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Ongoing Journey to being a Frugalista..

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  • greent
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    So MBNA gone next month and hopefully the BC in April. I’ll take that. Then just 2 more to go, although one of these is for a large amount I’ll admit. We are also funding an ISA for the kids uni/house deposit etc which whilst massively depleted last year is going back up again. We also had some necessary house repair items which we also managed to absorb.

    So off to do some work now but quite buoyed up, we are really making this debt bashing a habit now. And no longer sure I’d like to live any other way...

    Brizzle x

    Fantastic progress being made :T:T

    And it sure isn't a bad way to live :)
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  • brizzlegirl
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    edited 26 January 2020 at 12:16PM
    Thanks L- it’s a Speyside so quite smooth. I think they do an Oban too which although I haven’t tried Aldi’s version is my favourite type of whisky. It’s called Glen Marnoch I think. It went down well judging by how little was left :)

    Great night. Food was amazing. Salmon and barley as well as haggis with fermented turnip. Lush. Crananache (sp?) for dessert. Reciting poems, some games, singing and some fortune telling with lumps of lead. Excellent frugal night. Mrs FW would have approved!

    Will catch up tomorrow. Now time for tea and bed. Thanks for dropping in all xx
  • Sun_Addict
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    Sounding good as always :) Glad you had a good night. I rarely buy whiskey although I do like it.
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • brizzlegirl
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    Thanks SA. Hope you have a great Sunday x
  • beanielou
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    I loathe whiskey.
    Once many many years I drank every whiskey (To try) in a hotel in Arran.

    Cards sounding really good.
    How is the lodger?
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  • greent
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    I also loathe whiskey, beanie - as a result of getting extremely drunk & ill on it many years ago - the smell still turns my stomach now _pale__pale_
    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
  • brizzlegirl
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    Ha!! And with your heritage too beanie :) - I have grown to love it, after working in Ireland where they told me to drink it with water. Not neat and definitely no ice.

    Have a good day all xx
  • brizzlegirl
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    Oh and lodger is a sweetie. Definitely all good so far!
  • brizzlegirl
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    Know it’s all only Tuesday :rotfl: but all good on the MSE front so far.. think we will scrape through until OH’s pay day.

    Just gone dark and I am travelling for work, Suddenly very very tired...think I need a good rest this evening and maybe some yoga to stretch out some stiffness.

    Hope everyone is ok

    Brizzle x
  • jwil
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    Have a good evening :) It's definitely getting lighter in the evenings, roll on spring!
    "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee
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