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  • Poppycat1
    Poppycat1 Posts: 381 Forumite
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    You could eat only half (if that's even possible) and serve with a massive salad.  
    £60,000 left to pay
    Currently 12.4 years left
    Target June 2031
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,153 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    It's definitely not possible 🤣! Although I did have salad with tonight's 😀
    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!!!
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,153 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Last night's 🤦‍♀️
    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!!!
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,153 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    I am up and at 'em this morning 😀! Woke up just before 6.00am, went out for a walk before it got too hot (introduced two sections of jogging for the very first time), home just before 7.00am, showered, breakfast, Shop & Scan, and am just waiting on 8 batch-cooked lunches for work to finish cooking (200 degrees 😓 Glad I also got that out of the way fairly early!)

    Plans for the rest of the day: Not very much 🤣! Hoovering, clean the bathroom and then hopefully a little snooze before I go to BF's later on this afternoon
    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!!!
  • ruby_eskimo
    ruby_eskimo Posts: 4,829 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Sounds like a very productive Sunday - I literally sat and read all day, was too hot for anything else!
    Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £
    LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000
    Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 2017
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,153 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Yep, that's what I did for most of the rest of the day 🤣!
    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!!!
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 6,153 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    The ISA transfer has completed!!! Only took 15 weeks 🤣🤣🤣!
    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!!!
  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,975 Forumite
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    Excellent news! 
  • ruby_eskimo
    ruby_eskimo Posts: 4,829 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Thanks Cheery 😀! Yes, the journey to FIRE starts here - my £772.24 will currently give me £30.89 a year or £2.57 a month at a 4% safe withdrawal rate 🤣!
    Sounds like a perfectly good return 😂  Glad it's finally sorted itself out though!
    Emergency Fund - £8572.39 / £10,000 :: Mortgage OP 2025 - £
    LISA 24/25 - £3200 / £4000 :: NSD 2025 - 2 / 150 :: Books Read: 1 / 52 :: Decluttering - 4 / 1000
    Engaged 9th December 2010 :: Married 29th October 2015 :: Bought a House 13th January 2017
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