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Baby steps to mortgage freedom for beanielou.

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  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 24,244 Forumite
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    Great birthday plans :) I’m usually in Ibiza for mine sadly not this year :( Will have to make do with a nice meal then look forward to Lanzarote the following month :)
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,134 Ambassador
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    Sun_Addict wrote: »
    Great birthday plans :) I’m usually in Ibiza for mine sadly not this year :( Will have to make do with a nice meal then look forward to Lanzarote the following month :)

    At least you know you have something to look forward too :)
    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.
  • teapot2
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Not to far from your neck of the woods :)

    I suspected that would be where you were heading. I'm going there tomorrow with family.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,134 Ambassador
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    teapot2 wrote: »
    I suspected that would be where you a's were heading. I'm going there tomorrow with family.

    Lucky lady :)

    I want tp go to the gardens & the harbour & various other parts that are personal to me. No Luca's now of course sadly, nor pool :(
    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.
  • teapot2
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Lucky lady :)

    I want tp go to the gardens & the harbour & various other parts that are personal to me. No Luca's now of course sadly, nor pool :(

    Theres normally still a Lucas' van down by the beach especially in the school hols :cool: The gardens haven't changed much the aviary is still there.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,134 Ambassador
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    teapot2 wrote: »
    Theres normally still a Lucas' van down by the beach especially in the school hols :cool: The gardens haven't changed much the aviary is still there.

    Are the trampolines still there do you know? The crazy golf?
    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.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,134 Ambassador
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    I am really looking forward to it but maybe slightly bitter sweet too.
    I used to be able walk the whole length of NB & back & not even think about it at all. Now I could not even manage the harbour to Quality Street.Mmmm.
    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.
  • girlatplay
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    I had a Luca's yesterday. Actually I had two as I picked Boyfriend up from his afternoon out and mentioned ice cream, and he insisted that I drive through Musselburgh on the way home so that he could buy me a tub :D
    Mortgage at 12/07/2022 = £175,000
    Mortgage today = £161,690.76
    300 271 payments to go.
    House buyout fund £21,000/£40,000
  • teapot2
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Are the trampolines still there do you know? The crazy golf?

    No, think all thats gone now :(
  • girlatplay
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    teapot2 wrote: »
    No, think all thats gone now :(

    The crazy golf is gone? Aww, I liked that :( Good memories from when Little Miss Gap was wee :)
    Mortgage at 12/07/2022 = £175,000
    Mortgage today = £161,690.76
    300 271 payments to go.
    House buyout fund £21,000/£40,000
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