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South_coast said:Just been screened out on Prolific for putting my age down wrong 😡 What an absolute plonker 😂!
Mortgage Balance as of July 2025 £14,900.
Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) £72,000.
Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!3 -
Wasn't me who mentioned cheese - although cheese does freeze well we go through it so quick that there's little point for us lol - but the reason I put the flour in the freezer is to kill off any flour weevils/eggs. In the grand scheme of things a few weevils in the flour is probably neither here or there, but I've definitely got a bit of a thing against bugs in food ever since I went camping with Girl Guides as a young teen and discovered earwigs in my cereal the next morning
*boak*
Rule 7: If you're not changing it, you're choosing it.
MFW 2020: 1 Jan £92903.90 ~ OP £536.80/£500
MFW 2021: 1 Jan £89281.21 ~ OP £404.62/£500
MFW 2022: 1 Jan £85579.20 ~ OPs on hold.2 -
Jessy103 said:South_coast said:Just been screened out on Prolific for putting my age down wrong 😡 What an absolute plonker 😂!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 -
coldcazzie said:Wasn't me who mentioned cheese - although cheese does freeze well we go through it so quick that there's little point for us lol - but the reason I put the flour in the freezer is to kill off any flour weevils/eggs. In the grand scheme of things a few weevils in the flour is probably neither here or there, but I've definitely got a bit of a thing against bugs in food ever since I went camping with Girl Guides as a young teen and discovered earwigs in my cereal the next morning
*boak*
Urgh on the earwigs, I used to have them in my old flat before the bathroom was replaced (unbeknown to me/landlord the shower had had a slow leak for years and rotted the floor underneath - only came to light when I had a shower and it came pouring through his ceiling two floors below. I was in there ages as well, as I was shaving my legs 😂). Finding one crawling across my bed was bad enough, but in my cereal would have put me off eating it for life 😯!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 -
My freezer is full of cheese, so it could have been me
(Actually, it's not that full, but mozzarella, halloumi, feta, ricotta and mascarpone currently feature.)5 -
Aha! We've found the Keeper Of the Cheese 😀 Thanks greenbee, it was you - I remember the halloumi now!
Brain now addled by thoughts of tasty cheese....mmmm....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 -
South_coast said:Aha! We've found the Keeper Of the Cheese 😀 Thanks greenbee, it was you - I remember the halloumi now!
Brain now addled by thoughts of tasty cheese....mmmm....5 -
This is just like being at work - everything's my fault there as well 😂!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 -
£7.35 in from Prolific and have paid off the credit card 😀 Have discovered that additional payments reduce the minimum payment with this card, rather than being seen as "additional" payments (BF's new card is like this as well - never come across this before, but suddenly I have two cards the same - only discovered when I had to call them the other day, as I was mystified about why they hadn't collected the direct debit). So if BF and I both pay more than the minimum to our cards, that's two less direct debits I need to keep track of each month. Excellent news 😀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 -
Thanks for the reminder - I must log in to prolific and see whether there is any money in there. But I have just been into Quidco and emptied the available cash - £27.83 will come in handy.5
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