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ATB'S Frugal Foray to Freedom

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  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,785 Forumite
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    £6.96 TT made, which takes us to £113,990. So that's £9k to find to get to our end of March target. In fact, make that £8k, as just over a thousand will be paid off by our standard monthly payments. We can do this, I know we can :T

    Brilliant, atb!:T

    We all know you can do it, too! :D:T
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,257 Forumite
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    Without a doubt you can do it ATB but I'll wish you good luck anyway!
    Mortgage Balance as of July 2025 £14,900.
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
    Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!
  • Wishing you best of luck!

    Just one question, is your name atypicalblonde as in Atypical Blonde, or A Typical Blonde? Sorry, it has me wondering each time I see it.
  • shangaijimmy
    shangaijimmy Posts: 3,803 Forumite
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    I bet the answer to that various at several stages of the month...;)
    MFW: Was: £136,000.......Now: £47,736.58......
  • Afternoon all,

    I am typing this from bed having been struck down with the dreaded Norovirus :( feel utterly grim & worn out, so a day in bed it is. Hoping beyond hope that the rest of the family don't get it.

    About to make a £999 OP which will no doubt lift the spirits :j

    Once I am well again I need to sit down and assess DH company finances to see if there is wriggle room to take a dividend. If there is, that would be used as the next OP to inch us closer to £110k. Plan is to be there by month end.

    No spend weekend ahead, much needed and always pleasing.
    MFW :)
    [STRIKE]Mortgage 8.2.15 - [/STRIKE][STRIKE]£171,064.64[/STRIKE] Mortgage 1.5.2018 - £99,980.45
    Aiming to be MF 1.10.2020
  • A_Frayed_Knot
    A_Frayed_Knot Posts: 3,308 Forumite
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    edited 13 January 2018 at 5:00PM
    I can thank my lucky stars, I didn't get the Norovirus bug - I caught the other one, flu, and only just found out - it goes away then comes back, then told that happens 3 times - I hope my work colleagues were just jesting.

    Hope you feel better soon, they say stay at home for 48 hours.

    Nice o/p :T - what happened to that little extra £1 ? :p

    - or was it to even off your balance to 000.00 ;) the AFK way.
    Always have 00.00 at the end of your mortgage and one day it will all be 0's :dance:
    MF[STRIKE] March 2030[/STRIKE] Yes that does say 2030 :eek: Mortgage Free 21.12.18 _party_
    Now a Part Timer from 27.10.19
  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,806 Forumite
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    Hope you feel better soon ATB, and you, Frayed Knot
    Early retired - 18th December 2014
    If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough
  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,257 Forumite
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    Hope you feel better soon ATB!!
    Mortgage Balance as of July 2025 £14,900.
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
    Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!
  • hiddenshadow
    hiddenshadow Posts: 2,525 Forumite
    Hope you feel better soon!
  • Watty1
    Watty1 Posts: 6,882 Forumite
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    hope you feel better soon.
    Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became

    In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!
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