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  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,914 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Meh :( Roll on the Xmas break! 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
  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    No better today.
    Maybe tomorrow is my day?!
  • muddywhitechicken
    muddywhitechicken Posts: 3,940 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    :(
    fingers crossed for a better day tomorrow
    Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
    Mortgage-free: January 2021
    Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)
  • CathT
    CathT Posts: 7,135 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I hope so. Aren't all you teachers counting 'get ups' yet?
    Nov 2025 - part 1 - £13,878 part 2 - £20,953 Total - £34,832 24 months to go!
  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    Thanks guys.
    Scarily I am not pleased about get ups as I have so many loose ends to tie.
    Home at 8.15 last night.
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    A late one! Hope today's better.
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • smallholdingsister
    smallholdingsister Posts: 4,018 Forumite
    Nope. DH's car went bang on the way home.

    Sounds terminal.
  • CathT
    CathT Posts: 7,135 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    That doesn't sound good SHS, is he ok?
    Nov 2025 - part 1 - £13,878 part 2 - £20,953 Total - £34,832 24 months to go!
  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,468 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Wow you have so much bad luck with cars shs, hope it can be rescued :(
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,914 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Waaah! - does that mean both cars are currently off the road? :(


    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
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