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Happy Christmas Eve everyone. Hope you are all ready for the big day.
It is most definitely a no spends day here. Notgoing anywhere near a shop or a pub today.
We have family coming over later for a couple of hours. But that is the sum total of our plans for today.
Breakfast is bacon and scrambled eggs on toast and dinner later is slow cooked cola ham and a cheesy vegetable bake.
We will take the dog out somewhere for a good long walk as well.2 -
Glad to read you are feeling better. We have our carpets and oven cleaned in the Spring. I did vax our living room and hall and scrub conservatory upvc before putting up decorations though.
Enjoy your family visit. We have a buffet party for family/friends this afternoon/evening so lots of cooking for me today.I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the Debt free Wannabe, Budgeting and Banking and Savings and Investment boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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You can't turn your back on the Dodford a second with presents around. He has unwrapped one from next door 🙈1
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That’s why I hide all our presents until Christmas Day. The dog thinks they’re all for her. I love how your neighbour buys your dog a present 😆I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping) -.literally have been run over by a bike, mobility scooter and a car - still here 💪0
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Not just one neighbour. Three of them have. He is a spoiled boy.Sun_Addict said:That’s why I hide all our presents until Christmas Day. The dog thinks they’re all for her. I love how your neighbour buys your dog a present 😆1 -
Our dog always gets lots of presents too, he didn’t have toys before he came to us and had to learn how to play from my friends dog. He loves them now and I feel we are making up for lost time, he has his own toy box. Just wish he would learn how to put them back 😂Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me2026 1p challenge #7 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017EF £1050/£1000 | Sabbatical £5664/£60001
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Exactly the same as ours.LittleMissDetermined said:Our dog always gets lots of presents too, he didn’t have toys before he came to us and had to learn how to play from my friends dog. He loves them now and I feel we are making up for lost time, he has his own toy box. Just wish he would learn how to put them back 😂
He didn't know what a bed was. He slept next too it for the first week we had him ☹️
Mind you he has made up for it now.
Ours has never learned to put toys back in his toy boxes either. Mind you why would he when he has two servents to pick them up for him 🤣🤣🤣2 -
Happy Christmas to the dog RS! (And the two of you, too!) 🤣🤣🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00 at 31/12/25 = £ 91,100.00
Balance as at 31/08/26 = £ 84,500.00
SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her0 -
Merry Christmas. Hope the dog enjoys his presents. Ours used to love the presents and sit and guard the oven 😂😂😂January spends - £587.580
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