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Pay off mortgage and start having even more fun 😁

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  • try_harder
    try_harder Posts: 1,532 Forumite
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    Loving the dress ,very 60s 
  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,349 Forumite
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    Thanks tryharder 🙂

    This morning I’m driving mum and dad to collect her new car, she won’t drive it home and it’s exactly the model as the one she it’s sold just two years newer. I’ve said I will but she needs to drive it a bit as lately I drive everywhere and she has lost confidence, she’s only 71 so it a bit early for that. This doesn’t go down well of course. 

    I’ve decided to do a bit of a bit of a diet for hopefully at least two months, we are away on 30th April for an 8 night cruise and it would be good for my clothes to fit a lot better, I’m a stone heavier than a year ago 😩 no idea what went wrong, but I lost weight after stopping drinking at the end of 2018 without trying and have stayed the same (not my idea weight of when I was 20 but a size 10-12) until now anyway! I also do no walking or exercise anymore. 

    I think I’ll start with aiming for 10k steps a day, usually I do this most days but some are way less. I found a Wii in the garage, I think it might be my son in laws but I’ll see if it works and I can borrow it and buy Wii fit second hand to use. 
    Food wise I’m going to just play it by ear and eat three meals without snacks, at the moment I’m eating probably  breakfast then many snacks and no meals 😆 
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 5,888 Forumite
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    Happy birthday NG 🎂 Hope you have a lovely day x
    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!!!
  • Mrs_Money_Penny
    Mrs_Money_Penny Posts: 1,311 Forumite
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    Happy Birthday what have you got planned.? Have a lovely day x🎂🎁
    2025 Decluttering 10472⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
    2024 Decluttering 11728⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
  • themadvix
    themadvix Posts: 8,785 Forumite
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    Happy Birthday NG! 🥳🎂☕️
    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 Hemingway


  • Ramouth
    Ramouth Posts: 672 Forumite
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    Hope you have a lovely day!
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,434 Forumite
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    Happy birthday NG🎉
    Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000
    Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000

    Mortgage balance: £36,210


    Money making challenge £38/400

    ”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)
  • earthgirl2
    earthgirl2 Posts: 525 Forumite
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    have a lovely birthday! I'm also on a move more/eat less push, also to avoid splashing out on new clothes! 
    Save £20,000 in 2025. April 2k, May 3.5k
  • try_harder
    try_harder Posts: 1,532 Forumite
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    Have wonderful birthday newgirly
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