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  • January start. Resignation in by Halloween.
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    :T:T:T:T:TCONGRATULATIONS!!!!!:T:T:T:T:T

    Tell us more...

    xx

    From me too :j:j:j
    January start. Resignation in by Halloween.
    OMG! This is brilliant news, SHS, well done you! You must have really, really impressed them.

    :beer: I want to hear of a few celebrations at your house tonight :)

    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • Celebrating now.
    I was up against two people who were competition and one who wasn't.
    One of the others was offered a temp job. Hope he took it.
  • CathT
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    Oh wow! Congratulations! That really is brilliant news!
    Nov 2025 - part 1 - £13,878 part 2 - £20,953 Total - £34,832 24 months to go!
  • gallygirl
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    :T:T:T Fantastic SHS, well done :T:T:T.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • Thankyou.
    At least I acted as well as moaning!!
  • greent
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    Really pleased to hear your news, shs - fantastic! Feeling valued is such an important thing for us all :)


    It must be wine o'clock after that! :D:T:beer::j


    xx
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • Excellent news - many congratulations on the new job :T:T:T

    MWCx
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • Sounds great. Brilliant to shake things up a bit.
    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
  • XSpender
    XSpender Posts: 3,811 Forumite
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    Many congratulations on your new job!:beer:
    Save £10,500 - £2673.77 - 25.5%
    Pay off £7000 - £1743 - 19.4%
    Make £2021 extra income - £99.75
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