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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,627 Forumite
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    Glad you managed to get out and had a nice time :)
    "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: 97,027 Ambassador
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    jwil said:
    Glad you managed to get out and had a nice time :)
    It was fantastic. 
    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.
  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,547 Forumite
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    Love it 😂😂😂👍
    January spends - £587.58
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,627 Forumite
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    beanielou said:
    Todays shannigans!! 
    Pom-poms that matched my sticks at chair Pilates class!! 

    I love this 😍
    "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: 97,027 Ambassador
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    jwil said:
    beanielou said:
    Todays shannigans!! 
    Pom-poms that matched my sticks at chair Pilates class!! 

    I love this 😍
    It was so funny  :smiley:
    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.
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 8,669 Forumite
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    That is so cool 😎 I want some!! 🤩😊😂❤️

    KK
    As at 15.10.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £229,702
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 65 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 16th November 
    Produce tracker: £442 of £300 in 2025

    Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
    Watch your actions, they become your reality. 
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,588 Forumite
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    I love a sound bath. Well done on keeping in plodding.
    Mortgage OP 2025 £7550/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £34,196

    Money making challenge £83/400

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 24,544 Forumite
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    I’m glad you got out and enjoyed your sound bath. How fabulous are the matching sticks and pompoms 😻
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
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