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  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,392 Forumite
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    beanielou said:
    Happy new hair. Hope the pillowcases help.
    Thanks Beanie! Me too, apparently they are good for skin and hair, which I never knew, so we shall see 🙂
    Mortgage Balance as of September 2025 £11,700
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
    Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!
  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,392 Forumite
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    Jessy103 said:
    I'm just so eager to get this blooming thing paid off! 
    Not long now though!!! Would updating your signature help, as it's a bit out of date?
    Thanks SC. That's a good idea, thanks I shall do that 🙂
    Mortgage Balance as of September 2025 £11,700
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
    Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!
  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,392 Forumite
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    themadvix said:
    Glad you're feeling better Jessy. Don't be downhearted about not OPing this week - you do so well and work really hard and you did the right thing by not risking the health of your clients - definitely more important than money! (And you don't want to go killing them off - not good financially in the long term! 😉)
    Haha, very true! I did decide to cancel cleaning today and tomorrow to be on the safe side, I would feel awful if I was responsible for one of the golden oldies getting poorly! 
    Mortgage Balance as of September 2025 £11,700
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
    Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,597 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    I have the same dilema with a dear friend of mine who is quite poorly.  It's a difficult one.
    Liking your new signature  :smile:
    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.
  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,611 Forumite
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    Congrats on the anniversary and sending you get well soon wishes. It’s that time of year unfortunately with lots of viruses floating about.
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 96,597 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    I so wish you lived nearer to me so you could keep me in order. 
    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.

  • Love the new signature 😁 not long to go x



    MFW
    Opening Mortgage Balance 
    16/06/2024 - £99569.04 term remaining 80 months (Feb 2031) 

    Current Balance £32,000

    MFW 2025 #31 £31,000 / £28,000 OP

    MFIT - T7 £31,000 OP

    0%CC May 2027-  £2,600
    0% Loan £694.68
    Grocery Challenge 
    Jan £387.89 / Feb £ 355.67 / Mar £418.63 / Apr £478.37 / May £426.52 / June £376.18 / July £462.54+£103.32 entertaining / Aug £294.38+83.83 entertaining /Sept £328.93/Oct

    The final countdown to June 2026 - Page 4 — MoneySavingExpert Forum


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