Mortgage at 12/07/2022 = £175,000
Mortgage today = £161,690.76
300 271 payments to go.House buyout fund £21,000/£40,000
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Thanks everyone
Initially I only knew because my neighbour phoned then I started getting other messages.
Then I started getting other messages.
For some reason the group one was not in.
We are a team after all!
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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.8 -
I had my hair cut today.
I am croaky & have a sore throatI 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
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