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(Anything which means less paperwork for SC is always a winner as well)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 -
How irritating. Clearly it was a computer said no situation somewhere....
2025 decluttering: 3,896🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅
2025 use up challenge: 333🥉🥈🥇💎🏆
Big kitchen declutter challenge 107/150
2025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 5002 -
Went on an away-day to Morrisons as they had good offers on some things I wanted (one out of stock, sadly - but it was a great price). Managed to get an unopened 1.6kg tub of Bombay potatoes from their salad bar (who knew supermarkets still had salad bars 🤷♀️) reduced to clear for the bargain price of £1.25! That will go nicely with tomorrow night's curry!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!!!4 -
Just reached my second-ever cashout from New Vista! This is shaping up to be a good MSE day 😀!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 -
Have given myself a kick up the bum and opened a new LISA to transfer mine into for an extra 1.7% interest. I thought they were all fairly similar and therefore not worth the bother, but there's £26k in that account so that's an extra £442 a year - probably worth 10 minutes of my life setting it up 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️!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 -
Had a similar situation to your Sainsbug card with Bcard. Reduced my credit limit to £100 a few years ago so I closed it. Six months later got pre approved for a new Bcard worth five figure credit limit 🤷🏼♀️4
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Hmmm, that's interesting 🤔 Not sure I'd want to go back (yes, I do hold grudges 🤣), but desperate times may call for desperate measures!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 -
Gosh.. I really hope you have this book.... stumbled across it accidentally in an internet wormhole: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Could-You-Survive-Midsomer-Interactive/dp/178840503X
2025 decluttering: 3,896🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅
2025 use up challenge: 333🥉🥈🥇💎🏆
Big kitchen declutter challenge 107/150
2025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 5003 -
QueenJess said:Gosh.. I really hope you have this book.... stumbled across it accidentally in an internet wormhole: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Could-You-Survive-Midsomer-Interactive/dp/178840503X4
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QueenJess said:Gosh.. I really hope you have this book....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
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