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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,243 Forumite
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    Glad you had a nice time with DS and have a lovely visit with your friend :)
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  • lucielle
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    Have a lovely time with your friend. 
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  • Tescodealqueen
    Tescodealqueen Posts: 1,274 Forumite
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    edited 5 July 2023 at 8:01AM
    Beanie have you checked to see if you might be able to get help with glasses on low income grounds on gov.uk. It might be worth checking especially if you have a complex prescription. I know glasses are expensive as me and oh both have sight tests tomorrow 😱
  • savingholmes
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    Good luck with meeting old friend and the new glasses.

    Glad your DS is ok
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    (If took bigger lump sum = 54.5K or 42.7%)
    4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise)
    (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
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  • milann
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    Enjoy the meet up with friend who I’m guessing is a bit out of comfort zone too. Bet you’ll be fine after 30 seconds 👍
    Always nice to hear things are well in our offspring world…..long may it continue.
    I definitely think it’s worth looking to see if you can get help towards glasses. I know pip opens doors to lots of things but not exactly sure what.
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  • milann
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    Glad you had a lovely meet up with your friend. 
    Hope you manage to get hold of the gardener.
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  • Sun_Addict
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    Glad you had a lovely meet up. 
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  • beanielou
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    milann said:
    Glad you had a lovely meet up with your friend. 
    Hope you manage to get hold of the gardener.
    Glad you had a lovely meet up. 
    Thanks  :)
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  • skint_spice
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    Glad you enjoyed your meet up.

    Hope you get the weeding sorted out soon.
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