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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 101,253 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Watty1 said:
    Sorry to hear it was as bad as you thought.  Sending love and light
    Thank you. Much appreciated. 
    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.
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  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,859 Forumite
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    Sorry the appointment was as bad as you expected. Hope they found answers and can do something for you 👍
    Your evening with friends sounds lovely 👍
    January spends - £587.58
  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 29,234 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hope you had a better weekend. It's getting lighter which I'm enjoying. Yesterday's wind wasn't fun but not as bad as others we've had recently.
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £165K Equity 38.88% 6/9/26
    2) £1.5K Net savings after CCs 29/8/26 (but owed £130) so £1.6K
    3) 47/82K @29/8/26 = 57.31% AVC Goal by mid 2028
  • milann
    milann Posts: 11,859 Forumite
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    Morning 👋👋👋
    Hope your ok and enjoying your new kitchen 👍
    January spends - £587.58
  • Hi  Beanie
    sending cyber hugs, hope you are receiving furbie  hugs from yours. My furbie is sat o keyboard. I am getting the cat stare!
    andrea
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 23,933 Forumite
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    Hope you are doing ok lovely xx
    "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
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,812 Forumite
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    So sorry you are feeling this way, take care x
    Mortgage OP 2026 £1870/2000
    Mortgage balance: £29,683

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May £30, Jun £120, Jul £0, Aug £45, Sept



  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 9,771 Forumite
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    Thinking of you Beanie. Hope you manage some better sleep soon x
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 18,838 Forumite
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    Big hugs Beanie, we'll be here when you're feeling up to coming back xx
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