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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,895 Ambassador
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    michelle09 wrote: »
    My gradmother puts evaporated milk on tinned fruit, always takes me back to my childhood. Love it still. :)

    Angel delight is delicious. OH doesn't like it so all the more for me!

    I have no shame.
    I eat the whole packet:eek::)
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    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
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  • Me too. :D It's not too bad calorie-wise either. Lots of calcium which is very good for you.
  • Pooky
    Pooky Posts: 7,023 Forumite
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    Phone or email your council to find out Beanie, we did and they sent round a very helpful lady who sat, had a cuppa, a quick chat about circumstances and then wrote a report for us. All done and dusted in less than 5 Days.
    "Start every day off with a smile and get it over with" - W. C. Field.
  • milann
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    Mmm....angel delight layered with tinned raspberries makes a very posh pudd especially with a spoon o f cream on top - my mother in law used to serve it a her posh dinner parties Mrs Bouquet style :rotfl: I used to make her a hamper every Christmas and always put some in.

    Wow I've not been around or a few days and you make a payment and lose 5 1/2 :Tlbs think you've thrown them my way as I've not stopped eating!
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,895 Ambassador
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    Been so tired slept from 4pm yesterday & then was awake for a little while and still slept all night :eek:
    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.
  • You must have needed the sleep Beanie.

    I think you should definitely try to find out from the council if you would be entitled. Nothing ventured nothing gained :).
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,895 Ambassador
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    Yes, will try again with council.
    Was a few years ago when I tried before.
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    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.
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,481 Forumite
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Been so tired slept from 4pm yesterday & then was awake for a little while and still slept all night :eek:
    That will do you good Beanie. Sleep is restorative and if you hadn't needed the sleep you would have woken up :)
    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

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,895 Ambassador
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    That will do you good Beanie. Sleep is restorative and if you hadn't needed the sleep you would have woken up :)[/QUOTE
    TRue :)

    Have downloaded the form from the council.
    Will aim to fill it in by the end of the week!!
    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.
  • ZTD
    ZTD Posts: 24,327 Forumite
    beanielou wrote: »
    I hadent thought of carnation.

    It's nice - very nice. Just don't drink the tin.
    beanielou wrote: »
    Tinned spaghetti on toast. Bleugh.

    The Student Banquet. :D
    beanielou wrote: »
    Still cant believe how vile that long life stuff it:eek:

    Try the UHT version of this stuff. Even goes on cornflakes.

    Alpro+Drink+Hazelnut+Original+1L+edge+UK+copy1_540x576_p_edf8ff.jpg

    The other nut juices are nasty though...
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