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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,083 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    I have done half an hours decluttering including shoes that may have been expensive hurt my feet. Have been to the textile recycling bin. 
    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.
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,220 Forumite
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    beanielou said:
    I have done half an hours decluttering including shoes that may have been expensive hurt my feet. Have been to the textile recycling bin. 
    Well done on the decluttering!
    "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: 96,083 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    jwil said:
    beanielou said:
    I have done half an hours decluttering including shoes that may have been expensive hurt my feet. Have been to the textile recycling bin. 
    Well done on the decluttering!
    Thank you ☺️ 
    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.
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,469 Forumite
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    I don’t know why I hang on to uncomfortable shoes as if they are going to suddenly become comfortable, I shall start with shoes tomorrow!
    Mortgage OP 2025 £6750/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £35,463

    Declutter 13/244

    Money making challenge £58/400

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 8,063 Forumite
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    I cleared out some beautiful, but for my feet, unwearable shoes. The sense of relief was genuinely tangible! 🤷‍♀️😊

    KK
    As at 15.08.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,148  Interest saved £5,738 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 50 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 13th September
    Produce tracker: £385 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. 
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,083 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    I don’t know why I hang on to uncomfortable shoes as if they are going to suddenly become comfortable, I shall start with shoes tomorrow!
    Good luck 😉 
    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.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,083 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    KajiKita said:
    I cleared out some beautiful, but for my feet, unwearable shoes. The sense of relief was genuinely tangible! 🤷‍♀️😊

    KK
    I have kept the shoes I wore for my 60th & my mums 80th. Whether I will ever wear them again is another question! 
    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.
  • lucielle
    lucielle Posts: 11,544 Forumite
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    I’m with you on shoes hurting. Try them on it the shop and they’re like slippers. Get them home and they’ve got teeth like jaws and been fitted with a nail gun to be fired at strategic spots!!
    L
    Total Debt Dec 07 £59875.83 Overdrafts £2900,New Debt Figure ZERO !!!!!!:j 08/06/2013
    Lucielle's Daring Debt Free Journey
    DFD Before we Die!!!! Long Haul Supporter #124
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 8,063 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper Photogenic
    lucielle said:
    I’m with you on shoes hurting. Try them on it the shop and they’re like slippers. Get them home and they’ve got teeth like jaws and been fitted with a nail gun to be fired at strategic spots!!
    L
    Not just me then!! 😂😂😂🙄

    KK
    As at 15.08.25:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
    - OPs to mortgage = £12,148  Interest saved £5,738 to date
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 50 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 13th September
    Produce tracker: £385 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. 
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,083 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    I just resent spending £200 + on shoes. Anyway, no point in crying about it. I have wasted £100 quid in the last month trying to save money. 
    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.
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