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I've managed to get to the exact amount of Swagbucks I needed for my £3 (no wastage here 🤣!), so have requested that and it's being processed.
I'm now turning my attention to Nectar Canvass, in the hope of offsetting some of the cost of the Christmas cheese....Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!4 -
Congratulations on being mortgage neutral! That’s fabulous.4
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Always better to go with the ones you like and feel you get a decent return on xDFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)4 -
Well done on becoming mortgage neutral! I need to get back into Nectar Canvas, they keep sending me emails but I never remember to actually go to the site afterwards.Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 20174
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Thanks all 😀
Just done an online focus group on flower buying - £25 coming my way when that gets approved 😀😀😀!
Now I really must put my dinner on....🤣Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!5 -
Awesome. You must have hit that £75 now??DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)4 -
Yes indeed, and have passed it too! Will report in full at the end of the month so I don't want to spoil the ta-da moment, but I'm creeping towards £100 😀😀😀Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!5 -
You should never doubt your abilities! 😂Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days
'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway6 -
Quite! I'm now over £100 😀!Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!5 -
Hi Ruby, just coming back to this, if you keep clicking on the same link it should keep taking you to new surveys until you exhaust the opportunities, so you might not need to navigate to the site at all 🤞ruby_eskimo said:I need to get back into Nectar Canvas, they keep sending me emails but I never remember to actually go to the site afterwards.Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!6
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