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My Italian flour was delivered (16kg small sack this time!)
Save £12k in 2026 #2 I have banked £9004.48 so far, against a £10k target The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2026 I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026 - currently £1111.79 and most of my May purchasing made
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
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Happy Easter and last day of the tax year, all.
We have had a 6:30 start, some chocolate, heavy snow, and I managed to get my SIPP to that arbitrary £2,000 target 😉 The sun is now so bright I can't look out of the window!
Now off to cook an Easter lunch of roast chicken, stuffing, pigs in blankets, roast potatoes, roast carrots and parsnips, red cabbage, and HM gravy.
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Snow....in April 😱? And I was irked that it's a bit breezy 🤣
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
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Quite often snow in Scotland in April.
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Yes, snow at my Mum's (south of you two, @edinburgher and @beanielou in Ayrshire) too. She managed to get to my sister's for lunch though, (and safely home) so hopefully it melted early. She still drives proficiently, at 96, and in snow, she is safer in her car than on the pavements that are pitted and slippery
Save £12k in 2026 #2 I have banked £9004.48 so far, against a £10k target The 2026 Save £12k in 2026 thread is here
OS Grocery Challenge in 2026 I am sticking with a £3000 annual budget for 2026 - currently £1111.79 and most of my May purchasing made
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 -
I forget where I heard this but someone said a white Easter is statistically more likely than a white Christmas
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Yep we had the 4 seasons in one day scenario on the east coast yesterday though it was too wet for the snow to lay.
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🤯 We rarely get snow in winter!
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!!!5 -
Snow in June one year in the early 60s!! Not in Scotland either. That is also the only year I ever got sunburned & that was in May.
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There was snow in June here when I was three :)
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