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Congratulations!1
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Good for you. Shorter commute is so very, very important in terms of quality of lifeKajiKita said:
Offer received informally by 7.10am this morning whilst on the phone to the recruiter! Formal offer letter received by 2pm. Acceptance sent and resignation submitted by 2.30pm - the latter part of this was the hardest I have ever done as I like (most of) the people and my boss and in many ways it is a lovely site / company. My boss's reaction was an interesting one - he immediately started writing detailed notes about what I call the hygiene factors; better pension, flexible working, better holidays for new starters etc.
Offer from the new role is £52K p.a. with a £5K car allowance (he's done this to make up my wage). It's not a life changing salary but it is enough and I am happy with it
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Well done. Its hard giving notice to any job, especially when you like them, but it sounds like this new one will be a much better fit. We're all so pleased for you
"Think of many things, do one"
Mortgage 31Dec'25 est. £204,330 £309,749 2020 (ends 2038 - aiming for 2031)
Seven Goals; target lose 4lbs by Feb'26; walk/run/exercising/weights/yoga1 -
Congratulations 🥳 fantastic news x1
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You utterly deserve this @KajiKita! And sounds like What Present Co Did Wrong is being thoroughly taken on board...1
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CongratulationsFashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
79.5 coupons rolled over 4/75.5 coupons spent - using for secondhand purchases
One income, home educating family1 -
Amazing news 1
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Thanks @redofromstart, @teapot2, @Watty1, @dawnybabes, @~FlowerPot~, @Cheery_Daff, @Sallyforth (that’s how it has felt to me), @skint_spice, @debtfreewannabe321, @Brewerspride, @CCW007, @savingholmes, @beanielou, @greenbee, @SandyShores, @PennysIntoPounds, @Willow1983, @Humdinger1 (many of the things that have tipped me into leaving - pension, lack of flexible hours, limited holiday etc. are not within the site manager’s control it turns out), @Baileys_Babe, @Twolabsandacat 😊
As so many of you have said, the shorter commute will make a massive difference. 😊
I slept so well last night. I absolutely crashed after the drop in tension 😊
And in other nice news ….
There is beautiful viburnum outside the potting shed which is like a cloud of bloom and smells amazing 🤩 ❤️
And we have frogspawn at last!! 🤩❤️👏🎉🎊🥳
I love it when the wildebeasties use our garden for their little lives ❤️
KK
As at 15.12.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £227,385
- OPs to mortgage = £12,881 Estd. interest saved = £6,203 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 80 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 25th December
Produce tracker: £457 of £300 in 2025
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Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.10 -
Fecundity abounds in the house of KK!... and to quote Pop Will Eat Itself in their 1992 popular hit record Karmadrome....feels like Karma
4/10/25Three Years Mortgage Free Yay!
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Fabulous news, well done you 😀Carolbee0
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