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Whoop that’s brilliant
happy birthday to DSSealed pot challenge 822
Jan - £176.66 :j3 -
Fantastic news 🤞🤞
Happy birthday to dd 🎂January spends - £587.583 -
Well done SA , some cheery news for a change . Hope the funeral goes ok tomorrow . Happy Birthday DS.Life is an adventure, never stop exploring.2
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Wow. That's fantastic news for you.
So pleased for you
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Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
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& hope tomorrow goes as well as it can.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.
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Brilliant news on the interview SA and sending you love for tomorrow3
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Great news on the interview!
Re continually breaking zips. I think it would be worth your OH trying the coat in a couple of sizes larger. As a person of womanly curves, I find that coats can fit perfectly while I am trying them on in the shop & happily posing in the mirror. However, like somebody else has already commented, once sitting down, there's a fair bit of pressure exerted on the zip & I make sure I actually take coats into the dressing rooms now so that I can do them up then sit down on the little seats usually found in there to check that there's also plenty of room to move around in the coat when I'm seated. I can imagine that the base of a coat zip could easily be pulled apart when out scootering because sitting down instantly makes bulky garments feel tighter.
It sounds like an annoying problem which you would like to see solved.
F2026's challenges: 1) To rebuild our Emergency Fund to at least £5k.
2) To read 50 books (5/50) 3) The Re-Shrinking of Foxgloves 8.1kg/30kg3 -
Had to log on to my work laptop to order my train tickets because my iPad wasn’t playing ball for some reason. Whilst I was logged on I noticed an email asking me to book an interview slot. So the interview is 13 January, a fair bit of time to prepare. My line manager said she would go through a mock interview with me. On the plus side for me working as a PA in private office isn’t for everyone so it narrows down applications and they wanted someone with experience which I have plenty of.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)3
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Congratulations on interview and good you have plenty of time to prepare. Hope funeral goes as well as any funeral can go.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Debt free Wannabe, Budgeting and Banking and Savings and Investment boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts 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 and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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Good luck for the interview, at least you have time to prepare. Get Xmas out of the way first then you can concentrate on it. Hope all goes well for you tomorrow. X:j Debtfree and and staying that way.:j3-6 month emergency fund, No.61 £140.002
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