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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,925 Forumite
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    I'm glad you bought the dress  :) Especially as it is clearly a beanie dress

    Also glad your lunch with your friend went well

    D Day is sad this year as the veterans are so old it may be their last   :(
    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

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  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,807 Forumite
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    The dress sounds great, glad you enjoyed your lunch.
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 101,160 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    I'm glad you bought the dress  :) Especially as it is clearly a beanie dress

    Also glad your lunch with your friend went well

    D Day is sad this year as the veterans are so old it may be their last   :(
    Yes, I am sure my dad would have been there was he still with us.
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  • debtfreewannabe321
    debtfreewannabe321 Posts: 10,997 Forumite
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    I've just sold a pair of rocket dogs! I'm eyeing up dresses in v1nted too but restraining myself as don't have any budget for it this month 😆
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 101,160 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    I've just sold a pair of rocket dogs! I'm eyeing up dresses in v1nted too but restraining myself as don't have any budget for it this month 😆
    Neither do I 😆😆
    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*** in ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 13 months left.
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 26,139 Forumite
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    Glad you treated yourself. The book dress sounds amazing! 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping) -.literally have been run over by a bike, mobility scooter and a car - still here 💪
  • Grumpelstiltskin
    Grumpelstiltskin Posts: 6,123 Forumite
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    Lou I'm sure you look better in your new dresses than some of the guests at that posh wedding today, talk about money can't buy style.
    If you go down to the woods today you better not go alone.
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