ATB'S Frugal Foray to Freedom

themadvix

You should be happy about £4k in a month!:T I'd be :j if I'd managed that

Hope rubbishy things sort themselves out soon.

atypicalblonde

Just made an OP of £143.20, which means if we can find £201 we will be under £105k :think: Once I have found that I really must put the brakes on OPing - must remember we need money to live off as well!

As we are inching closer to five figures, I feel a renewed vigour for our journey. What I am also finding is that the time really is slipping by so quickly; this reinforces just how important it is to make plans, because without them we can end up spending months pondering and not actually achieving anything.

I've just realised whilst typing that I will be paid for my invigilation training within the next few days, so will OP that once it arrives

shangaijimmy

I totally understand your thoughts on renewed vigour when you hit 5 figures. For me the big driver is that when we knock a digit off for each 1k, its actually the front digit that changes!

CathT

I also love being able to knock !!!8216;another month!!!8217; off my end date. Once you hit 5 figures you will see such a difference.

themadvix

It definitely seems to go much quicker once you're under £100k You're so close now!

atypicalblonde

Evening all

Delighted to report we are under £105k :T:T current balance £104,999. So we’ve met our end of March target, now for the end of June five figures target, exciting times!

A_Frayed_Knot

Excellent news :j - well done :A - worth all the MSE days

and while I'm on the booze . . . . . . :beer:

shangaijimmy

Another k done. Congratulations.

themadvix

Yay! Well done! So close to five figures now!

atypicalblonde

Made a rather random OP of £20.33 today, which was partly a current account tidy.

Have two big things happening next week which I will be very pleased to get out of the way, which will free up headspace to make some major inroads in mortgage. One to do with DH business, the other to do with the house. They have been wearing me out and I have been a bit down in the dumps to be honest.

Not helped by DH working away a lot, but at least him working means money coming in!


Listed a couple of bits on eBay this morning on buy it now and some already have watchers which is good. I have done my first two days invigilator work :)went well and that is money in the pot when I get paid in April.

TTs will be all we can manage now until we get next week out of the way, better than nowt though!