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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 8,231 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Hope pain subsides. I do love an afternoon tea - especially one that is delivered.  I hope you both enjoy your treat.
    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 !!
  • lucielle
    lucielle Posts: 11,834 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hope the jab has kicked in. Do love a bit of bingo!  Enjoy
    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
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,925 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    So pleased you are having DS for Christmas.
    I hope you enjoyed lunch with your friend
    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 1400/1000
    Buffer fund 100/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/07/2025
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,556 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    So pleased you are having DS for Christmas.
    I hope you enjoyed lunch with your friend
    Thank you. This is a much older friend I met years ago at yoga but we just get each other. 
    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.
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 25,454 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    My favourite lunches out are with friends quite a few years older than me. Although I don’t notice the age gap I love how they still regard me as being young 🤣
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,680 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Some nice goings on there, Beanie. Hope the shoulder is feeling better now after the injection x
    I've been mortgage free once, so let's do it again!
    Starting balance March 26 £191,274.53
  • Enjoy your Chinese later, and DS's return home! My DS1 should be home on Monday or Tuesday dependent on when his flight gets in (him and his GF are in Germany for a xmas market!)
    Emergency Fund goal - £1000/2000
    Mortgage OP goal 2026 - £1200/£4500 
    Read 24 books this year 14/24

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