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Hope is not an Effective Financial Strategy

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  • shangaijimmy
    shangaijimmy Posts: 3,803 Forumite
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    Typically SMP couldn't come at a worse month. Mrs SJ has a wedding to attend plus the 2nd hen do aaghhh!

    Anyway £1 TT this morning so the pot has started again, and i managed to OP £5 from my small change jar. On a positive note i'm only 68p from another £5!

    Matched Betting has hit a mini pause until the football season starts and i can report a £185 profit from the opening 3 weeks. I just have to decide what to do with it all!!
    MFW: Was: £136,000.......Now: £47,736.58......
  • shangaijimmy
    shangaijimmy Posts: 3,803 Forumite
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    40p TT this morning, and just £36 left in current account until payday on Monday! I'd say that's a good use of income for all our pots this month!
    MFW: Was: £136,000.......Now: £47,736.58......
  • A_Frayed_Knot
    A_Frayed_Knot Posts: 3,308 Forumite
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    Excellent - hope you don't have to buy ice creams for everyone:cool:, heard its another fantastic sunny day for you.

    Looks like it may be the first for us :) sneezing away here merrily, thanks goodness no wet face cloth needed - yet :rotfl:


    Any good guides I can read up on/teach myself on matched betting, don't know enough about it - yet, just another item on my "teach thyself" list :)
    Always have 00.00 at the end of your mortgage and one day it will all be 0's :dance:
    MF[STRIKE] March 2030[/STRIKE] Yes that does say 2030 :eek: Mortgage Free 21.12.18 _party_
    Now a Part Timer from 27.10.19
  • shangaijimmy
    shangaijimmy Posts: 3,803 Forumite
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    Hidden shadow directed me to bank of bets website. Very good and the guides make it understandable. Just start small, take it slow etc.... My sneezing isn't too bad today but ds1 is terrible!
    MFW: Was: £136,000.......Now: £47,736.58......
  • shangaijimmy
    shangaijimmy Posts: 3,803 Forumite
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    Forget to mention as well. I'm not one for remembering dreams but this morning I did. Dreamt I'd overpaid £2k, is that where this obsession takes us...??
    MFW: Was: £136,000.......Now: £47,736.58......
  • shangaijimmy
    shangaijimmy Posts: 3,803 Forumite
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    £1 TT this morning. 2 days left in school/nursery for the boys, so only 2 school runs left!!!
    MFW: Was: £136,000.......Now: £47,736.58......
  • shangaijimmy
    shangaijimmy Posts: 3,803 Forumite
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    £1 TT this morning but more importantly last school run for 6 weeks!
    MFW: Was: £136,000.......Now: £47,736.58......
  • debtfreeoneday
    debtfreeoneday Posts: 5,013 Forumite
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    Yay to the school hols!
    DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
    MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)
  • shangaijimmy
    shangaijimmy Posts: 3,803 Forumite
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    Correct, no school run was bliss!
    MFW: Was: £136,000.......Now: £47,736.58......
  • Moneyfordreams
    Moneyfordreams Posts: 2,442 Forumite
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    I have one more school run to do EVER. That'll be A level results day next month... my babies are adults!!
    Mortgage restart June 2018 £119950Re mortgage August 19 £110470, … Mortgage November 22 £85600 final 0% CC 3300Home renovations - £65000, mid 2018 - mid 2022
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