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Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
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I enjoy the routine of work, but am looking forward to becoming more part time in a couple of years.You are nearly halfway through your course which is so good , it will be finished before you know it.Great to hear you had a sunny day , we did of sorts .Life is an adventure, never stop exploring.6
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I dont wash my jeans til they are dirty.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.7 -
When I used to wear proper suits for work, which were generally of the dry clean only type, I would generally press the skirt or trousers after wear and then the whole suit would go to the dry cleaners after a couple of weeks. We're now a lot more casual in work so my clothes tend to be washable. I must confess to being a wear once then wash aficionado - my worst nightmare is my washing machine breaking down! I never buy anything that has to be hand washed anymore! I have a few silk scarves/pashminas that I've had for ages and these go to the dry cleaners when necessary.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!”8 -
Did anyone read about the survey done in France. One fifth of men only change their underwear twice a week. One third don't wash their hands after the toilet. Yuck, yuck & double yuck!
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That is truly gross!😖😖😖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!”6 -
Yuk to survey from France.....clean undies twice a week 😱January spends - £587.586
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Oh my, clean undies at least once per day, twice most days after a bath or shower.
Have a lovely weekend Hairy x
September 2017 Debt = £25330
Starting afresh.
You can do anything if you put your mind to it. x6 -
There was more but I needed a stronger word than yuck! I does make me wonder though about peoples hygiene, not a subject I normally think about to be honest, but a few years ago I stopped shopping in a local big Asda because the smell in one part of it was totally overwhelming. I mean I hate the smell of the fish counter, that is all supermarkets, fish not fresh try the local market because that doesn't smell, but this was not that it was basically unwashed bodies. The trouble is once you get that smell in your head the only way to go is out the door! None of the other Asdas I've been to smell like that by the way. Weird or what?
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Sorry to go back a bit but pleased to see you managed the wedding so well.
Also pleased about the boosted wages due t the TA work
Wishing you a lovely weekend.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 3501000
Buffer fund 0/100
Debt Free (again) 25/0720256 -
Hope you are having a happy weekendI 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.7
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