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Ahh, potato spearing. Yes, that would be me too, thanks KajiKita for the explanation!
🎉 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
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her1 -
😂😂😂😂😂😂EssexHebridean said:Ahh, potato spearing. Yes, that would be me too, thanks KajiKita for the explanation!
KKAs at 15.08.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
- OPs to mortgage = £12,148 Interest saved £5,738 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 48 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 31st August
Produce tracker: £353 of £300 in 2025
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Still spearing potatoes and listening to them scream. Many courgettes later... my favourite produce to date are the spiky cucumbers. A pain to peak but lovely taste.Work gets in the way of the garden as always, but I've found a bit of cooking mojo again so we are eating a more varied diet.My mortgage free diary: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6498069/whoops-here-comes-the-cheese
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Oh heck, I have been so busy wrangling book cases etc the spuds have got away from me completely …..
Must get back to that!KKAs at 15.08.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
- OPs to mortgage = £12,148 Interest saved £5,738 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 48 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 31st August
Produce tracker: £353 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.2 -
Oh so many lovely foodie things on your diary redo! It's gone 10pm at the moment and you've made me feel ravenous!Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
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RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
My diary: “Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!”1 -
Ooh, I somehow missed you paying the mortgage off too, so exciting!! Well done!! 😊😊😊1
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First month without a mortgage payment. Oddly unsettling but we can slowly rebuild the savings now.
garden quite productive despite general neglect first tomatoes today, runner beans first batch and sweet peas yesterday and at least one spiky cucumber per day. The courgette mountain needs addressing tomorrow.
morrisons had the end of season reduced dehydrated 80l coir compost for £2.50 again so I stocked up for polytunnel bed refills and to top up the new lawn beds.
New favourites - baked marinated feta (basically herbs and chilli oil, then baked with some tomatoes for 20 minutes) and celeriac gratin.My mortgage free diary: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6498069/whoops-here-comes-the-cheese
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Much weeding, and more courgettes and cucumbers picked. Sniffled some sun warmed raspberries too.
spotted a 2 for £20 on Advantage flea stuff earlier in the week (8 tubes, cat or dog, and size) with Animed Direct. It arrived yesterday and is fine so I will be ordering more for the rest of the furry menagerie. Not a huge saving but an essential purchase here with five cats and two dogs.I tidied the freezer and realised we still have two turkey crowns (hurrah) and enough pork cubes/mince to make a proper pork pie for mr redo. Might need lard and flour though.My mortgage free diary: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6498069/whoops-here-comes-the-cheese
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Courgette fritters with onion, garlic, cumin, chipotle seed, gram flour, egg and fried in chilli oil for a late lunch. Pennies, but lovely.My mortgage free diary: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6498069/whoops-here-comes-the-cheese
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I use Animed Direct for the dog’s Onsior, much cheaper than getting it from the vet direct but obviously have to pay for the prescription.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)2
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