Mortgage free by 2021?!

selloptape

New car! How exciting hope all goes well on Monday x

smallholdingsister

What colour is it?!

hiddenshadow

Greyish-blue.

EatingTheElephant

Well done on finding a car so quick, very exciting

hiddenshadow

Thanks! We debated looking around further, but (aside from the later hassle/confusion over price) we couldn't think of anything else we'd want in a car. As it's (relatively) cheap, we figure even if it turns out to be a dud it should last us until we're MF (if not far longer, it only has 50k miles on it) and then we can get a nicer/newer car.

We're both "cars are meant to get us from point A to point B in as efficient/comfortable manner as possible, that's all" people, so not much to debate.

hiddenshadow

Car insurance: check

Breakdown cover: check

Vehicle records lookup: check

Should get £50 cashback on the breakdown, and possibly £30 as a gift card as well.

Will go in early with DH tomorrow and withdraw cash from the bank branch near his work. Then off work at 6 to go collect and drive home!

smallholdingsister

Sounds good.

hiddenshadow

Thanks SHS.

So I bought a hair cutting set and clippers off bay of E and tonight we braved using them. Cutting DH's hair took me about an hour as it was quite long. It looks good now, though I can see areas that I want to do differently next time. Mine took about 10 minutes as I only need slight trimming.

Once we do it again we should break even on the cost (~£40 total) and then it's all profit. Yay youtube video tutorials!

Ali-OK

Great news on the car.

Big savings for sure with hair cutting at home, though I've only gone as far as a thinning comb for DS and using clippers for the dogs...saving £100 twice a year

hiddenshadow

I didn't actually try the thinning shears that came in the set tonight, as DH's hair is thinning a bit anyway. Probably should next time as they are quite forgiving about incorrect cuts I think.

Last time I clipped the dog (hot summer in the US) he wriggled around and rather than a nice tidy belly trim he got an awful choppy neck-to-tail body shave. He has no sense of self so didn't mind, and he was nice and cool all summer. One bonus to British weather is he's rarely overheated here.