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Now 60 points to go - it's soooo painful!!!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!!!2 -
Today's One Poll offerings included a survey about Irish accents/expressions/outlooks - who commissions these things??? And don't say The Irish, because I'm pretty sure it wasn't!
Anyway, 15 points to go now....
And I've had my wage slip for tomorrow, but still don't know how much my mortgage payment is going to be (also taking place tomorrow) so I can't plan my money shuffles and write up my book of accounts, which is making me antsy 🤣!
And BF has borrowed £900 from me until tomorrow (he also gets paid on the last working day). No idea what that was for 🤔 but next time he complains that I have money sat in savings accounts and don't spend it I shall remind him of how it comes in useful 🙄!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!!!8 -
I've decided to leave all my PayPal Ebay sales money in there until payday then I'll top it up to a round number in £25 increments and pay off the mortgage. Got a £75 as a work bonus in an am@zon card so sold that amd with my other sales, I paid £300 off the mortgage!Mortgage start date Dec 2019 - £217,000 MFD Dec 2034
Mortgage currently £163,750 MFD 20304 -
Enjoy the money shuffle, I'm hoping to do mine saturday! @South_coast I actually get paid on 20th of the month (which is stupid) so I could do my shuffle earlier but I prefer to wait until the end of the month!5
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I got the same survey with Irish sayings. Questions are so random in there.Soooooo close with 1pollDFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)3 -
Right, money is in, BF has repaid the mystery £900, money shuffled off to correct pots, mortgage has come out (it was indeed £61.90 🤦♀️), OP made.
I can get up now 🤣!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!!!7 -
Glad the mortgage payment came out ok, I have to wait until Monday to do the proper money shuffle!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 20172
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Mystery money.... glad it was repaid! @South_coast I'm waiting for Monday like @ruby_eskimo to do the full money shuffle!4
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Glad it’s back. Wherever it was!DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)2 -
Money shuffle excitement and spreadsheet joy...we are a funny tribe! And while we're declaring, my day is tomorrow
MFW: Was: £136,000.......Now: £47,736.58......4
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