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The New Adventures of Fortune
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Adds our love to the support pile......
Greying '& Co' XXXGrocery 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 -
Hello Fortune, new subscriber here. You seem very methodical and structured in your approach to your tasks - I could definitely benefit from a similar approach. Look forward to journeying along with you.
Welcome to the party Iquit. I am quite an organised person and enjoy planning - it's the execution that lets me down :rotfl:
Fortune xhttps://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6623005/happy-days-in-our-golden-years/p1?new=1
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Greying_Pilgrim wrote: »Adds our love to the support pile......
Greying '& Co' XXX
Greying - Yay! I shall think of all of my small stones as heart shaped now - I'm sure it will make them much lighter to carry :heart2:
Fortune xxx (extra kisses for Baby Greying)https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6623005/happy-days-in-our-golden-years/p1?new=1
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I love that stone and thank you for the wonderful quote you posted on my diary.
DIA xIf 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 1400/1000
Buffer fund 100/100
Debt Free (again) 25/07/20250 -
doingitanyway wrote: »I love that stone and thank you for the wonderful quote you posted on my diary.
DIA x
Hi DIA. Thanks for popping in. I love it too and isn't it fabulous that it's the first ever photograph on my new diary
Glad you liked the quote and remember - it's true, every single word of it.
Fortune xhttps://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6623005/happy-days-in-our-golden-years/p1?new=1
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Another successful day of lifting small stones:
- 10 more floppy discs consigned to the technology graveyard
- 10 more pieces of paper neatly filed
- 2 further files reviewed
- 1 additional room clean and pristine
- 11 items that didn't sell on FB listed on Fleabay
- 2 extra items listed on Fleabay for luck.
Progress is being made
Lunch was leftover Sausages with Creamy Lentils & Mash. Supper was Baked Potatoes with Prawn & Avocado Mayonnaise & salad.
No money was spent but there are a few things I need from B00t$ so spending may well occur later.
First thing tomorrow I will start dealing with the paperwork for the Estate Agents. Mr F is watching a very grim war film at the moment and I'm not sure I can concentrate with all that screaming, shouting and swearing going on :eek: There was a glass of red left in last night's bottle so I'm using that to dull the pain :rotfl:
Hope your Sunday evening is a little more peaceful
Fortune xhttps://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6623005/happy-days-in-our-golden-years/p1?new=1
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Yay for new diary! I've subscribed - Hope the move all goes smoothly for you!"You won't bloom until you're planted" - Graffiti spotted in Newcastle.
Always try to be nice, but never fail to be kind - Doctor Who
Total mortgage overpayments 2017 - 2024 - £8945.62!0 -
Happy new diary Fortune, look forwards to news on your house hunting xxHoping to stick to the challenge this year!!
Make £5 a day for 366 started Dec 2019
YTD £ £ 78.23/£1£1,825
Cash - £ 48.23 Vouchers - £ 30
Wombling into 2020 £38.780 -
A bit late to the party (typical for me!) but I'm here now and following your new adventures
xxI am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £20
2026 Declutter campaign awards 2x star0 -
Although I do normally take data protection very seriously, I have funny mental images of potential hackers / data thieves trying to use floppy disks and realising there isn't a slot of their computer for them. Good luck with the new diary! I followed your old one with interest but didn't make it through all the posts.Mortgage started at £318,000 in June 2016. Original MF - 2041 :eek:
2nd Property Mortgage at £275,000. Mortgage free: 2049 :eek:
Total OPs: £295290
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