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  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 6,269 Forumite
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    Your day out on the 'choo choo' sounds lovely KC!
    Have a fun holiday cruise!
    4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)
    (With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)
    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
    Original Date - Sept 2041 New projection - Dec 2039 (reduced by 21 months)
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 9,309 Forumite
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    Have a lovely holiday Karma, and stay away from the lurgy!!
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,368 Forumite
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    Happy travelling x
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • Suffolk_lass
    Suffolk_lass Posts: 10,721 Forumite
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    Have a lovely time
    Save £12k in 2025 #2 I saved £14,660.97 of £6000 or 244.35% of my target. The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
    OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I finished the year at £2880.99/£3000 or 96.03% of my annual spend so I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026
    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 in 2026 discussion thread
    My keep within our budget diary is here
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,914 Forumite
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    Happy holidays! Xx
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
  • teapot2
    teapot2 Posts: 3,650 Forumite
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    Have a great trip and travel well and safely x
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,368 Forumite
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    Thinking of you, karma. Hope you're ok? X
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 9,309 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Photogenic
    Same here!
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

    'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway


  • Thinking of you, karma. Hope you're ok? X
    Same here!
    Does anyone know when KC gets back?
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,914 Forumite
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    Another one who is hoping all is well xx
    I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul
    Repaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NIL
    Net sales 2024: £20
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