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  • South_coast
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    That manager is just a total melon, isn't he? On the plus side, it doesn't sound like he has the brains for his comments to be malicious, more that he forgets there's a world beyond himself 🤦‍♀️!
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    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • Ahh that's lovely feedback to have from your cleaning job. 
    Shame your manager at your other job can't be more helpful and supportive! 
  • Jessy103
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    That manager is just a total melon, isn't he? On the plus side, it doesn't sound like he has the brains for his comments to be malicious, more that he forgets there's a world beyond himself 🤦‍♀️!
    This is true, he is incredibly self centred and quite happy to throw people under the bus to take the heat off himself. Overall, bit of a numpty really!
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  • Jessy103
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    Ahh that's lovely feedback to have from your cleaning job. 
    Shame your manager at your other job can't be more helpful and supportive! 
    Definitely! 
    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!
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    Flapjack sounds so yum.
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  • CrazyBee787
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    Jessy you are a super star baking for a charity event as well as all that you do, BravoXX
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    1) Build up an emergency fund (EF) 
    2) Improve spending habits.
    3) Create a budget that is compatible to me.
    4) Buy healthier snacks to avoid junk food splurges.
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