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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.
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It was a lovely day for a drive, and I now realise that visiting El qualifies me to claim to have been Up North according to her rules
Mortgage OP 2026 £860/2000Mortgage balance: £31,791
Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May
Boiler fund £2085/30001 -
skint_spice wrote: »It was a lovely day for a drive, and I now realise that visiting El qualifies me to claim to have been Up North according to her rules

So is here Down South?:pI 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 -
Nah Skinty lives down south
... you live in right up north Beanie 
Although when I used to live nearby Skinty it wasn't down south then
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*I'm* down Sarf
2023: the year I get to buy a car1 -
So glad you were here yesterday.
It has been chucking it down for hours here.
No sun today
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.1 -
*I'm* down Sarf

Aye your Right down Sarf
So glad you were here yesterday.
It has been chucking it down for hours here.
No sun today
Its the same here Beanie ... Thunder through the night then non stop rain, the thunder woke me up about 4 am or so then the rain was just tremendous....Ma wee arms and face are scarlet ( apart from my Adam Ant stripe obviously )1 -
My arms are quite red.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.1 -
Great day yesterday.
Can someone tell me why I am so tired today.
I am just going to have a wee zizz!!!!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.1 -
I'm shattered too - it was all that sunshine, we really aren't used to it!
I am not sunburnt but my arms are now so brown I shall look ridiculous on the beach in a bikini
Mortgage OP 2026 £860/2000Mortgage balance: £31,791
Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May
Boiler fund £2085/30001 -
Me three just had an afternoon nap... did we climb a hill or something and I don't remember?1
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