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I did the same with "infantilising" a few weeks ago, but I think they still believe I made it up 😅!Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!6 -
Love the word conniptions - I have often had people ask me it if is a real word
. Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!8 -
DD1 also has the vomiting/diarrhea bug now, I suppose it was inevitable. I am maybe a really insensitive parent, but there's something about her dying swan bit that grinds my gears slightly
She has always been a bad patient, I swear the 3-year-old didn't make any more fuss!
I was up 'til 23:30 last night washing sheets after DD2 vomited over me in bed. This coincided nicely with my work laptop needing 9 hours (actually) of updates after it was rebuilt at work. I am about a week behind at work
Hey ho, this will all be a memory when I win Euromillions7 -
Get well soon to DD and fingers crossed for euromillions. You have a ticket right!6
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Oh good grief! You need a holiday!
KKAs at 15.01.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £222,084
- OPs to mortgage = £12,881 Estd. interest saved = £6,203 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 7 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 23rd January
Produce tracker: £29 of £400 in 2026
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.6 -
You betcha! 😅Alchemilla said:Get well soon to DD and fingers crossed for euromillions. You have a ticket right!6 -
That has prompted me to buy a ticket. If I win the big one, you can have a million as a thank you for the nudge, ed!Save £12k in 2025 #2 I saved £14,660.97 of £6000 or 244.35% of my target. The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I finished the year at £2880.99/£3000 or 96.03% of my annual spend so I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
My keep within our budget diary is here7 -
Ooh thanks @Suffolk_lass
The amount is so large that I would be able to take care of rellies and friends both analogue and digital and still be richer than Croesus! 5 -
Yes, we pay our money to dream about the people we could help, paying off mortgages, debts and giving housing security, as well as improving a few things for ourselves and our familySave £12k in 2025 #2 I saved £14,660.97 of £6000 or 244.35% of my target. The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2025 I finished the year at £2880.99/£3000 or 96.03% of my annual spend so I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026
I also Reverse Meal Plan on that thread and grow much of our own premium price fruit and veg, joining in on the grow your own in 2026 discussion thread
My keep within our budget diary is here6 -
Ah nuts! Now Mrs E and I have the fever and mystery aches 😵💫6
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