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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.
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Wet room is a great idea.If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
Emergency fund 350/1000
Buffer fund 100/100
Debt Free (again) 25/07/20254 -
And another vote for the wet room.
Debt free May 2016... DFW#2 in progress
Campervan paid off summer '21... MFW progress tbc4 -
Another vote for a deep clean of the wet room
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Thanks @doingitanyway, @RosaBernicia & @24ta.
Out for a lovely wee lunch with my mum.
Hard to believe that this time last year we were just about ready for the big birthday celebrations.
How time flies.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.7 -
Wow that has passed quickly - it doesn’t seem like a year. Hope you enjoyed your lunch. Nothing better than a nice lunch out.January spends - £587.585
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That’s flown by! Glad you had a lovely time. You are so lucky to still have your mum.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)3
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Yes, indeed.Sun_Addict said:That’s flown by! Glad you had a lovely time. You are so lucky to still have your mum.
She was young when she had me & is young for her age.
11 years since by dad died
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.4 -
Lost my mum a week after my 40th birthday, she was 71, young by today’s standards. I really miss her.beanielou said:
Yes, indeed.Sun_Addict said:That’s flown by! Glad you had a lovely time. You are so lucky to still have your mum.
She was young when she had me & is young for her age.
11 years since by dad diedI get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)5 -
I can only imagine you do SA
Sometimes I would just give anything to talk to my dad just once more before he got the dementia.
Such is life. Ubique.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.5 -
Glad you had a nice lunch "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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