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2016 mfw

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  • turtlemoose
    turtlemoose Posts: 1,699 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    No 92 with final update for May of £305.44 for the month - my best ever, woohoo!
  • bunty109
    bunty109 Posts: 1,265 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    #24 with £477.11 for May
    MFW 2019#24 £9474.89/£11000 MFW 2018#24 £23025.41/£15000
    MFi3 v5 #53 £12531/
    MFi3 v4 #53 £59442/£39387
  • Marie27lol
    Marie27lol Posts: 254 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 28 May 2016 at 11:15PM
    Evening all, No 127 reporting in.

    Managed (and i don't know how) to max this month's OP, the first time this year. So this makes May's OP to £500 :)

    Well I do know why I haven't maxed any before, Hubby and I decided to try doing a Buy to Let - arghhh, 2 months in after the paying the new mortgage (and sorry to say it's interest only) it's still not rented out :( Having said that, it's one of those long term family homes (not a modern 2-bed professional homes) so should expect 3-6 year rental.

    Now as any MFW knows, whats the first thing to do, start OP'g. So once this is rented out, that's the plan.

    If anyone knows of anyone wanting a 3/4 bedroom home in south Leeds, 12 mins bus ride to bus station, let me know :) Its got views and parking ...

    Good luck to everyone over half-term, in trying to spend as tiny amount as possible :P
    M
  • sweepster
    sweepster Posts: 448 Forumite
    number #120 I only managed £350 this month but know i have a biggie coming next month.

    Good luck everyone and hope you are enjoying the sunshine.
    Aim to be mortgage free by 2017
    MFW 2016 overpayments here we go again £10000
    :T:T:T:T:T
  • raino144
    raino144 Posts: 55 Forumite
    Hi all.. #52 here :)

    Still (just about) keeping on track for the target, over 50% there but including a bonus which arrived in March.

    Been using an Instant Pot recently which has run up some tasty meals at not much cost (:))

    On the other hand my laptop died and "had" to buy a Surface Pro 4... not MSE but a great new toy :)
  • Lomcevak
    Lomcevak Posts: 1,026 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Spreadsheet updated - hope everyone's having a nice, relaxing bank holiday in the sunshine. I've been doing the update while ... um ... 'multitasking' with a beer and a barbecue, so (even more than usual) if I've made a mistake then let me know and i'll fix it :D

    lazer-zxr - welcome aboard! Hopefully nothing to be too apprehensive about, although the OP's can get a bit addictive at times! Are there any OPs so far that you'd like to count?

    anna42hmr - I've updated your target, good luck!

    jodles16 and linzipinz - well done on reaching your targets already :)

    MortgageFreeMimi - well done on the huge OP (...rather than the holiday, as I did..!)

    rasputin_thorpedo
    Reached a new milestone, mortgage now starts with a £16X instead of a £17X! :D

    Well done on ticking down through a milestone, I find those very motivational too :)

    Maybe_its_because
    Pleased with that. I think that puts us back in the green so I can stop fixating on the MFW spreadsheet!

    You're blue now :)
  • shangaijimmy
    shangaijimmy Posts: 3,803 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    #2 reporting in with an OP total for May of £727.72.
    Overall challenge total of £3,609.04.

    Very pleased to be over half way there and thanks for the challenge. Enjoy your bbq and apologies for posting an hour of two after youve updated the spreadsheet!
    MFW: Was: £136,000.......Now: £47,736.58......
  • Lomcevak wrote: »
    Spreadsheet updated

    Maybe_its_because



    You're blue now :)

    :beer: thanks Lomcevak

    MIB x
    MFW2020 #5 £2,000/2,000 MFW2021 #5 £1,850/3,500MFW2022 #5 £3.001/3,000Sep'12 £233,750 Jan'15 £222,329 Dec’21 £139,584 MFiT T4 #24 £48k/£34k MFiT T5 #24 £22,186/£41k MFiT T6 #24 £4,700/£29k
  • Catslovelycats
    Catslovelycats Posts: 1,749 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Third Anniversary Combo Breaker
    edited 30 May 2016 at 3:48PM
    #80 update
    £740 for April
    £2930 for May

    Thanks

    My ISA has expired and decided it made better sense to put what little is in there into paying off mortgage than languishing in a silly % interest account!
  • UnionGirl
    UnionGirl Posts: 182 Forumite
    No. 64 with £125 O/P for May.

    Thanks.
    As my Mum always said "Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves"
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