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ATB'S Frugal Foray to Freedom

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  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,680 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Happy Anniversary!!! You've done fantastically well and I wish you the best of luck with your target! x
    I've been mortgage free once, so let's do it again!
    Starting balance March 26 £191,274.53
  • atypicalblonde
    atypicalblonde Posts: 3,057 Forumite
    Just to add daily interest is now £7.46 :D
    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
  • therocket_2
    therocket_2 Posts: 59 Forumite
    Third Anniversary 10 Posts Photogenic
    Hi ATB,

    Just found your diary and have been blown away with the success you've had! I have now subscribed for the final few stages of your journey.
    I havent started my diary just yet (waiting for remortgage, due in June) but will be in a similar position to yourself at the start of your journey, so it's been great to read how much you have achieved!

    I'll keep checking in :)

    Rocket
    MFW - diary has finally arrived!
  • greent
    greent Posts: 11,040 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Happy Diary Anniversary! :)
    x
    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

    2026 Declutter campaign awards 2x star
  • hiddenshadow
    hiddenshadow Posts: 2,525 Forumite
    Happy anniversary! Well done on the progress you've made...I love looking at the macro level to see how much things add up from the tiny OPs. :)
  • atypicalblonde
    atypicalblonde Posts: 3,057 Forumite
    TT made of £2.57 to start the weekend off :)

    I want to get 10 things listed on eBay this weekend; have quite a few kids clothes to list and I'm going to put them all at reasonable buy it now prices. If we make £50 on eBay this week I would be a very happy bunny.

    Our kids are still at school next week, then half term. We have some nice cheapy days out planned and they will also be having a sleepover with the grandparents :) the night before my interview. I haven't had a job interview in over 10 years so feeling a bit nervous even though I know I can do the job no problems! I am prone to waffling a bit (can you tell :rotfl:) so must keep a lid on that.

    We are going to visit DH family for dinner today, I already have some wine in that we will take & I'll pick up some flowers too. Just checked online banking, need to find the £4k to get us to £105k by end of March, doable somehow just not sure how yet :D
    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
  • CathT
    CathT Posts: 7,135 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Good luck with the interview. It sounds like it could be a nice little earner to top up the OP pot. Mortgage freedom isn't too far away now.
    Nov 2025 - part 1 - £13,878 part 2 - £20,953 Total - £34,832 24 months to go!
  • Goldiegirl
    Goldiegirl Posts: 8,821 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Rampant Recycler
    Good luck with the job interview
    Early retired - 18th December 2014
    If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough
  • atypicalblonde
    atypicalblonde Posts: 3,057 Forumite
    :( have had a raging eye infection for days now that won’t shift. Been using OTC stuff as cannot get a GP appointment at our surgery for love nor money. So I’m being a grumpy ATB.

    It’s bitterly cold here, spring cannot come fast enough for me! Managed a few eBay listings and a couple of 99p bids so far. DH has work for this week and next :T so we can breathe a sigh of relief for now.
    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
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 9,539 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    Oh, hope you're feeling better soon, make sure you see the Dr if you need to!
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


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