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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.
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Glad you had a good night
"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 McGee1 -
Thanks. ☺️jwil said:Glad you had a good nightI 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. 19months left.1 -
Glad the procedure as been successful and your planning a trip to see ds. Hope the transport gets sorted and you manage to find somewhere to stay.
😂😂I blame you for leading me astray this afternoon 😂😂 I was out with a friend and had already had a glass or two of wine when my friend realised cocktails were 2 for 1. I wasn’t going to bother then spotted Kir Royale was in the offer….so I had to try one as I know you at partial 😂😂 think I’m hooked 🍹 I did stop at 1 ….I should sleep well tonight 👍January spends - £587.585 -
Hope you can sort out going to see DS 🙂I've been mortgage free once, so let's do it again!
Starting balance March 26 £191,274.532 -
But I’m an angel 😇 😂😂milann said:Glad the procedure as been successful and your planning a trip to see ds. Hope the transport gets sorted and you manage to find somewhere to stay.
😂😂I blame you for leading me astray this afternoon 😂😂 I was out with a friend and had already had a glass or two of wine when my friend realised cocktails were 2 for 1. I wasn’t going to bother then spotted Kir Royale was in the offer….so I had to try one as I know you at partial 😂😂 think I’m hooked 🍹 I did stop at 1 ….I should sleep well tonight 👍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. 19months left.3 -
Thanks ☺️Jessy103 said:Hope you can sort out going to see DS 🙂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. 19months left.3 -
Glad you had a good night out. I like the sound of courgette cake.
Just catching up so read about the end of a friendship. Always difficult but sometimes necessaryIf 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 1400/1000
Buffer fund 100/100
Debt Free (again) 25/07/20253 -
😂😂😂😂 ‘angelic’ Beanie, hope you’ve had a good day and plans for visiting ds are progressing 🤞
January spends - £587.583 -
Ground to a halt for now.milann said:😂😂😂😂 ‘angelic’ Beanie, hope you’ve had a good day and plans for visiting ds are progressing 🤞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. 19months left.2 -
I’m sorry to hear that.beanielou said:
Ground to a halt for now.milann said:😂😂😂😂 ‘angelic’ Beanie, hope you’ve had a good day and plans for visiting ds are progressing 🤞One thought I had about how to facilitate this trip. Could you and your mum share a long distance taxi to your son’s house, the kind of one that does airport runs etc.? Between you it might be affordable?KKAs at 17.04.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £216,847
- OPs to mortgage = £18,925 Estd. interest saved = £9,670 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 31 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 7th May.
Produce tracker: £108 of £400 in 2026
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