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Extending our house without extending ourselves beyond our means
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All ok PF?DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)2 -
Just catching up..hope you’re ok PF xx2
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I've some very sad news to share, I'm afraid. Our lovely PurpleFairy passed away last month from cancer. I know many of us enjoyed her hugely positive & upbeat diary & it is hard to imagine that more recentky, she'd obviously been writing it while undergoing cancer treatment. I never met PurpleFairy, but we were very occasionally in touch in real life. This began with a kindness on her part - I'd mentioned on the MSE Small Things daily thread that I was struggling to find a suitable hyperallergenic sunblock for our cat's sun-damaged ears, of all things. I'd barely typed it before PurpleFairy pinged me a message to say she'd got a spare one I could have if I sent her my address. So I did & after that we did occasionally share a knitting pattern, recipe or gardening tip IRL.
A few weeks ago, PurpleFairy pinged me absolutely out of the blue to say that she'd been having cancer treatment but that her days here were now "very limited". She didn't want to disappear from the MSE diary community & nobody to know what had happened. I can see that people have already been wondering.
I'm so sorry to be the bringer of such sad news - I think we'd all have liked to know PurpleFairy properly in real life.
Rest peacefully, PurpleFairy. Your kindness & positivity will be missed on here.
Foxgloves xx2026's challenges: 1) To rebuild our Emergency Fund to at least £5k.
2) To read 50 books (12/50) 3) The Re-Shrinking of Foxgloves 8.1kg/30kg
Remember....if you have to put it on a credit card, extend your overdraft or take out a loan to buy whatever it is, you probably can't afford it, as that's not your money, it's somebody else's!13 -
I will miss you PF, wherever you are now.
4/10/25Three Years Mortgage Free Yay!
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Incredibly sad news, thoughts an sympathies go out to her family.
April 2020 - £102,222 Loans/CC’s.
Jan 2022 - £0
Cleared - £102,222
Jan 2022 - Now time to build suitable investments and a business!5 -
Oh no what sad news, thinking of her family at this heartbreaking news.
Thanks for letting us know Foxgloves.
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I’m so sorry to hear this, and am thinking of her family and friends, including all here. I’ve been lurking on this page for several months and had already seen her posts on the small things page. I enjoyed reading her updates and am so sad there won’t be any more. RIP PurpleFairy x4
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Such sad newsAchieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £167.4K Equity 38% 3/4/26
2) £2.5K Net savings after CCs 14/4/26 (but owed £1.1K) so £3.6K
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £39.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.3K) = 45.2K of £127.5K target 35.4% 8/5/26 (If took bigger lump sum = 67.1K or 52.6%)
4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise) (If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
5) SIPP £5.4K updated 8/5/262 -
Sticking with the "Small things" thread to keep up us on the straight and narrow.
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