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  • safehouse
    safehouse Posts: 710 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    edited 17 October 2015 at 7:08AM
    Quiet Friday night heaven....
    Slept in this morning but still might have a shop around our local charity shops.
    Sold bag last night £4.99, paid off mortgage this morning.
    CC 5,260…. Mortgage £33,745 (66,255 paid)… Debts to Date
  • safehouse
    safehouse Posts: 710 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    :DCarboot so up bright and early this morning....3, items bought for a total of £11 are already bid up to £32 and they don't finish till this evening
    Also had a quiet, stress free weekend with OH on his best behavior....
    CC 5,260…. Mortgage £33,745 (66,255 paid)… Debts to Date
  • safehouse
    safehouse Posts: 710 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Up bright and early well early atleast….feel like I am in slow motion this morning, although had a good weekend, feeling tired
    Made a whopping £55 last night on 3 items sold….best I have done so far, paid off my mortgage this morning…..
    Enjoyed carboot but didn’t find any bargains to sell, did however get some very nice tops for myself and DS , oh and some casserole dishes for 50p bargain.
    Bingo night tonight, whoohoo
    CC 5,260…. Mortgage £33,745 (66,310 paid)… Debts to Date
  • Day of unexpected distressing events, DS had a terrible experience in train station with low life hassling him and demanding money….. This escalated to the point of this creep blocking his route and getting quite aggressive. I am so so angry….he has been through so much throughout his life, suffered bullying and worked his way through years of counselling and all he wants to do is go to university, get himself a good education to set him up for the future and maybe make a few friends along the way. What the hell give these scum creatures the right to do this to decent people? He is really shaken, and I know this will totally knock his confidence back to square one. I’m finding it hard to even write any more on this as I feel physically sick, so I am going to try and get some sleep.
  • Skinnylatte
    Skinnylatte Posts: 1,244 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Home Insurance Hacker!
    Good morning SH, that's just so awful, I hope DS can put it behind him quicky, sounds like a bad experience.
    Up until then, you were sounding in a good place.

    I'm still intrigued to know what kind of stuff you're selling in fleabay

    Hope you're week is going well x
    Pay off Car Loan £17,047 £10580 by Christmas 2022

    Mortgage 1 @ 23/03/2019 [STRIKE]£101297[/STRIKE]
    £84457 16.6% DI [STRIKE]£6.95[/STRIKE] £6.15
    Mortgage 2 @ 12/04/2015 [STRIKE]£136121[/STRIKE]
    £100,546 26.1
    % DI [STRIKE]£9.13[/STRIKE] £6.07
    1st LBM 02/06/2013 £[STRIKE]21595[/STRIKE] Debt Free Day 27/03/2015

  • safehouse
    safehouse Posts: 710 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    edited 23 October 2015 at 7:54PM
    Friday night….feeling edgy. The love, hate relationship I have with weekends is soooo
    Wrong, I really feel my head is everywhere but on my shoulders at times.

    Right need to focus on the positives! I have managed to save an extra £20 on my mortgage today, should have another £30 extra tomorrow if I get the overtime I’ve asked for. Watching the soaps at the moment with my DS and he seems calmer also have a nice morning planned tomorrow with my D mamma, "need to make more time for her". Bathroom sink has finally been replaced and looks good....just a few slight improvements to go :T
    Hoping for a wonderful calm weekend and looking forward to Sunday carbooty....
    Hows that for being positive .............................................................................................
    CC 5,260…. Mortgage £33,670 (66,330 paid)… Debts to Date
  • safehouse
    safehouse Posts: 710 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    £30 paid into mortgage today extra overtime………………….
    Carbooty tomorrow, hoping to find some good bargains


    CC 5,260…. Mortgage £33,640 (66,360 paid)… Debts to Date
  • Skinnylatte
    Skinnylatte Posts: 1,244 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Debt-free and Proud! Home Insurance Hacker!
    safehouse wrote: »
    £30 paid into mortgage today extra overtime………………….
    Carbooty tomorrow, hoping to find some good bargains


    CC 5,260…. Mortgage £33,640 (66,360 paid)… Debts to Date

    Good luck with the car boot, hope you're having a quiet weekend x
    Pay off Car Loan £17,047 £10580 by Christmas 2022

    Mortgage 1 @ 23/03/2019 [STRIKE]£101297[/STRIKE]
    £84457 16.6% DI [STRIKE]£6.95[/STRIKE] £6.15
    Mortgage 2 @ 12/04/2015 [STRIKE]£136121[/STRIKE]
    £100,546 26.1
    % DI [STRIKE]£9.13[/STRIKE] £6.07
    1st LBM 02/06/2013 £[STRIKE]21595[/STRIKE] Debt Free Day 27/03/2015

  • safehouse
    safehouse Posts: 710 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    edited 27 October 2015 at 6:20PM
    I was right to feel anxious about the weekend....must have been the worst for a long time :(

    Massive £280 paid off mortgage yesterday Wonderbar :T:T....all invoices/bills paid, finances worked out for end of month.....so quite shocked at what was left over. DS 21st in a couple of weeks so really wont have much to put in the pot next month.....savoring the moment :)
    Vet bill of £80 yesterday another shocking bill :eek:....and all for an eye infection....2mins consultation and a tiny tube of antibiotic eye cream for my molly moo...................hoping will be covered by insurance:)
    CC 5,260…. Mortgage £33,360 (66,640 paid)… Debts to Date
  • safehouse
    safehouse Posts: 710 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Off to the metro centre with DS this morning, looking for Birthday pressy, "new guitar" and I have a feeling this is going to be a very a very expensive day :eek:
    running late so need to make a move, will be giving an update later on the spendy front :)
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