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The Edcawber Principle

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  • edinburgher
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    edited 20 February 2020 at 9:05PM
    I believe it's coming in the financial year after next (i.e. 1 year and 2 months):
    *Edit: £28.10 paid off CC - doubt I'll need any cycling budget this month as I haven't been on my bike once!  :'(
  • beanielou
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    Hurrah for daddy days  :)~~Priceless  :grin:
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  • edinburgher
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    beanielou said:
    Hurrah for daddy days  :)~~Priceless  :grin:
    Only 6 months left!  :'(
  • greent
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    I believe it's coming in the financial year after next (i.e. 1 year and 2 months):
    *Edit: £28.10 paid off CC - doubt I'll need any cycling budget this month as I haven't been on my bike once!  :'(
    Fab! I totally missed that (and hadn't seen any mention of it in the past few days, either on any of the FI groups I'm in where ppl have already been transferring monies across)

    beanielou said:
    Hurrah for daddy days  :)~~Priceless  :grin:
    Only 6 months left!  :'(

    What? - it's not school for Miss Ed this year? - already???? - how can that be possible?! Surely she's still a mere toddler! :smiley:
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  • edinburgher
    edinburgher Posts: 13,854 Forumite
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    Yup, my little girl is not so tiny and is more than ready for school. Where does the time go?
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,530 Ambassador
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    Wait til she is a big girl & buying her first property!
    I am auld!!
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  • Suffolk_lass
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    Oh my, I remember when you first told us Mrs E was pregnant! Hard to believe she is almost school age! (where is :eek: when I need it?!)
    Save £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
    OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
    I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
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  • edinburgher
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    OMW - the weather this week! One of Mrs E's pals called her after their weekly badminton match to say that she thought that there was something wrong with our headlights. Just as well she did, as they were both out. Luckily it was just broken bulbs, but DD and I spent a very frustrating 2 hours at the dealership before they replaced them. On the way there I had to drive through a puddle that was 10s of feet wide and a good 2 feet deep. The smell of frustrated clutch was horrendous. The headlights weren't covered by our warranty, but they were covered by our Car Maintenance budget. They probably could have been fixed in 1/4 of the time anywhere else, but it was sideways rain, they did a general safety check as well and threw in a wash and hoover, which saves me two jobs ;)

    £97.83 paid off the CC between yesterday and today. Am starting to wonder whether we could pay off the whole thing by my 13th wage (the 1st of June). I feel it might be too much of a squeeze, but I am feeling fairly motivated. We'd basically need to find £31/day until then...

    Brighter here today, but still blowing a gale and chucking it down with rain. Time for another coffee, a quick computer game and a shower before Mrs E and DD get back from drama :D

    Happy weekend all.
  • Suffolk_lass
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    When you do something, you don't do it by halves, do you!? £31 a day until then... - I am looking at doing something on 29th Feb as we will have 29 more mortgage payments at that point too - a bit like my 20 x 20s for 2020
    Save £12k in 2025 #2 I am at £4863.32 out of £6000 after May (81.05%)
    OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I am at £1286.68/£3000 or 42.89% of my annual spend so far
    I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the Grow your own thread
    My new diary is here
  • edinburgher
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    edited 22 February 2020 at 12:30PM
    Oh I do like something with lots of repeated or sequential numbers, I was nerding out on palindrome day :) What's your plan?
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