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Getting FIREd up 😀
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At first glance the figures stated don't look too wild for a moderately spendy couple. For example, moderate couple expenses + mortgage bill almost exactly matches income for Mrs E and I.
Then you remember we are currently using IRO £1300-£1400 a month on childcare, pension payments, ISA and savings and you wonder what planet they are on!
Maybe this just means we're on target for moderate+ ?
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It’s the clothing budget that always gets me - I spend nowhere near that amount!! I think they are also not targeted at people who know how to make their money stretch - let’s face it, we are the experts at that.Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days
'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway4 -
Phew, glad to get some reassurance I'm not completely mad 😅!
In exciting news, I've finished my weekend to-do list 🥳🥳🥳! Not done that for quite some time! Even included some things that weren't on it 😀 Now to sit down with a book for a bit before I have to cook dinner, mostly so I feel like a better person if I get offered a Y-Live 🤣!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 -
Check out my trail of joy from Lidl 😍😍😍
And we thought Valentine's wasn't for another two days!
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 -
9 points away from £25 on One Poll 🤦♀️🙄🙁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!!!2 -
The first of my "April price hike" bills are in: Will now be paying £9.06/month for water rates (still got a big credit on the account for the surface water correction). Reckon I can manage that 😀👍
Long may it continue in the same vein - although I suspect the rest of my bills will be significantly more 🤣!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!!!2 -
Actually, just remembered my mobile phone bill is going up £1/month this month, so the water wasn't the first 🙄 £1 may not seem like much, but it's actually a 14.4% price increase on my current £7/month price 😬!
Have also just had lots of fun scanning all my Lidl receipts into ZipZero now that I'm done with shopping for the week. Surprised to see none of the ones I picked up had Lidl Plus. You're missing out on free stuff, people!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!!!2 -
Owowowowowow 😱
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!!!3 -
Ouch!! What’s that for? (Sorry if you’ve said and I’ve missed it)Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days
'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway3 -
Car insurance 😥😥😥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!!!3
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