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Finally Debt Free After 34 Years, But Still Need to Live Frugally

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  • HairyHandofDartmoor
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    doingitanyway wrote: »
    Well done on your assignment. You are so conscientious I am sure the result will be excellent (although I hate being asked to do something without clear direction :()
    I hope you find something relaxing to do later this evening :)

    Thanks DIA :).
    teafor2 wrote: »
    Hi HHD. Hope you've managed to put the assignment to bed and you're happy with it. Agree with what everybody else has said about not knowing how long it should be. Would serve the tutor right if everybody handed in 100 pages for him/her to read :rotfl: I'm sure DD is given word counts for her assignments.

    I didn't find any daffodils so a little disappointed but I'm on a mission now to have some in a vase on the windowsill by weekend. :D

    Have a lovely relaxing evening. xx

    Thanks TF2 :). Sorry you didn't find any daffodils. They were selling bunches in my local Coop yesterday.
    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
  • System
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    Replied to you.

    Hoping the assignment is now done and dusted.
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  • beanielou
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    Glad that you are getting on ok with the assignment :)
    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.
  • HairyHandofDartmoor
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    When I said I'd done half of my assignment at lunchtime I was wrong, I'd only done a quarter of it :o. I've now done half of it and I'm completely shattered, so I'll have to finish next week. I've worked on it from 10am until 5pm with a forty minute lunch break, so I feel like I've worked quite hard.

    I did a word count and I've written 3,350 words and I'm only halfway, ahem :o. This is what happens when I don't get given a word count :eek:. It's going to be about 6,000 words by the time I finish :eek:.

    Oh well, at least I've covered it the topic in sufficient depth and not just copied the words from my text book :).

    I can finish it next week because it's half term and I'll be less busy by then.
    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
  • HairyHandofDartmoor
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    Cumbria_lass wrote: »
    Replied to you.

    Hoping the assignment is now done and dusted.
    beanielou wrote: »
    Glad that you are getting on ok with the assignment :)

    Thanks Cumbria and Beanie :).
    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
  • HairyHandofDartmoor
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    In other news, I don't know if anyone remembers those two jobs I applied for back in November? Well one of them has got back to me today and they want me to do a trial on Thursday and an interview on Friday.

    The job is part time and is only about two hours a day so the pay won't be great, but it will be money. Also the job is in the school where I volunteer so I would be getting a foot in the door.

    There are other applicants so I may not get the job :o.

    I have to admit to being very nervous about the trial (I don't like that word!) and the interview :eek: but I'm trying to tell myself that I'll be fine and that I just need to go along and do my best. If I don't get the job then I haven't lost anything, I'll just carry on as before doing my volunteering and my course.
    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
  • System
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    Well they took a while didn't they ! Just go for it , do your best you can't do more . Nobody likes interviews but we have to do them. I am sure you will be great., at least it's somewhere you know and like .
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  • HairyHandofDartmoor
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    Thanks Cumbria :). I haven't had an interview for years and years and I've never had a job trial :eek: so I do feel quite nervous. But at least I know the school and some of the children, so hopefully I'll survive the experience :).
    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
  • beanielou
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    Cumbria_lass wrote: »
    Well they took a while didn't they ! Just go for it , do your best you can't do more . Nobody likes interviews but we have to do them. I am sure you will be great., at least it's somewhere you know and like .

    This, just this :)

    Local & near you too :j :j
    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.
  • System
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    Just like me a couple of weeks ago , but I survived . Just do some preparation, a few notes read your application form again.
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