GAP and LMG, can we become mortgage free?

dawnybabes

Welcome back 😍😍

girlatplay

beanielou said:

Amazing. Nearly half way to the next £1000😊

Working on it! 

girlatplay

dawnybabes said:

Welcome back 😍😍

Thank you 

girlatplay

It's taking me a bit of time to get through catching up with diaries. I keep thinking I'll just read the last couple of pages and an hour later I'm still there!

Went out with bf earlier for coffee. I had planned to pay but he said I paid last time so he paid. Not going to argue.

Did some Christmas wrapping when I got home. Little and often makes it bearable. I don't mind wrapping but I get tired after a while and when that happens they end up looking like fish suppers. Last year I set myself a goal to have everything wrapped before Christmas Eve (my norm is to stay up until silly o'clock on Christmas morning, wrapping, annoyed with myself for leaving it so late). I managed and it was the most relaxing Eve ever. Same goal this year, especially as I'm cooking this year so not got time to be doing anything else.

The 4p in my signature (and account) was just irritating, as I knew it would become. I have rounded it up. I would have paid more to it since I didn't pay for coffee but I get overexcited when I PAD and end up short at the end of the month. I'm trying to take it easier, especially with the festivities coming, as I will likely need a bit more than usual this month.

Just a wee 96p PAD today.

savingholmes

How lovely to find £30 like that.

Well done on the PADs

beanielou

Look like fish suppers 😂😂
Thats exactly what mine look like. 

That is such a great description. 

EssexHebridean

girlatplay said:

When I was emptying a box last week (yes, we've lived here over a year. Yes, there are still boxes to empty. Many people assure me we're not the only ones) I found an envelope with my name on it and £30 in paper notes. That's not like me at all, to have money I don't know about, a rare occurrence.  This morning I took that to the bank and paid it into my account.

I usually do the money shuffle when I get paid on the last day of the month but I was a bit slower this month. I sorted that out earlier tonight and now all the funds are in their rightful places. £50 to the buy out fund.

Total to the buy out fund today = £80
Not too shabby for my first day back here!  Thats me up to £459.04 towards the next £1k.

I was SO determined to not be "that person" with the boxes - and in fact most of ours ARE empty. I did find one we'd totally forgotten in the office yesterday - it was just a dinky one with stationery etc in it, so that has now been mostly unpacked but I need to find more storage options for some of the bits in it... other than that there is one in the spare room (plus one which has the Christmas decs in it - those will be repacked into a plastic storage box after christmas though) and I think 2 in the shed which are stuff which will not be needed any time soon. I have to say though, sadly we didn't find any money in any of ours - and the one and only moving breakage was my fabulous cross eyed bright pink piggy bank - I was very sad about that!  I did the same thing with the boxes when we moved into the flat too, just cracked on and got them all emptied, although that was mainly because we didn't really have the space not to! 

I was incredibly touched how many folk were cheering me on during our moving saga, it really did make life so much easier knowing that people were keeping fingers crossed for us, so thank you for being one of them! 

beanielou

I wrapped a Christmas present which looked just like a fish supper.
True story.

girlatplay

savingholmes said:

How lovely to find £30 like that.

Well done on the PADs

Thank you. I was a bit annoyed with myself for it being in the box without me realising but it was a nice surprise. Also, there was a card in with it so I know where it came from.

EssexHebridean said:

girlatplay said:

When I was emptying a box last week (yes, we've lived here over a year. Yes, there are still boxes to empty. Many people assure me we're not the only ones) I found an envelope with my name on it and £30 in paper notes. That's not like me at all, to have money I don't know about, a rare occurrence.  This morning I took that to the bank and paid it into my account.

I usually do the money shuffle when I get paid on the last day of the month but I was a bit slower this month. I sorted that out earlier tonight and now all the funds are in their rightful places. £50 to the buy out fund.

Total to the buy out fund today = £80
Not too shabby for my first day back here!  Thats me up to £459.04 towards the next £1k.

I was SO determined to not be "that person" with the boxes - and in fact most of ours ARE empty. I did find one we'd totally forgotten in the office yesterday - it was just a dinky one with stationery etc in it, so that has now been mostly unpacked but I need to find more storage options for some of the bits in it... other than that there is one in the spare room (plus one which has the Christmas decs in it - those will be repacked into a plastic storage box after christmas though) and I think 2 in the shed which are stuff which will not be needed any time soon. I have to say though, sadly we didn't find any money in any of ours - and the one and only moving breakage was my fabulous cross eyed bright pink piggy bank - I was very sad about that!  I did the same thing with the boxes when we moved into the flat too, just cracked on and got them all emptied, although that was mainly because we didn't really have the space not to! 

I was incredibly touched how many folk were cheering me on during our moving saga, it really did make life so much easier knowing that people were keeping fingers crossed for us, so thank you for being one of them! 

I wasn't "that person" when we moved into the flat but, like you, there wasn't that much space. Not that there's a huge amount here, they've just been lying around.  Sorry to hear about your piggy bank. I love a piggy bank, have to physically stop myself from buying them, not keast bevsuse I hardly ever have change anymore.

We did the same with the tree and decs, packed into a plastic storage box (bought with a housewarming gift card from a lovely person) after Christmas last year.

I'm still working my way through your diary. 28 pages to go! I know where I left off so I'm picking back up from there.

beanielou said:

Look like fish suppers 😂😂
Thats exactly what mine look like. 

That is such a great description. 

beanielou said:

I wrapped a Christmas present which looked just like a fish supper.
True story.

I'm actually laughing out loud here 🤣🤣 It describes mine very well when I get tired. I do try harder at the start.

beanielou

Will post a picture tomorrow 😂