A treehouse for the twins

atypicalblonde

Hi PrincessLou how are you doing? I hope the boys recovered from the dreaded pox quickly.

Best wishes ATB x

PrincessLou

Well it's been a while since I posted

My original goal was to be down to £110,000 by the 31st of December. Yep...that didn't happen. I may have got fed up with the house and had the whole upstairs re-carpeted and painted, etc instead. :rotfl: We have been busy, busy and completely re-decorated the boys' room as well as turning DH's office into a playroom. Even though we didn't meet our OP target, I am so happy with how the upstairs of our house looks now that it was most definitely worth it. :j

Anyway, onto the March Update!

Overpayments - £1366.07
Standard payment - £297.59

Total paid off in March = £1663.66 :T:T::T

Mortgage balance now - £110,000

Very, very pleased with amount paid off this month. The biggest amount we've paid off yet. :j

Hope everyone is well. Even though I haven't been posting, I've been keeping up with everyone's diaries daily.

A_Frayed_Knot

Fantastic o/p for March :T Well done and sometimes we just need to overhaul things to be happy.

Nice to see 0,000.00 at the end of your mortgage :j:j makes me very happy

PrincessLou

Made an OP of £30 received from MSE energy club cashback

Which means... :wave: Goodbye 110k...hello 109Ks :wave:

Feels so good to be in single figures now, on the countdown to 100k :j

AFrayedKnot, I still follow your 0000s rule Although now I'm back to just one zero

PrincessLou

Since my last post I have been busy busy decluttering, sorting and selling. I have also discovered the joy of Facebook selling, after many years of insisting that I didn't need to join Facebook I found a fab local twins selling group which is perfect for everything I have two of (which is a lot!) Sold my double pushchair and one of the cots (I may have kept the other one..you know...just in case )

So, total to Op is £250 - making my balance £109,720 :T

Got a good feeling that we will get the balance down to the £108,000s by the end of the month

Cinny91

Loved reading your diary, Lou! I know the feeling of holding onto baby things just incase Our LO is edging towards 15 months so we have a lot of things that I know I really should sell, but even though we have no plans for anymore, I can't quite let go of the idea of no more babies for us.

Good luck with your target, can't wait to start our MFW diary on here!

PrincessLou

Thanks Cinny - nice to know that people are following our journey

I am holding onto a few items that I particularly loved when the boys were small, also toys and clothes. My husband is keen to get rid of everything and clear the garage out completely, however, I told him that if we do have another baby then it will save us a lot of money :D To be honest I go back and forth...most of the time the boys are wonderful and I tell my husband that I would like ten more please But some days it is so chaotic that I just think...no way :rotfl:

PrincessLou

The phrase 'the best things in life come for free' couldn't be truer this Easter holidays. DH's best friend gave him a one man tent in excellent condition that he was no longer using. He thought that the boys would love it to play in and he was right They have literally sat in this tent since Friday afternoon and it has provided a huge amount of (free) entertainment :rotfl:

Meanwhile, it was payday on Thursday and I have made a £300.02 OP :T: which came from tidying up accounts.

DeterminedSingleMummy

Hi. Ive been reading your diary and wanted to say hello!!

My DD is 4. Im a single mum and i'm still keeping her old clothes for no reason (or just in case a miracle happens lol)

Xx

atypicalblonde

Lovely to see you back PL :T:T xx