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Starting again #3 + 2 more mouths to feed
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Well done on the weight loss and drawing up budgets til next July...that's amazingly organised.paydbx2026 #19 £1499/£6000 . Mortgage start £148k June 23 - now £133k.
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At least you know where the budget needing extended and have done so
brilliant progress so far. Subscribing so I can follow 
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Well done for getting back on it. It is hard to keep at it all the time. Congratulations on the weight loss!" Your vibe attracts your tribe":D
Debt neutral 27/03/17 from £40k:eek: in the hole 2012.
Roadkill 17 £56.58 2016-£62.28 2015- £84.20)
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Are you counting down in a good way to summer hols or do you find them difficult? I'm such a mixture." Your vibe attracts your tribe":D
Debt neutral 27/03/17 from £40k:eek: in the hole 2012.
Roadkill 17 £56.58 2016-£62.28 2015- £84.20)
RYSAW17 £1900 2016 £2,535.16 2015 £1027.200 -
Mine have another week off, it hasnt stopped is making the countdown chart to the summer holidays though I'm the annoying parent who loves the holidays and wish there could be more! 0
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Well done on getting a handle on your spending. Re this big trip for DS1 as he messed you around a bit, what is HE doing to help pay for it? Extra chores, tidying up the garden, minding little ones if he is old enough? For that much I do make my admittedly older children contribute something to it. I think they appreciate it then.
I wish we had an Aldi here....
chevI want a job that is less than an hour driving away from my house! Are you listening universe?
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Maybe you could post an soa on here to see if there are areas we can suggest you cutting back? I guess it is expensive to raise 6 kids.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Debt free Wannabe, Budgeting and Banking and Savings and Investment boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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Click on this link for a Statement of Accounts that can be posted on the DebtFree Wannabe board: https://lemonfool.co.uk/financecalculators/soa.php0 -
All sounding really good, keep going 2020 will be hear in a flash and you seem motivated enough to have a good go at becoming debt free.
Sunny with me also, feels good to be able to get some washing out on the line, maybe spring is finally here.0 -
Hi have you done an soa? Not sure if I just skimmed past it. We shop at Aldi have done for about 8 years it's great but is creeping up price wise a little bit. Not as much as other stores thankfully! I have bought a book called savvy shoppers cookbook and it has recipes where all food is bought from Aldi. She has a blog with shopping lists and meal plans on where the bill is around £30 a week. That's for a family of 4 though.0
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