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Getting FIREd up 😀
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I lasted until day 2 when I reached for the sweet stuffDFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)5 -
🤣 Glad I'm not the only one!
You will be pleased to hear that I ate my planned healthy-ish dinner (no biscuits in the house 😅)
(I did drink a bottle of wine though 😳🤦♀️)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 -
Yikes... you may want to avoid my diary for a bit thenSouth_coast said:🤣 Glad I'm not the only one!
You will be pleased to hear that I ate my planned healthy-ish dinner (no biscuits in the house 😅)
(I did drink a bottle of wine though 😳🤦♀️)
2026 decluttering: 469 🤑🥉 ⭐️🥈🥇 ⭐️ ⭐️💎 ⭐️ ⭐️
2026 use up challenge: 158🥉 ⭐️🥈🥇 ⭐️ ⭐️💎 ⭐️
2026 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉52 🥈100 🥇250 💎365 🏆1,000 I 🥉25 🥈50 🥇100 💎150 🏆3002 -
Don't worry, I am fully aware it is ridiculous! There will be nothing for at least the next 5 days now. I was planning on having it over two nights, but it turned out to be nicer than I was expecting! At least this way when I can't sleep tonight I will know it is because I am sad about going back to work tomorrow, rather than because I have been quaffing a load of wine 🙄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 -
So the Sainsbury's end of year review is in... here is mine 😁
I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £203 -
You decluttered a bottle of wine. Gotta say it all MSE-y so it sounds less problematic 5
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I like your thinking, Ed 😅
OMG, must go and check my Nectar right now....!
P.S. Greent, what even is that Cadbury thing??? I've zoomed in, but am no clearer 🤷♀️!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 -
I GOT A #1!!!
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 -
I’m glad you asked - looks like a drill bit to me 😂 No no. 1 glory for me this year, but I’ve definitely shopped at Sainsbury’s less so I’m not surprised.South_coast said:I like your thinking, Ed 😅
OMG, must go and check my Nectar right now....!
P.S. Greent, what even is that Cadbury thing??? I've zoomed in, but am no clearer 🤷♀️!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 -
Cadbury's Dairy Milk chocolate coins (says Google lens). It's a strip with bags of coins attached?5
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