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Simple living in the country - back to basics
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Happy Christmas24
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Have a great time - we need pictures of your tree and dinner please!
edit. Mr SL just asked if it was a plastic tree or one devoid of pine cones needlesSave £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 -
Thanks all 😁🎄
Ha, it's a plastic tree, not a completely bare one 😂 Bought in a sale a few years before we moved, so probably 9 or 10 years old now. Before that, we had the one my parents bought before I was born - it lasted a good while! 😂
Checked all the lights on both cars - one headlight and the opposite parking light out on the big car, and a tail light out on the other 🙄 they were all fine a few days ago (except maybe the parking light...). Garage changed two, and sold me a bulb for the one on the other car - grand total of £10, including fitting and all 3 bulbs. Bargain 😁
Scrambled eggs on toast for lunch, first layer of icing on the cake, custard made for trifle,, and now I'm going to do beaky cleaning and inspection duties.
Then a whirlwind of indoor activity and hopefully a bit of time for some flute practice at some point too!6 -
Merry Christmas and a happy New Financial year!Live the good life where you have been planted.
Fashion on the Ration Challenge 2022 - 15 carried over. Fashion on the Ration Challenge 2023 - 6 carried over. Fashion on the Ration Challenge 2024 - oops! My Frugal, Thrifty Moneysaving Diary5 -
Thanks 😂😂
Financial year not going well - down over £60 on the Happy wheel today 😱😱 Best have a big win soon, I can't be down four months in a row 😱😱
Christmas is going better though 😂😂
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This looks really cheerful 😊❤️Cheery_Daff said:Thanks 😂😂
Financial year not going well - down over £60 on the Happy wheel today 😱😱 Best have a big win soon, I can't be down four months in a row 😱😱
Christmas is going better though 😂😂
What’s under the chicken? Or is it chocolate?
KKAs at 15.12.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £227,385
- 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 2 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 4th January
Produce tracker: £10 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.4 -
Chocolate chicken sitting on a chocolate basket 😂 Birds trifle out of a packet, a tea loaf covered with marzipan and icing, and a load of baubles in the fruit bowls 😂 And some crackers that we think are from the 1960s, never pulled 😂7
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Ooh thank you for the pics. Sitting here smiling this morning
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 here6 -
Happy east-mas - LOL - your pic is a lovely cheery way to start the day!4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)(With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)Original End Date - Sept 2041 New projection - Dec 2039 (reduced by 21 months)6
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Ooh, you've put me in the mood for a trifle 😊Live the good life where you have been planted.
Fashion on the Ration Challenge 2022 - 15 carried over. Fashion on the Ration Challenge 2023 - 6 carried over. Fashion on the Ration Challenge 2024 - oops! My Frugal, Thrifty Moneysaving Diary6
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