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Midlife Musings and Measurable Goals
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Well done on the win!Not all who wander are lost - J.R.R.Tolkien
🌊 A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor 🌊
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Congratulations on the win! Good idea on the 50% savings/50% spend on any future prizes.Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
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RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
My diary: “Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!”7 -
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Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
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One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.8 -
Great news on the win DIA 😼
Everything seems to be smoother and more manageable .Hope the weekend is going well 🌞7 -
Congrats on the PB win! Glad you seem to be feeling better and with less discomfort. Have a good weekend"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee6
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Congratulations, that's impressive!
If you don't need the money, why not change so it buys more PBs; you can always cash some in if it's a bigger win.
Hope you're finding time to relax a bit and please try to form a regular eating pattern. Take a snack box and fruit juice to keep you going until soup at home.Mortgage started 2020, aiming to clear 31/12/2029.6 -
WinterWarrior said:Well done on the win!Seasidegal58 said:Congratulations on the win! Good idea on the 50% savings/50% spend on any future prizes.beanielou said:Good news on the winanother_casualty said:Great news on the win DIA 😼
Everything seems to be smoother and more manageable .Hope the weekend is going well 🌞jwil said:Congrats on the PB win! Glad you seem to be feeling better and with less discomfort. Have a good weekendMovingForwards said:Congratulations, that's impressive!
If you don't need the money, why not change so it buys more PBs; you can always cash some in if it's a bigger win.
Hope you're finding time to relax a bit and please try to form a regular eating pattern. Take a snack box and fruit juice to keep you going until soup at home.
If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
Emergency fund 100/1000
Buffer fund 0/100
Debt Free (again) 25/0720258 -
The plan yesterday was to do some washing, go to the farmers market, go to the second hand shop in search of a table, go to a plant sale. (I know I don't have a garden) I popped into the plant sale. I went to the secondhand shop but no table as the one I saw earlier in the week went! Too slow, you snooze, you lose and all of that...So on the surface not a success.
But, I had a great day. (SPEND ALERT!) I spent the day with a friend. I bought a book from a lovely book shop. I took 2 taxis (My friend has a disability so she has a special card for cheaper taxi rides so I paid but it wasn't expensive) I had cake and coffee at a lovely Austrian cafe. I visited a market, something I haven't done in years. I bought a lovely cotton sheet for my relative. I bought a pretty tea towel. I bought a cotton dress on a stall. A stall selling a bag of Clin1que treats (those bonus bags) I got 2 for £15 Each bag includes lovely toiletry bag, small mascara, lip gloss, perfume, moisture surge, dramatically different moisturiser and foaming cleanser. Really happy with that!
I met a lovely old lady with beautifully cut hair. She walked with no issues and was sprightly. She had pink lip gloss. She was immaculate in casual trousers and loafers. Her eyes were twinkly. She told me she was 96 and I said I wish I could be like her in later life and she assured me I would be!
A really lovely day yesterday in the sunshine
Today I have mopped the floor in the kitchen and hallway. No need to cook today as lots of prepped food. Another trip to the laundrette in a bit so I'll leave it there as AC says.
If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
Emergency fund 100/1000
Buffer fund 0/100
Debt Free (again) 25/07202510 -
That sounds like a fabulous day...well worth the spends ⭐️Not all who wander are lost - J.R.R.Tolkien
🌊 A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor 🌊
My WW and friends diary is here 😁 …
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6259606/must-try-harder/p18 -
What a great day! The Clinique bargains sound excellent. 👍Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
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RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
My diary: “Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!”6
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