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My mortgage clobbering post

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  • Frith
    Frith Posts: 8,834 Forumite
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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.
  • Frith
    Frith Posts: 8,834 Forumite
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    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. 
  • Frith
    Frith Posts: 8,834 Forumite
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    £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. 
  • Frith
    Frith Posts: 8,834 Forumite
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    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. 
  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 8,534 Forumite
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    Good numbers :)

    What is it with the manager churn ... ?? That sounds quite odd ... 😖🤔

    KK
    As 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. 
  • Frith
    Frith Posts: 8,834 Forumite
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    Its bonkers. However, it's only number 8, not 9! 
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