First home/Forever home!

Finchy2018

Good luck with your mortgage journey! The SOA is a bit of an estimate right now, I will tweak it once I've tracked my spending for a month.

My commute is about 4 miles so I'm very lucky!

debtfreeoneday

Hope the cat is ok!

Finchy2018

Thank you! She went in for surgery today and it's now full of beans! Back to her old self. £170 total to get her sorted. I'm so glad we have savings. I don't know what I would have done if we didn't have the money to hand.

Finchy2018

Another weekend yay! It's looking like my plans for a day trip and gig won't happen. Secretly I am pleased. I want to sort the house out and have a chill out weekend. The conservatory needs some attention. OH is going out I believe, I could join him but I don't really fancy it.

Could do some meal prep, really need to defrost the freezer so need to start eating the contents.

Looking like I will have a decent bit of money this month left over which i will split between overpayments and also paying off the credit card.

Happy weekend folks!

Finchy2018

I have been very poorly today so have only just got out of bed!

Another month is over! I will be making an OP on the mortgage tomorrow and paying towards cards too.

Noting down all my spending for the month was really helpful and I can see where I can make some positive changes.

Food shopping is going to be my focus this month. I'm sure I can get those spends down.

Hopefully no cats need to see the vets this month!

Looking to try and increase my wages so keeping an eye out on the job market. I love my job but I want to earn more and work from home so if an opportunity comes along I'll go for it!

I'll try and update more this month.

twinklie

Oh my days, food shopping is my downfall too. I've worked hard this month and reduced the bill by 32%. However, the troops are revolting and don't care for some of the cheaper meals I've been creating! Sigh!

Finchy2018

I could do so much better - my issue is I like getting my shop delivered, if I went to lidl or Aldi I would save so much, but quite frankly, I don't want to spend my precious time off doing food shops!

That said, I am off Friday so might venture in.

Over payment of £128 paid on the mortgage today.

Still feeling ill, but must force myself to cook dinner tonight, I might do the roast we are duet to have the other day, although, it's so hot still... I suppose I could serve with side salad rather than do the whole shebang.

Finchy2018

I overspent this weekend. oops. I have car insurance due and I fear this month might end up being a bit tight. But we can manage. I am doing another Sainsbury's shop this week, I will compare at the end of the month with June's spends and see what the savings are.

Finchy2018

I did some money moving today, and paid £850 off one of my credit cards. Rational behind this is that was for a hotel for our holiday. I have the money in savings, and it makes sense to not pay interest on that part. Total balances for CCs are now £1635.98 (not including my 0% purchases card, which I use for food shops) . Savings can wait until I have paid this down. I want to get rid of it. It will free up so much more that can go into OPs and savings.

savingholmes

Aside from cat expenses, you seem to be doing really well. We have a cat and a dog too so I sympathise. Good luck on your journey.