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  • mummymandy
    mummymandy Posts: 116 Forumite
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    Up to third place now, good luck xxx
  • Greying_Pilgrim
    Greying_Pilgrim Posts: 8,050 Forumite
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    Who took the pic?

    Greying X
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  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 18,407 Forumite
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    Excellent plans there lass! :j bet you can make it :j Hope youcan get out for some hopping (er, or CHOPPING :rotfl: ) - think of all the money you'll save to bung to overdrafts! :j :j

    Are you plannig any more chickens? Xx
  • in_need_of_direction
    in_need_of_direction Posts: 8,205 Forumite
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    Still third.
    Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 12st 1lb determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge. I’m not perfect but I’m good enough.
  • EssexHebridean
    EssexHebridean Posts: 25,935 Forumite
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    SECOND!!

    Awesome pic - fingers crossed for you to get to go back, it looks such an amazing place!

    I'll join you on the task of eating from cupboards etc too - we have several cupboards and a larder full of stuff and nowhere to put it when the kitchen is done so it needs eaten. I've also got to remember to buy ONLY what we need for the following week's meals - which is a bit of a concept, I'm used to having a storecupboard in place that I can use if plans change - so now plans won't be able to change! :eek:

    Snowdrops are looking pretty already! :T
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,566 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Yes, chilly here.
    Heating on today :eek:
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  • troglodyte
    troglodyte Posts: 712 Forumite
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    edited 26 January 2017 at 12:33PM
    Still third (that was when I voted earlier this morning - looks like you've crept forward!)


    Well done with the financial planning.


    I am currently doing very badly in that I have yet to file my tax return, due by the end of the month. If I have to pay a fine for late submission that will not be very MSE at al : (
  • Doodles152
    Doodles152 Posts: 82 Forumite
    Second Place


    Have just voted, hope you manage to boost your votes
    Debts to deal with Cap 1 £3996.83 £3923.43 (0%), Next £1252.21 £1211.85 (0%) Very £294.88 £282.64, Studio £266.11 £256.11 (0%), Halifax card £277.17 £466.01:mad:
  • Greying_Pilgrim
    Greying_Pilgrim Posts: 8,050 Forumite
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    jaynebryan96 wrote: »
    Second Place


    And only 157 votes behind the first placed pic..........

    Greying X
    Grocery Spend May 2026 £111.65/£200
    Grocery spend April 2026 £199.95/£200 +5pence
    Non-food spend May 2026 £41.72/£80
    Bulk Fund 2026 Month 5/12 - £5.98/£93.54 (reducing balance - start £120 pa)

    ""Mother Nature don't draw straight lines
    The broken moulds in a grand design
    We look a mess but we're doing fine
    We're card carrying lifelong members
    Of the union of different kinds..."

    "Union of the Different kinds" - R Christie & T Gilbert,  Fisherman's Friends 
  • Pippilongstocking
    Pippilongstocking Posts: 16,336 Forumite
    mummymandy wrote: »
    Up to third place now, good luck xxx

    :beer: thanks.
    Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »
    Who took the pic?

    Greying X

    Snowdrops colleague, Skiing demon - ski guide. And, thanks. :T
    Cheery_Daff wrote: »
    Excellent plans there lass! :j bet you can make it :j Hope youcan get out for some hopping (er, or CHOPPING :rotfl: ) - think of all the money you'll save to bung to overdrafts! :j :j

    Are you plannig any more chickens? Xx

    Thanks and yes I am (chickens) but not sure at the moment when.

    :T
    Total debt 26/4/18 <£1925 we were getting there. :beer:
    Total debt as of 28/4/19 £7867.38:eek:
    minus 112.06 = £7755.32:money:
    :money:Sleeves up folks.:money:
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