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Giving every £ a job
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That is so bad. She has done the company out of your custom by her " jobs worth" behaviour. Definitely complainMaking the debt go down and savings go up
LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £26,544....its going down
Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 18mths ahead of schedule.Challenges
EF £750/3000
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Studies/surveys May...£223.14
Decluttering items 1400/2025. 303/2026
Books read 23 in 2025. 2026- 13 (target is 52)
Jigsaws done 20 in 2025. 3 this year.
My debt free diary...https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6396218/we-will-get-this-debt-d£own-the-savings-up1 -
Oh, that is just ridiculous! I'd have done the same, but how I'd have enjoyed honing ny acerbic letter to Customer Services afterwards - the words sizzling onto the page from my pen. ..
F2026's challenges: 1) To rebuild our Emergency Fund to at least £5k.
2) To read 50 books (12/50) 3) The Re-Shrinking of Foxgloves 8.1kg/30kg
Remember....if you have to put it on a credit card, extend your overdraft or take out a loan to buy whatever it is, you probably can't afford it, as that's not your money, it's somebody else's!1 -
omg blackcats - how rude of her!!! Honestly the world has gone mad with its rules and regulations and computer says no!!!
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What a jobsworth, how petty is that 🤬 Definitely complain.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)1
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That’s bonkers!
LTotal Debt Dec 07 £59875.83 Overdrafts £2900,New Debt Figure ZERO !!!!!!:j 08/06/2013
Lucielle's Daring Debt Free Journey
DFD Before we Die!!!! Long Haul Supporter #1241 -
Thank you all for your comments which have reassured me that the m n s incident wasn't acceptable. I was mulling it over and my in built Catholic guilt was making me think I should have complied with the instruction or somehow I must have been in the wrong, but thanks to reading your comments and thanks to PIP making it ultra easy by sending me the link I have sent a complaint email. Will let you know how they respond.
the end of week 1 budget reconciliation has been done - it always looks nice and healthy one week into the budget period.Our fakeaway this week is inspired by a meal in a Mexican restaurant in Poole which we had about 5 years ago. Mr BC made a delicious pot of Chili Chicken Chowder with tortilla chips which was delicious and as the original meal was so long ago whether our version is authentic can't be judged but it was definitely yummy, enough left for a light lunch tomorrow.5 -
That is ridiculous of the shop.
Love your house and the PIP comment.
Well done on your swimming 🏊♂️ I need to find a way to reintroduce exercise to my life!Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £167.4K Equity 38% 3/4/26
2) £2.1K Net savings after CCs 14/5/26 (but owed £1.3K) so £3.4K
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £41.6K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.4K) = 47.6K of £127.5K target 37.33% 16/5/26 (If took bigger lump sum = 69.5K or 54.5%)
4) FI Age 60 income target min £17.1/30K 57% (may need more) If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%
5) SIPP £5.6K updated 16/5/260 -
Good to see you SH - I found it much more difficult to consistently exercise when I was working and the winter months are a deterrent too.Another week begins. Started with dancercise which included a spirited dance-a-long by a hall full of mature ladies doing the YMCA. Can't help but smile during that. Then MrBC and I had our Monday morning team brief 😀 with a cuppa at the leisure centre. In theory we now both know what we are doing for the next 7 days, what we are eating and where we are going.
we had such a nice afternoon drinking tea and reading through the stack of newspaper articles we've accumulated. Plenty of newspaper now ready to go into tomorrow's recycling.
we did spend some money booking ferry tickets for IoW this summer. The price of them makes me think I've inadvertently bought a super yacht!4 -
Bagsy best guest cabin on your super yachthttps://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1
'aggressive safety shot' Ken Doherty1 -
How can they justify a high price for such a short crossing?Sounds like a fun start to the week at the dancercise class 🙂I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)1
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