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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,738 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

    Emergency fund 350/1000
    Buffer fund 100/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/07/2025
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,647 Forumite
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    The dress sounds great, glad you enjoyed your lunch.
    Mortgage OP 2026 £50/2000
    Mortgage OP 2025 £7700/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £33,546

    Make £50 a month Jan £20
    Boiler fund £925/3000

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,943 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.
    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.
  • debtfreewannabe321
    debtfreewannabe321 Posts: 10,323 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 😆
    Emergency Fund goal - £717.77/1500
    Weight loss goal 1 - 1/7 lb 
    Mortgage OP goal 2026 - £128.27/£4500 

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,943 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*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 24,951 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)
  • Grumpelstiltskin
    Grumpelstiltskin Posts: 5,866 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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