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New job = New focus = Still a good life
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Hey INOD thanks and woop to another '68-er

Hope you get some fun into that grown up and proper bit too.
always happy to ponder gardens 
Although the one I'm kept hostage in makes me X-HAUSTEDTotal 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:0 -
Thanks

Faints at idea of walking 114 miles or whatever even although it is pretty damm coast :eek: :rotfl:I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.0 -
50 is good.
Have to say that '62 is THE year though
:cool: I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.0 -
:rotfl: you lot :rotfl:
Excellent list pippi - love how many of them involve food :rotfl: :rotfl:
Are we allowed to suggest things?
I reckon you should enter a biggest vegetable competition
love the idea of you mollycoddling some ludicrously overgrown veg, like that happy man with his giant onion 
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I thought I might take the year to do it!Thanks
Faints at idea of walking 114 miles or whatever even although it is pretty damm coast :eek: :rotfl:
Cheery_Daff wrote: »:rotfl: you lot :rotfl:
Excellent list pippi - love how many of them involve food :rotfl: :rotfl:
Are we allowed to suggest things?
I reckon you should enter a biggest vegetable competition
love the idea of you mollycoddling some ludicrously overgrown veg, like that happy man with his giant onion 
:rotfl:
Did someone say food
Giant veg oh my - I'm tiny it would look very silly and of course you can throw ideas into the pot I shall ponder your links. :T
Todays progress is made it to work on time after a marathon tidy :eek: for the cleaner who cleans and does not tidy. :rotfl::rotfl:
Packed lunch and mutts with me as its a I can walk them sometime over the day kinda day.
Have a good one folks, nice to have some headspace to be on here.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:0 -
Definitely up for joining you on some walking of that coastal path - and loving some of those other plans too!
Your dinner with DD sounded lovely - I've never eaten Japanese food aside sushi!
Good to have you back anyhoo - and also to hear that you've FINALLY jettisoned the silly work levels - about time too! :T:D🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00. Balance as at 31/12/25 = £ 91,100.00
SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her0 -
EssexHebridean wrote: »Definitely up for joining you on some walking of that coastal path ........
I think this is a spiffing idea (says Greying, seemingly inviting he'self along to t'proceedin's........
), what if (for part of the walk) you were joined by Friends (RL & 'Virtual' - but with RL 'hats, macs & stout footwear' on) & Family, that represented, oh, I don't know - all the generations/decades from 0 - 100??? (depends on who y'know, natch
). We all pootle along, and then have a 'beach barbecue' or a beach picnic - with anyone who's 'MSE' allowed the privledge of bringing YS'd stuff... :rotfl::rotfl:
It's got legs........ :rotfl::rotfl:
Greying XGrocery 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 Friends0 -
Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »I think this is a spiffing idea (says Greying, seemingly inviting he'self along to t'proceedin's........

), what if (for part of the walk) you were joined by Friends (RL & 'Virtual' - but with RL 'hats, macs & stout footwear' on) & Family, that represented, oh, I don't know - all the generations/decades from 0 - 100??? (depends on who y'know, natch
). We all pootle along, and then have a 'beach barbecue' or a beach picnic - with anyone who's 'MSE' allowed the privledge of bringing YS'd stuff... :rotfl::rotfl:
It's got legs........ :rotfl::rotfl:
Greying X
Count me in.
Will come along to cheerlead
I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.0 -
Yay glad you're back! And of course glad you have cut back on the unfeasible working hours - even if it does feel very odd. Looking forward to reading about many more stripey adventures!0
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