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My mortgage clobbering post
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Turns out you can't buy Eurostar tickets without a passport (which makes sense) so passport renewal is underway.
As we missed the Eurostar sale, we might get a ferry instead and go to see son2's friend in Denmark then go to Sweden and take a ferry to see Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania then a couple of German Christmas markets.
Not much has happened though I did buy a lawnmower off FB and had a good weed of all the borders and a general tidy up outside.
I still feel very bleak and tired.
Balance is £3946.3 -
Positive things!
My passport has arrived. Still waiting for son's driving licence to come back so we can get his passport.
Got a free English Heritage day pass today. (MSE)
My older son has visited for his birthday.
Quidco has paid me £34.3 -
£74 transferred from Quidco today.
Son 2s driving licence came back so we are doing a hair/beard minimisation programme today before I take a photo of him for his passport photo. Will apply for the passport tonight.
I have a new manager, my 7th in a year. Torn between looking for jobs or waiting until I've been on holiday (November).
Swapping my bank again! Hopefully I'll get £175 from Nationwide.
£4030 balance.2 -
Quidco money transferred today, not in my previous update, as I had to change my bank account details.
Awaiting £175 from Nationwide.
Balance is 4130.69.
But not for long! Son2s passport is in the post to him (finally) and we can start booking ferries
I'm on manager number 9. I didn't meet the last one.2 -
Good numbers

What is it with the manager churn ... ?? That sounds quite odd ... 😖🤔
KKAs at 15.10.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £229,702
- OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 60 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 30th October
Produce tracker: £426 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.1 -
Its bonkers. However, it's only number 8, not 9!0
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