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  • Elisheba
    Elisheba Posts: 1,834 Forumite
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    Wishing you the best of luck and many calming vibes πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€πŸ€
    Live the good life where you have been planted.
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  • rtandon27
    rtandon27 Posts: 6,279 Forumite
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    Sending over many positive virtual vibes for tomorrow! xxx
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    ...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)
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  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 9,322 Forumite
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    Good luck for tomorrow Cheery - will be thinking of you!
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! Β£132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days

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  • teapot2
    teapot2 Posts: 3,650 Forumite
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    All good vibes for tomorrow, you are very well prepared and have done all your homework so fingers crossed for you 🀞🏼🀞🏼🀞🏼🀞🏼
  • Good luck for tomorrow x
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  • Enjoy tomorrow - you are v prepared so it should beΒ  funΒ  ;) Let us know how it goes
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    No seriously, just don’t buy things. 99% of our success with our savings rateΒ isΒ attributed to the fact that weΒ don’t buy things... You can and should take advantage of discounts.... But at the end of the day, the only way to truly save money is to not buy stuff.Β  Β Β Money doesn’t walk out of your wallet on its own accord.
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  • Good luck for tomorrow 🌟 
  • Jessy103
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    Good luck, cheery! You got this! x
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  • Good luck for tomorrowΒ 
  • Good luck Cheery, though you don’t need luck with how much prep you’ve done! Hope you don’t have too long to wait to hear afterwards - you have a big group on here waiting with bated breath, almost as invested in the result as you and Mr Cheery are πŸ˜‚Β 
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