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  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,081 Forumite
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    Good luck with it all this week x
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • Enjoy your breakfast and hope you meet your work deadlines :).
    Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
    Debt in July 2017 = £58,766 😱 DEBT FREE 31 OCTOBER 2017 :T 🎉
    EMERGENCY FUND 1 = £50/£5,000. EMERGENCY FUND 2 = £10/£5,000.
    CHRISTMAS SAVINGS = £0/£500. SEF = £1,400/£12,000 PREMIUM BONDS ME = £350. PREMIUM BONDS DH = £300.
    HOLIDAY MONEY = £0 TIME LEFT TO PAY OFF MORTGAGE = 5 YEARS 1 MONTHS
  • So, deadline day is here. DH and DD pitched in but there's still stuff to get done. It's a tiny bit cooler here which made for a slightly better night. Hopefully that'll help me get through the day.
    Yesterday I went to the low paying job for a few hours in between dropping dh off and picking up to a work thing. I think I need to extract myself from there but it's a steady source of income so it's a big jump. I also started work on the application form due in this Friday.
    Yesterday I spent money. I saw massive flower pots reduced to £12 each so bought two. This was in the shop that does the £5 voucher off a £25 spend on groceries. They also had butter on offer so I spent the £25 to get a voucher to be used in the next 10 days. It stocks quite basic lines but once dd goes away, £25 should more or less cover our weekly basics so it's good to get back into that system.

    I signed up for and cashed in a swago yesterday on sb. That was 50 points for so little effort. I'm now 80% towards another payout and have £8 built up in pa. I need to check if my last pa payout has cleared circle. It seems to be taking so much longer.
    Tomorrow I am supposed to be going to a public sector procurement event. It starts at half eight, is thirty miles away and I've been to a few and gotten nothing out of them. I think I will cancel as I have dublin on Thursday.
    Yesterday we made a decision that does not sit comfortably with me. We are selling concert tickets to see a band that we both like. We can't justify the outlay and the time it'd take to go there plus the leave, etc. all very sensible but you sometimes wonder what you're working for.

    Anyhow, time to get a wiggle on. Today I am grateful for
    Help and support
    Functioning technology
    Rice Krispies
    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 determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge.
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,081 Forumite
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    Good luck with completing the deadline :)
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,765 Ambassador
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    Hope you get to the deadline ok.
    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.
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  • Seasidegal58
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    Shame about the concert tickets but sometimes the costs of the things that surround these can mount and it works out so expensive.

    Hope all went well on the deadline inod and you come to the right decision on the low paying job.
    Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
    Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
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  • Well, all the good wishes worked. I got to the deadlines needed. Have the next batch needed today but there's less pressure without a meeting deadline. Over the past week, I have been chipping away at my living room. Yesterday I went into it and it was pretty much as it should be. Simple pleasures. It also prompted me to put a little time into the kitchen which is already starting to improve. Yesterday was an NSD despite the lure of the takeaway. Instead we ate from the fridge. Today however both bread and milk will be purchased.

    Today I am grateful for
    Breakfast made for me
    Being able to see the small steps
    Contact from a friend
    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 determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge.
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,765 Ambassador
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    Glad that you met the deadline.
    Have a good day :)
    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.
  • Seasidegal58
    Seasidegal58 Posts: 6,036 Forumite
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    Well done on meeting your deadlines!:j

    Good news on the decluttering and tidying of the living room - it is a simple pleasure, but makes one feel more peaceful inside when you look at end result.
    Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
    Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
    🌟
    RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
    My diary: “Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!”
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 22,081 Forumite
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    Well done on meeting the deadline :T
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
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