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  • tootallulah
    tootallulah Posts: 2,197 Forumite
    I have a new and terrible obsession with my mortgage being a round figure - it isn't great but I am going with it, goodness knows why these odd things float into my brain. I have eleven items on EBay including sone good machines hopefully they will all go for a bit more than 99p!
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,340 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    I have an obsession with getting down into the next thousand :(
    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.
  • pinkypig
    pinkypig Posts: 1,814 Forumite
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    They are both very worthy obsessions! My own brand of madness is number of months from financial independence. I'm surprised my spreadsheet hasn't combusted from overuse:rotfl:

    Good luck with your eBay sales xx
    Original mortgage £112,000 . Final payment due August 2027.
    Mortgage neutral achieved August 2020 - 7 years early!!!
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    pinkypig wrote: »
    They are both very worthy obsessions! My own brand of madness is number of months from financial independence. I'm surprised my spreadsheet hasn't combusted from overuse:rotfl:
    Do you ever try to sneak up on it and catch it unawares to see if the date's changed?

    Oh, it was just me then :rotfl:.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,340 Ambassador
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    gallygirl wrote: »
    Do you ever try to sneak up on it and catch it unawares to see if the date's changed?

    Oh, it was just me then :rotfl:.

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    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.
  • wishingthemortgaheaway
    wishingthemortgaheaway Posts: 2,536 Forumite
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    tootallulah wrote: »
    I have a new and terrible obsession with my mortgage being a round figure - it isn't great but I am going with it, goodness knows why these odd things float into my brain. I have eleven items on EBay including sone good machines hopefully they will all go for a bit more than 99p!

    I have had different mfw obsessions in the past, I've done the 'nice round number' and the 'get it onto the next bracket' approach. But it all comes down to 'pay the blummin thing off as quick as poss'

    I do find changing my approach helps keeps things fresh and keeps pace up. I do bore easily if things don't move quick
    Enough.
    Outstanding mortgage: £23,181 (December 19)
    MFW 2020 Challenge Member #10 0/£2318
  • gallygirl
    gallygirl Posts: 17,240 Forumite
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    I did all that, but my main aim was to knock a day off the mortgage (because I was using a mix of ordinary mortgage payments, OP's on wages day and various BTL's it was possible to drop a few days rather than needing a massive amount to drop a month. Sigh - fun spread-sheeting days :rotfl:.
    A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort
    :) Mortgage Balance = £0 :)
    "Do what others won't early in life so you can do what others can't later in life"
  • tootallulah
    tootallulah Posts: 2,197 Forumite
    Well at least I am not alone in these MFW obsessions which is heartening. Combined EBay currently at £64.99 hopefully they will go up a bit over the week-end. I have squirrelled £742 into savings so might get close to an extra £1k off this month.
  • Busy_Mee1
    Busy_Mee1 Posts: 1,015 Forumite
    Hehe I love the MF brand of madness .....I sometimes think it is just me
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,340 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Busy_Mee1 wrote: »
    Hehe I love the MF brand of madness .....I sometimes think it is just me

    It's not just you.
    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.
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