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DH wants to go back to restaurants, although I kind of like grabbing takeout, and then if we get bored eating inside the house, either eat out in the travel trailer or on the back deck alfresco style to make it seem like we're getting out and having a great meal.
Congrats on all your productivity and survey sites.Mortgage start date Dec 2015 - $64,655.00
Mortgage end date Dec 2045 - NOT!!!!
Mortgage balance - $4600.00
Business Savings $43,310/100k
Hope to be mortgage-free by end of 20236 -
Thank you 😀 BF and I have breakfasted outside this morning, it's like being on holiday! There's some upsides to this unemployment lark....😀 Feels like one long weekend at the moment!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 -
Morning all 😀So July is over, time to tot up the free money total:£1.05 bank account cashback
£1.40 TopCashBack
£3.38 bank account interest
£5.00 cashed-in Nectar points
£5.00 Shoppix
£5.00 Receipt Hog
£5.00 Vypr
£5.00 i-Say (taken as Amazon voucher)
£30.00 Shop & Scan (taken as Amazon vouchers)
£46.40 Qmee
£47.83 Prolific (and it feels like I've had hardly any surveys!)
Which adds up to a whopping £155.06 😀😀😀! I really can't quite believe that!!! It definitely won't be anything like that again this month, but hey just one month like that is amazing!
I also have over £20-worth of points on Consumer Pulse, but since they stopped sending vouchers in the post due to Covid there's nothing on there that I want 🙁 I emailed them a couple of weeks ago, asking when they would be reinstating the paper vouchers, but they haven't replied so I have a sneaking suspicion that they are gone for good (I imagine e-vouchers must cost them a lot less to administer). Oh well, will just have to think creatively and see if things are available from Argos before I buy from anywhere else, as I think that's the only type I would use (I'm deliberately trying to ignore the Laithwaite's option - free wine would be excellent, but I don't think £20 will get me very far 🤣!)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!!!9 -
really interesting to see the free money laid out. I might track ours this month out of interest.DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)5 -
Blimey! Puts my £0.15 bank account interest to shame...😥
On the plus side, at least I know which free money to concentrate on!
Brilliant to see how much you've earned.If it's not adding up, compound it!5 -
Well done on the free money.. I'm a bit light weight with surveys, 3 questions and I'm done. great to see what can be done with a bit of effort.Mortgage restart June 2018 £119950Re mortgage August 19 £110470, … Mortgage November 22 £85600 final 0% CC 3300Home renovations - £65000, mid 2018 - mid 20225
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Thanks all, yes Qmee and Prolific are the big winners!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 -
That's awesome! Well done 😀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!4 -
Thanks Jessy 😀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 -
God I can't wait until I can remove the mortgage as a payee on my internet banking 😥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
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