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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,501 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Soon Karmcat, hopefully soon  :)
    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.
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,366 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Ooh, go you having a tech detox...!!
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • Suffolk_lass
    Suffolk_lass Posts: 10,712 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Ooh, go you having a tech detox...!!
    Follow that, as they say! Looking forward to normal service being resumed
    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
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,366 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    I imagine you outside either hacking at brambles, sawing off laurel limbs or watching the raspberries sprout and grow.

    Hope it isn't all too frustrating...
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • greent
    greent Posts: 10,914 Forumite
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    Good to see you - lookforeatd to you returning 'properly' in the hopefully very near future! X
    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
  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 6,264 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Can you tell KC? - we all miss you! xxx
    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)
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    Love and kisses to all of you!  AO are promising 1 hour delivery slow 2.30-3.30.  I am indeed hacking at weeds and brambles :)
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
  • apple_muncher
    apple_muncher Posts: 15,366 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Mortgage-free Glee! Name Dropper
    Yay! Lovely to hear from you, karma!
    Let's hope AO can keep their promise...
    Enjoy the sunshine!
    NST March lion #8; NSD ; MFW9/3/23 Whoop Whoop!!!
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 97,501 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Happy 🌞 
    Hope all goes to plan. 
    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.
  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 6,264 Forumite
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    Waiting with baited breathe🌻🔆😍
    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)
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