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  • Jessy103
    Jessy103 Posts: 2,242 Forumite
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    Hope all goes well and congratulations to the happy couple ๐Ÿพ๐ŸŽ‰
    Mortgage Balance as of July 2025 ยฃ14,900.
    Starting Mortgage Balance (June 2019) ยฃ72,000.
    Aiming to be mortgage free by my 40th birthday, June 2026!
  • killerpeaty
    killerpeaty Posts: 2,658 Forumite
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    I love that you needed reinforcements due to unforeseen nail difficulties! Hope it was as magic as it sounds!
  • CathT
    CathT Posts: 7,133 Forumite
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    Hope everyone had a wonderful day.ย 
    June 2025 - part 1 - ยฃ19,145 part 2 - ยฃ21,973 Total - ยฃ41,118 29 months to go!
  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,335 Forumite
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    Thank you everyone for the kind wishes ๐Ÿ™‚ The wedding was amazing! The delay in posting is because I caught Covid and have been quite Iโ€™ll with it so unable to do much, still in bed but feeling a bit better this morning.ย 

    It all went very well, the ceremony had me and dh crying as well as a lot of ds2โ€™s friends which was sweet. The speeches had me on edge ๐Ÿ˜‚ ds1 was best man with no need to write it prior and he had had few beers first ๐Ÿ˜ฑ he did what was basically a hilarious half hour chat about them, which was quite rude but luckily nice at the end ๐Ÿ˜†

    I spent a lot of time trying to speak to most people but got in a lot of dancing too, the boys mates dont leave the dance floor all night, so I changed into scruffy trainers early on, great fun!ย 

    The honeymoon is Saturday so Iโ€™m isolating on the top floor with a still negative dh sleeping in the spare room on an air bed and avoiding them just incase. They have left the details until the last minute and cheap parking at Heathrow is sold out as re all the cheap hotels, combined with the airport delays I think they may be best to arrive by tube a few hours early, u less dh is still clear and can drive, flights at 6am ๐Ÿ˜ฑ they also need an observed Covid test to get on ship but with stopovers they arrived just in time so itโ€™s a bit risky to test at the dock, another ยฃ79 each before they go ๐Ÿ˜ฉ
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! ๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ˜
  • greenbee
    greenbee Posts: 17,792 Forumite
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    If they havenโ€™t booked their observed LFTs I get mine (for the US) from project screen and theyโ€™ve been about ยฃ30. The backup plan is LAMP tests from HaloVerify at T5 with a 90 minute result time, but they donโ€™t open until 7am so wouldnโ€™t work for them same day.ย 

    Pleased to hear the wedding went well, but sorry to hear you have covid.
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 5,868 Forumite
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    The wedding sounds absolutely perfect, NG. I'm so glad it went well. How long until the next one???

    Sorry to hear you've been ill, the latest version does seem to knock people out a lot more ๐Ÿ™ Hopefully you're over the worst of it now x
    Mortgage start: ยฃ65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared ๐Ÿงšโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿงšโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿงšโ€โ™€๏ธ!!! In 5 years, 1 month andย 29 days
    Total amount repaid: ยฃ72,307.03. ยฃ1.10 repaid for every ยฃ1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • Mrs_Money_Penny
    Mrs_Money_Penny Posts: 1,307 Forumite
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    Glad the wedding went well.Sounds like a brilliant day. So sorry to hear your suffering from covid xx
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  • try_harder
    try_harder Posts: 1,532 Forumite
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    Yes sorry to hear youve been quite poorly but glad you had a wonderful day all of you
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 8,748 Forumite
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    Sorry to hear you're not well NG - weddings do seem to be hotbeds for Covid though. I hope the bride and groom stay clear of it. I'd second Greenbee's comment about tests - we'll be booking with Project screen for our observed lfts before the US (if they haven't changed the rules before then).

    Very glad to hear it was an excellent day though!
    Mortgage free 16/06/2023! ยฃ132,500 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 Hemingway


  • greenbee
    greenbee Posts: 17,792 Forumite
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    MV - it's definitely easier to do the observed LFT. I did the LAMP at T5 because there was a powercut (thanks Eunice...) during my LFT! It was touch and go as to whether I'd get results in time to board, but I did. However producing 1ml of spit was hard work...ย 
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