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Paid off the £31,000! BUT - still scrimping!

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  • moving_forward
    moving_forward Posts: 1,537 Forumite
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    Wow didnt realise combi boilers were THAT more expensive. Ive had one for years and theres one in this new house. Got to save alot on hot water to make up the difference. Maybe think about going back to a tank system
    Dedicated Debt Free Wanabee 🤓
    Proud member of the Tilly Tidies since 1st Jan 2022
    2022 -Jan £26.52, Feb £27.40, Mar £156.27, Apr £TBC
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,036 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    Could you get a fortnightly veg box? It's what I do as there is too much and I hate waste.
    Good sheets are always worth it. I paid a fortune for linen sheets a few years back and I have never regretted it.
    I hope your mood picks up and sleeping improves.
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 100/1000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
  • Seasidegal58
    Seasidegal58 Posts: 6,025 Forumite
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    That's an idea about the fortnightly box DIA - that could work. I especially wanted to support him as a local business and he's the last greengrocer left here within walking distance.  I'll pop in tomorrow when I'm out and ask.  I've not used him hardly since the lockdown as I wanted to keep to one main weekly shop and have been using Waitrose so would like to start up again. 
    Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
    Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
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    RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
    My diary: “Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!”
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 24,113 Forumite
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    I’m on day 66 of my Duolingo Spanish, doing quite well although it’s getting harder grammar wise. I started learning French when I was 8 and took it through to O’level. Had no need to use it until 10 years ago when we went to Bergerac for a long weekend and no one spoke any English whatsoever. The locals were extremely friendly and wanted to chat constantly and they had no idea I wasn’t French. I got away with it by saying as little as possible 🤣 I go to Spain 3 times a year so that’s why I decided to brush up on my very basic Spanish. I’ve been told I speak Spanish with a French accent though 🤣
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • Apparently If you put your glasses on top of the mask it is meant to stop your glasses steaming up 
    Not tried it myself yet though
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