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Loving the garden photos.Mortgage OP 2025 £7500/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £34,465
Money making challenge £78/400
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)1 -
Liking your style !redofromstart said:lol KK, I had to lie on the grass to get my magnolia photo without scruffy bitsGreat pics KkDON'T BUY STUFF (from Frugalwoods)
No seriously, just don’t buy things. 99% of our success with our savings rate is attributed to the fact that we don’t buy things... You can and should take advantage of discounts.... But at the end of the day, the only way to truly save money is to not buy stuff. Money doesn’t walk out of your wallet on its own accord.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6289577/future-proofing-my-life-deposit-saving-then-mfw-journey-in-under-13-years#latest2 -
When are you planning for the dishwasher to be fitted?KajiKita said:The dishwasher arrived <ahem> some time ago … 😉
KK
Do you have detergent, salt, rinse aid ready and waiting?
Thanks for sharing your lovely garden photos.Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
79.5 coupons rolled over 4/75.5 coupons spent - using for secondhand purchases
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Between now and Easter. Mr KK thinks he can do it himself as there is a switch above it he can spur from and there is water and a waste right next to it associated with the kitchen sink.Baileys_Babe said:
When are you planning for the dishwasher to be fitted?KajiKita said:The dishwasher arrived <ahem> some time ago … 😉
KK
Do you have detergent, salt, rinse aid ready and waiting?
Thanks for sharing your lovely garden photos.Never bothered with rinse aid? 🤷♀️
Yes, we should get salt.
Got detergent tablets in already as I use them for other things 😊
Glad you liked the garden pics 😊
KKAs at 15.10.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £229,702
- OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 60 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 30th October
Produce tracker: £426 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.3 -
Thanks @Brewerspride, @redofromstart (that’s made me smile 😊), @skint_spice and @LadyWithAPlan 😊
I am deliberately trying to put more pictures of my garden up this year, as I found going back through the year reminded me that it did look nice at times 😉
KKAs at 15.10.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £229,702
- OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 60 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 30th October
Produce tracker: £426 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.4 -
Just loving the inspirational garden pics. Too late for tulips here but may consider for next. My “garden” comprises a small private(ish) patio, gravel and a tiny rockery bit so planters, hanging baskets and pots are my only sensible option. I’m itching to get going but know I have to wait a few more weeks until there’s no risk of pesky frost. Looking forward to seeing more pics.Tilly Tidying andPADing in 2024 £250.62
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Lol at the comments on the right angle for pics. I also do the same 😆.
I need to get some comfrey it's on my list. I used it for DS when he hurt himself once before we could get to a Drs. It's a wonderful 'knitbone'. And I want to use it for composting as DP mum keeps telling me to make some compost feed from it.
Sallyforth when I was around 18 we moved to a maisonette and we only had a patio around 10ft long x 4ft wide outside the front of the house (but at the end so no through fare) mum decorated it beautifully with lots of colorful flowers in pots and wind chimes and a mirror to make it feel bigger. And two chairs to sit and admire it all (faced away from all the many many other houses 😆).5 -
Beautiful garden pics KK. We are having the most glorious spring, are we not!2
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We are but …. it really is a bit too dry … The trees will be stressed later …Twolabsandacat said:Beautiful garden pics KK. We are having the most glorious spring, are we not!
Its all my fault … I ordered nematodes to knock back the slugs in the veggie patch. They need to be watered onto wet ground and ideally in rainy weather. As SOON as I placed my order, the rain stopped and it hasn’t rained since! 😳😂😂😂😂
KKAs at 15.10.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £229,702
- OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 60 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 30th October
Produce tracker: £426 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.4 -
… dashes off to Google nematodesTilly Tidying andPADing in 2024 £250.62
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RIP Mum & Dad - thanks for helping me on my journey to be
Debt and Mortgage free from 20181
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