Getting FIREd up 😀

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QueenJess said:

Well I do hope you’ve seen this on the forum homepage…. 

OMG, no I haven't 🤣! I never go to the homepage, I'm just bookmarked straight to MFW 👍😀

I shall have to check the list!

South_coast

LadyWithAPlan said:

I have never eaten toast????? 

I know, I thought that one was mad too! I guess they're responding to complaints about not having a n/a option enough

South_coast

I hope everyone's getting on well with their fruit and veg challenge? 

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Punished by a seagull for cutting my run short this morning (I had a stitch) - great brown splats of 💩 on my chest and thigh 🤢 Fortunately on my clothes rather than my flesh, although it did soak through 😱!

LadyWithAPlan

South_coast said:

Punished by a seagull for cutting my run short this morning (I had a stitch) - great brown splats of 💩 on my chest and thigh 🤢 Fortunately on my clothes rather than my flesh, although it did soak through 😱!

No!! OMG  Unbelieveable ... yuck 
But well done for getting out there - gorgeous day here as well in London and luckily no seagulls I can see

I have been lax on Sains fruit & veg - will see if it finishes today

edinburgher

South_coast said:

I hope everyone's getting on well with their fruit and veg challenge? 

They made it too easy - I bought 1/2 our fruit and veg for a week and completed it ages ago. Maybe they assume we don't eat any fruit and veg? 🤔

South_coast

It did seem easier this time! I bought a couple of tins of chopped tomatoes, as I knew they scored highly, then just switched for one week for my usual veg and I was done. 

💩 has come out of my top in the wash, two small brown stains on my trousers, which will hopefully come out after a few more washes. At least they're on my front and not the rear 😳!

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Right, finally something sensible to post about 🤣!

First of the month round-up….

• 3x extra £50s this month (should have been more, see below 😥), coming from surveys, lots of TopCashBack (hotel booking), interest, some tilly tidies, bank account cashback, We Buy Books and Ziffit. Used them towards the money transfer fee on the credit card (so the interest can all be profit 😀)

• Moved my instant access savings to the limited edition 5.2% Santander account. My stooze balance alone (the everyday spending one, not the money transfer one) is now earning me £14/month in interest 😮🤯

• My LISA interest rate also went up again, so that's another £3.30-ish being added every month 

• I've even moved my savings for my niece, as I wasn't impressed at still only getting 3%. She's now getting £6.50/month to top up her pot (I put in £10/month, so that's a tasty 65% uplift!) Now toying with front-loading the remainder of the planned payments, as that would see the monthly payments matching the monthly interest 🤔 Not actually got the cash to do that though, think I'll do some spreadsheeting!

• Received my £50 loyalty bonus on my electric bill….

• ….and requested a £70 refund to my bank

• ….and then had to spend it on petrol 🤦‍♀️😥

• Finally got back on target with "the other thing" (I diverted money towards holidays earlier in the year - no regrets 😀), so from next month I'll be sending more towards the S&S again

11.64* years to go….

Feeling a lot more positive this month!

*Not strictly accurate, as I can't get a balance from my current pension, so that's based on last month's figure. Although, having seen what's happened to the other two pensions this month, I'm probably better off not looking 🤣!

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Finally managed to log in to current pension. It's gone up by less than was paid in 🤦‍♀️

11.63 years to go....

debtfreeoneday

I do like those surveys sometimes. They make me smile!