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  • I've been a lurker for a while after reading your diary in full, and just wanted to say how brilliantly you are doing! Looking forward to the update saying you are out xx
  • joedenise
    joedenise Posts: 18,902
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    That's brilliant about the exam marking; will definitely give you some money to buy any furniture you need.  That was good thinking about the microwave too asking if you could take it into work - much easier to move it to your new place when the time is right.

  • badmemory
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    I'm sure you won't have forgotten but you do have a lot going on.  You didn't mention your birth certificate, it is one of those things that we only really use once in a blue moon & gets down to the bottom of the pile.
  • Kakiste
    Kakiste Posts: 1,022
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    Thanks for the reminder- but my birth certificate, driver's license, national insurance and passport are already in my locker at work. 
    Bottom line; 
    £49k paid off 
    Car HP paid off
    Debt Free!
    Saved Escape fund and moved out. 

    Current focus; saving Emergency fund
  • joedenise
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    @Kakiste - if you're planning on filing for divorce at some stage you also need to have your marriage certificate or at least a certified copy of it.
  • Kakiste
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    Yep I do have that- It'll be going in the new filofax. My plan is to spend a good hour or two next week tipping out the whole old filofax and going through all the paperwork to see exactly what I need to keep. 
    Bottom line; 
    £49k paid off 
    Car HP paid off
    Debt Free!
    Saved Escape fund and moved out. 

    Current focus; saving Emergency fund
  • Things are starting to come together. Good news on the exam marking. So pleased for you xx
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  • Kakiste
    Kakiste Posts: 1,022
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    Just tying up the last work bits before half term starts tomorrow. Done all of my assessments and uploaded data and almost finished marking. (maybe another hour or so to go) 
    Bottom line; 
    £49k paid off 
    Car HP paid off
    Debt Free!
    Saved Escape fund and moved out. 

    Current focus; saving Emergency fund
  • Hope next week goes ok and look forward to you embracing a new future without your ex dragging you down. A new start sounds exciting. Hope your DD copes ok with the changes too. 
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  • It must feel great to know that towards the end of next week you’ll be able to start moving things into the property! Hope that this weekends trip with your in-laws goes ok 
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