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Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally
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You must enjoy your walks while you can SSG. Do you have a balcony?Seasidegal58 said:Small flat and no garden here! At least there's only me to worry about!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 MONTHS4 -
Same here for me , decent sized flat but no balcony. I will carry on walking at lunchtime.Life is an adventure, never stop exploring.5
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We must enjoy walks while we still can Sunshine, as who know what restrictions lie ahead of us!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 MONTHS4 -
Don't know if anyone else is still up and awake at this hour but I can't sleep. Really unusual for me to be awake at this time, I never normally have any trouble sleeping. I'm always up by 6 but although I'm feeling really tired I just can't drift off. Thought I'd visit my favourite diaries and I see there's been 21 new posts on yours, HHOD, since I last dropped in. It's the most popular one I visit!
Just followed ElizabethHull's tip about the best time to book an online supermarket delivery but no luck for me. Nothing at all from Sainsburys for the next 3 weeks.
Sad to read of thefts of food. My SIL phoned me for a chat this evening and told me that an Asda delivery van parked in the street in a town near her was robbed whilst the driver was at someone's house. I fear there'll be many more cases of theft in the next few months. Judging by the antisocial and despicable actions of some people in supermarkets (pushing the elderly out of the way during the special elderly shopping hour, lying about being NHS workers during the designated NHS opening hours, verbally abusing supermarket staff who restrict how many items they can buy etc etc) it looks like to such people care about no one but themselves.
What a Moaning Minnie I am. Sorry. Wishing you all a nice sunny day and the opportunity to get out and enjoy it.6 -
Well I''m still awake Delichon.. OH is disabled/bedridden and days & nights tend to get mixed up or blend together!
It's not so easy to sleep anyway with everything that's going on, and I agree with you about the food thefts (are they just thieving gits or desperate?) I try and focus on the acts of kindness I'm hearing about otherwise it could all just get too much to bear.
Take care of yourself. XI Believe.....
That it isn't always enough, to be forgiven by others.
Sometimes, you have to learn to forgive yourself.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery
Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.
happiness isn't achieved by getting extra things,
but by getting rid of the things that make you unhappy6 -
we we are stepping up security at the foodbank as we think we could be targeted. 😢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.6 -
That is scary Beanie. The whole world seems to have gone mad.I Believe.....
That it isn't always enough, to be forgiven by others.
Sometimes, you have to learn to forgive yourself.
Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery
Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.
happiness isn't achieved by getting extra things,
but by getting rid of the things that make you unhappy7 -
So sad to hear that, beanie. What are things coming to?beanielou said:we we are stepping up security at the foodbank as we think we could be targeted. 😢
Bless you for all you do to help others especially as I know you have health issues of your own xxx8 -
Thank you 😊 xxDelichon said:
So sad to hear that, beanie. What are things coming to?beanielou said:we we are stepping up security at the foodbank as we think we could be targeted. 😢
Bless you for all you do to help others especially as I know you have health issues of your own xxxI 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.5 -
How are you today Hairy? xSeptember 2017 Debt = £25330
Starting afresh.
You can do anything if you put your mind to it. x7
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