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Cazmanian_minx's MFi3 diary
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Congratulation, how lovely weddings can be done the mse waySave £12k in 25 No 49
PB Win 21 £225, 22 £275, 23 £900, 24 £750 Balance Dec 25 £32.7K
Plan to move to Denmark for FIRE by Autumn 2025 “May your decisions reflect your hopes not your fears”
New diary aiming for fire https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6414795/mortgage-free-now-aiming-for-fire#latest0 -
Awwwwww... congratulations! :T :j :beer:
What an amazing start to the new decade! Mortgage free as of 12/08/20!
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Whooooooo hooooooooooooooo Congratulations
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cazmanian_minx wrote: »Unexpected hit to the finances during the next three years - my darling boyfriend got down on one knee at midnight, produced a ring (which fitted perfectly!) and asked me to marry him:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D So that's a £40k mortgage reduction and a wedding to budget for!
Caz
Hi Caz, what fantastic news! Many congratulations to you both :T:T:T
I remember spending a few hours about 18 months ago reading your diary from start to finish and being amazed at all the things you managed to accomplish in a day as well as the actions you were taking to make your goal of moving to Scotland come true - look how far you've come - very inspirational :jMFW Start Date 1.4.08. Updated 23.1.18. MFW date 1.8.18
Original Mortgage o/s £187,643 / £71,904 (-115,739)
Repay o/s £92,661 / now £55,900 (-36,761)
Int Only o/s £94,982, now £16,004 (-78,978)
Total daily interest £1 [a) £0.77 b)£0.23
Total OP's:2018 target £TBC YTD £1,9950 -
Mortgage payment day today and this month's overpayment is £564.67 :beer: That takes the amount of capital paid off to just over £7k or nearly 5% - we're going to have to speed up a bit...
Thank you all for the congratulations We're going to have a pretty quiet wedding, although I do intend to spend a bit more than my first wedding, which came in at less than £1000. We've been saving up clubcard vouchers to turn into Virgin holiday vouchers for that Mauritius trip, so the idea is to get married while we're out there and then have a big party for family and friends when we get back. So it's probably going to be 2012 sometime, to maximise our voucher-collecting and loose change saving! :rotfl:
I reopened my shops yesterday and had sales of £140 in the first hour and a half - yesterday's takings ended up at £355 (plus a request for something I haven't invoiced for yet, but that'll take the total to just short of £400). Seems like my customers missed me and it's looking increasingly likely I'll be able to pay myself in the next few days
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Congrats Caz & Happy New Year
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort Mortgage Balance = £0
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Well done Caz super idea about Mauritius as that is what we did and we had a lovely time. Got married that the Belle Marge Plage - superb wedding just the two of us.Save £12k in 25 No 49
PB Win 21 £225, 22 £275, 23 £900, 24 £750 Balance Dec 25 £32.7K
Plan to move to Denmark for FIRE by Autumn 2025 “May your decisions reflect your hopes not your fears”
New diary aiming for fire https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6414795/mortgage-free-now-aiming-for-fire#latest0 -
Congratulations & Happy New Year to you & your husband to be!0
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Congratulations on your wonderful news, best wishes for 2010 and beyond!0
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Brilliant news! Congratulations!15/5/12 Paid off Mortgage 1 (£220k) Bought Dream House:www: Dec 13 - Mortage 2 -£116,508. 15/7/18 Mortgage Free Again :j
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