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  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,066 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    Hope your treat with your friend went well today. Enjoy the rest of the weekend too :)
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 800/1000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
  • System
    System Posts: 178,355 Community Admin
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    Built a snowman with DGS earlier in the week , it was still there yesterday ! Just went for coffee with friend , it was so cold. Enjoyed the catch up and glad to have been out.
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  • Seasidegal58
    Seasidegal58 Posts: 6,036 Forumite
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    The snowmen are always the last to disappear. We’ve got one on our communal lawn at the moment. Bet DGS enjoyed building his with you.
    Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
    Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,765 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Good you got out :)
    Igloos seem to be the thing here!
    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*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • abba1772
    abba1772 Posts: 7,746 Forumite
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    Great news about getting the all clear xx
    NEXT TARGET: Halifax credit card DEC 22 £0 / £4499.12
    POAMAYC 2011 £6378.35 POAMAYC 2012 £5000.78
    POAMAYC 2013 £3480.04 POAMAYC 2014 £4085.14
    POAMAYC 2015 £7565.24 POAMAYC 2016 £8000.90 POAMAYC 2017 £7278.80 POAMAYC 2018 £13208.18POAMAYC 2019 £13309.28 POAMAYC 2020 £15026.05
  • System
    System Posts: 178,355 Community Admin
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    I have been adding up how much I have spent on health the past 3 months it is eye watering.

    3 x£8.60 pescriptions
    1x £5.20 eyedrops
    1x 2.20 cough medicine
    4x 25p paracetamol
    1x £12.99 no comment
    1x£19 physio
    3x£30 physio
    5x 60 p cough sweets.
    1x £4 heat pad

    Think that's it.

    Today petrol £35.00
    Shopping £23.50
    Shopping £12.22 gluten free plus 4 Easter eggs.

    I am trying to do a 5 week shopping month this pay month as next month is a long one.
    Still have one more physio to pay for .
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  • System
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    In other money news have put £40 from union in Oz fund and still waiting for you gov money to go in account.

    Really need to watch pennies next month as going away for a couple of days at Easter .
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  • Seasidegal58
    Seasidegal58 Posts: 6,036 Forumite
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    It's amazing how much all these different remedies add up when you're not well!:mad:

    Oz fund still adding up though. Are you off to Cumbria at Easter?
    Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
    Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
    🌟
    RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
    My diary: “Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!”
  • Health is important though.better spending there than a lot of other places.
    A lot of my friends spend your health spend pubbing and clubbing so I wouldn't feel too bad.
    Although yes nicer to have in your pocket. xx
    2017- 5 credit cards plus loan
    Overdraft And 1 credit card paid off.

    2018 plans - reduce debt
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,765 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    I have been adding up how much I have spent on health the past 3 months it is eye watering.

    3 x£8.60 pescriptions
    1x £5.20 eyedrops
    1x 2.20 cough medicine
    4x 25p paracetamol
    1x £12.99 no comment
    1x£19 physio
    3x£30 physio
    5x 60 p cough sweets.
    1x £4 heat pad

    Think that's it.

    Today petrol £35.00
    Shopping £23.50
    Shopping £12.22 gluten free plus 4 Easter eggs.

    I am trying to do a 5 week shopping month this pay month as next month is a long one.
    Still have one more physio to pay for .

    All needed though :)
    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*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
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