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  • savingholmes
    savingholmes Posts: 28,971 Forumite
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    QueenJess said:
    Someone sent me some treats for tomorrow - I have cake, brownies, a cookie and some other squares of something that looks interesting... I wonder whether the kids will find it before I scoff them!
    Don't you have a hiding place for these things?  I know I do!  :D
    Yeah but they are 17 and 23. They know them all
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
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    4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
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  • QueenJess
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    QueenJess said:
    Someone sent me some treats for tomorrow - I have cake, brownies, a cookie and some other squares of something that looks interesting... I wonder whether the kids will find it before I scoff them!
    Don't you have a hiding place for these things?  I know I do!  :D
    Yeah but they are 17 and 23. They know them all
    Yeah, I guess kids are more trouble than husbands.  DH couldn't even find a tin earlier (there is only one drawer with tins in....), let alone where I hide anything  :D
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  • Have you tried hiding your treats in the cleaning cupboard? Works every time in our house 😀
    New to all this!
    Mortgage balance 01/01/21 £181,400. Scheduled repayment date Aug 2036. 
    Target savings to overpay in 2021 £12,000
    Progress to date  £7105/£12,000 
  • Grogged
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    QueenJess said:
    Yeah, I guess kids are more trouble than husbands.  DH couldn't even find a tin earlier (there is only one drawer with tins in....), let alone where I hide anything  :D
    I have no idea what you mean...😕
    (MrsG humphs in the background, DH indeed....)
    Although I was quite surprised when the cup/coffee/tea/funny small smelly bags cupboard suddenly moved and had lot of these little jars of spice things instead....
    If it's not adding up, compound it!
  • QueenJess
    QueenJess Posts: 4,499 Forumite
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    Have you tried hiding your treats in the cleaning cupboard? Works every time in our house 😀
    ❤️ This! As I'm the only person who cleans in this house, no one would ever find them!
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  • savingholmes
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    Lots of hiding places in this house too
    Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
    1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £174.8K Equity 32.77%
    2) £2.6K Net savings after CCs 6/7/25
    3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £24.3K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 30.1/£127.5K target 23.6% 29/7/25
    4) FI Age 60 income target £16.5/30K 55.1%
    5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/25
  • Grogged
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    Just done the cenus quizz.
    Hope I got all the questions right...
    If it's not adding up, compound it!
  • Grogged
    Grogged Posts: 866 Forumite
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    Well we had our first jab Thursday.
    And thus ends the good news.
    We took it badly, soreness, shakes and then full blown flu like for MrsG.
    We're just about back to normal today.
    On the plus side, so glad we had the jab, hate to imagine what full blown Covid would be like for us.
    Hats off to our local GP, very professional setup and all done in 10 minutes from parking car.
    If it's not adding up, compound it!
  • Zola.
    Zola. Posts: 2,204 Forumite
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    edited 29 March 2021 at 12:20PM
    Great news on getting the vaccine.
    Which one did you have @Grogged? Anecdotally I have heard of a few folk feeling grim after the Oxford/Astra one, but the Pfizer one seems to be easier on folk.

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