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Setmefree's Diary: MFi5 journey

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  • uzubairu
    uzubairu Posts: 1,209 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Home Insurance Hacker!
    Well done on the progress so far. :beer:

    I can't wait till I get below £70K and I have a good few months to wait.

    I've recently changed my gas and electricity supplier, and initially went for a dual fuel tariff, but when I looked at the cost of the electricity component, it was £10 per month more than I was currently paying, even though the gas bit was cheaper.
    I ended up getting them separately.

    Cash ISA is with First Direct until November, when I think the rate drops to peanuts. Already put away half of this year's limit.
  • Sneaks in for a peak....is scared of very dodgy picture so sneaks back out again remembering to saying hi to everyone on the way to the door.

    TPAxxx
    MFW - We've only gone and blooming done it!
    May 2013:j
  • golfiematt
    golfiematt Posts: 275 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    brilliant progress smf2!
    Mortgage free:beer:

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  • setmefree2
    setmefree2 Posts: 9,072 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    To recap - we have a BG tarriff for our energy fixed in 2005! This runs out at the end of this month :eek: BG have offered us another fix until Apr 2012 - it's a tad more than all their current tarriffs so I've decided to go with the fix.

    ..... but any tarriff is going to be a massive financial shock for us. All tarriffs look at least double what we are currently paying:eek:.

    Lots of energy belt tighting for us I think and lets hope we have a nice warm summer and winter:D

    Still half price energy for the next 9 days:)
  • cha97michelle
    cha97michelle Posts: 5,818 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    Get all your energy tasks done before the changeover. Hoover, wash everything you need to. Save those extra pennies. :D

    I have just got an OWL after looking at your energy saving thread and my goodness how addictive to look at it. I thought i was bad before at turning things off but i am more evangelical now.
  • DansMum_2
    DansMum_2 Posts: 948 Forumite
    Yes its so easy to get really really finickity about that!!! OH washed up the other day in what looked like a swimming pool I nearly had a funny turn at that :eek: For 2 plates and a few mugs......... There were umbrellas up and everything!
    MFW 2011 No. 161 £946.54/£2000 Target
    April 9/15 :p March 14/15 :( Feb NSD 15/14 :D
    April GC £121.00/£130 March GC £127.60/£150 :D
    I Love my Furbabies :smileyhea
  • pammyj74
    pammyj74 Posts: 3,290 Forumite
    LouiseJ wrote: »
    You are doing so well :beer:

    It wont be long until you say goodbye to the 80's

    the-1980s-were-so-rad.jpg

    and get into the 70's:D

    1970s-300x300.jpg

    haha loving it, I am in the 70s now (just) but I am sure that SMF2 will overtake me as fast as lightning lol
    MPs left feb '08 276- Dec 13 36 :T MB Jan 10 ~ £82,377 Dec 13 ~ £29987
    EMFD was Feb 32 :eek: NOW Dec 2013 its Dec 2016
    MF new target Dec 16 REACHED!! :j
  • setmefree2
    setmefree2 Posts: 9,072 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    There seems to be a new counter. Instead of just how many "Thanks" you've received it shows how much thanks you have given.

    Apparently, I've thanked over 22,471 posts:rotfl:

    I'm off to "Thank" a few more people for their posts.....
  • twinklie
    twinklie Posts: 5,200 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Ha ha ha....thats really odd. When did that appear?
    Reduction in daily mortgage interest since October 23 (new mortgage) - £2.36 July 25
    % of house owned/% of mortgage paid off. July 25 - 38.82%/31.66%
    MFiT-T7 #21
    MFW 2025 #2
    MF Date: Oct 37 Feb 37
  • setmefree2
    setmefree2 Posts: 9,072 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    edited 24 April 2010 at 11:32AM
    twinklie wrote: »
    Ha ha ha....thats really odd. When did that appear?

    Recently I think .....:D 5 more for me 22,476!

    Edit it would that Cha97michelle has thanked more than 82,000!
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