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  • Secret_Saving_Squirrel
    Secret_Saving_Squirrel Posts: 4,138 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Beautiful dress! And what a bargain x
    Paid off mortgage nine years early in 2013. Now picking and choosing our work to fit in with the rest of our lives!
    Still thrifty though, after all these years:D
  • Bluefire
    Bluefire Posts: 476 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Another 30th birthday this week so another lot of baking done as a present!

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    Also did some cupcakes for both DH and the birthday girl to take into work. Received £30 towards ingredients so rather than pay myself back used £25 as another overpayment.
    Mortgage: [STRIKE]08/13 £28,896.49[/STRIKE] 01/18 £0
  • Bluefire
    Bluefire Posts: 476 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Another £50 chopped off the total, and our total mortgage now starts with a 17 instead of an 18! Just £50 more to go this month & I'll have reached target. Anything over that will just be a bonus!
    Mortgage: [STRIKE]08/13 £28,896.49[/STRIKE] 01/18 £0
  • Luckyinlife
    Luckyinlife Posts: 1,613 Forumite
    ohh that cake looks amazing :]
    Mortgage--- [STRIKE]£67700 March 15[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£65221 April 15[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£64983 July 15[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£64780 sept 15[/STRIKE] Remortgage [STRIKE]£67295 oct 15[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£66599 Nov 15[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]£65878.73 Dec 15[/STRIKE][STRIKE] £64834 1st Jan 16[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]Feb 16 £64,511.89[/STRIKE][STRIKE] March 16 £64,056.40[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]April 16 £62550[/STRIKE] [STRIKE]May 16 £62,396.20[/STRIKE] Feb 17 £60.800
    Emergency fund 23k
  • Bluefire
    Bluefire Posts: 476 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Just cashed out my first £5 from Geolotto. Not bad considering I only signed up a couple of weeks ago, mainly playing the free turbo game. I'd post my referral link but I think that breaks forum rules?

    Not much going on here anyway, had a bit of a down day yesterday & splurged on junk food. Can't let that happen too often! Waste of money and calories. Did give DH the biscuits I'd bought & told him to hide them, so at least that's something.
    Mortgage: [STRIKE]08/13 £28,896.49[/STRIKE] 01/18 £0
  • Bluefire
    Bluefire Posts: 476 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    Just sold one of my last Prime places, leaving me wth £50 in the bank so overpayed it in order to meet my target for the month. :j

    Off out for an MSE girly day to celebrate, free tickets to the cinema (Pitch Perfect 2) followed by a hot stone massage courtesy of Groupon. Wonderful!
    Mortgage: [STRIKE]08/13 £28,896.49[/STRIKE] 01/18 £0
  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 14,273 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Just seen the cake from the 26th of April {drools in sugar coma}! :T
  • Bluefire
    Bluefire Posts: 476 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    DH thinks I'm becoming obsessed with spreadsheets. I think he might be right!

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    Mortgage: [STRIKE]08/13 £28,896.49[/STRIKE] 01/18 £0
  • ajmoney
    ajmoney Posts: 6,488 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I wish I found setting up spreadsheets easier. I have been using one that someone on here emailed me years ago but it doesn't quite work. I really need to set my own up but I keep putting it off!
    MFW 2025 No. 7 £2731.07/£2700
    MFiT-T7 No. 6 £5515.91/£30,000
  • Bluefire
    Bluefire Posts: 476 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    ajmoney wrote: »
    I wish I found setting up spreadsheets easier. I have been using one that someone on here emailed me years ago but it doesn't quite work. I really need to set my own up but I keep putting it off!

    I had no clue when I started, it's been very much trial & error getting it to all work correctly! Happy to share my formulae if my set up will work for you. The calculations still aren't perfect (I'm about £5 out from the actual balance the last time I checked) but even so I find it all very motivating, putting different amounts in & seeing how it alters things!
    Mortgage: [STRIKE]08/13 £28,896.49[/STRIKE] 01/18 £0
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