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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,621 Forumite
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    Glad UC seems to be working out ok.

    A bit random but have you seen the snoopy face for Apple Watch? I think you have one and seem to remember you being a fan.
    Mortgage OP 2026 £50/2000
    Mortgage OP 2025 £7700/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £33,546

    Make £50 a month Jan £0
    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)
  • Humdinger1
    Humdinger1 Posts: 2,627 Forumite
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    edited 16 November 2025 at 12:43PM
    Hurray @beanielou! Fab news; you so deserve this love Humdinger xx
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,879 Forumite
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    Great news about UC
    "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: 97,562 Ambassador
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    Hurray @beanielou! Fab news; you so deserve this love Humdinger xx
    jwil said:
    Great news about UC
    Thank you x
    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: 13,621 Forumite
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    beanielou said:
    Glad UC seems to be working out ok.

    A bit random but have you seen the snoopy face for Apple Watch? I think you have one and seem to remember you being a fan.
    It may not surprise you to know that I have a snoopy watch face on said watch. It was free too! 
    I am glad you had it sussed, I added it today, it’s giving me a wee bit of joy when I see it
    Mortgage OP 2026 £50/2000
    Mortgage OP 2025 £7700/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £33,546

    Make £50 a month Jan £0
    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)
  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 7,664 Forumite
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    Love the watch face :)
    Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became

    In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,562 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    The watch face is very cheery. I have a couple of Snoopy sweatshirts & a couple of mugs. Even a Snoopy tote bag or two. Have loved Snoopy since my teens 🤗
    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: 13,621 Forumite
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    I used to have a badge with Snoopy sitting on my initial, all the rage in the late 70s😂
    Mortgage OP 2026 £50/2000
    Mortgage OP 2025 £7700/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £33,546

    Make £50 a month Jan £0
    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)
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 24,830 Forumite
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    I used to love Snoopy in my teens too. I remember the cartoon strip in the newspaper, I used to cut them out and save them. 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
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