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Ding! Ding! All change, please... (now replaced with new diary on MFW)
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It's nearly 21 years since we moved, but I can remember our removal van chaps were twitchy about moving just one item......our worm composter! It was perfectly enclosed & sanitary - they kept saying "Can't believe we're moving worms', "This is a first", etc. It was the 1st item they unloaded!
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2) To read 50 books (12/50) 3) The Re-Shrinking of Foxgloves 8.1kg/30kg
Remember....if you have to put it on a credit card, extend your overdraft or take out a loan to buy whatever it is, you probably can't afford it, as that's not your money, it's somebody else's!9 -
My DS1 is also moving on that date! Second the takeaway idea
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I'm still in that mindset - I'm still convinced that something will go wrong, even though right now there are NO indicators that it's likely!Cheery_Daff said:Exciting to see it all getting closer! Love that you're planning exactly where things will go in the kitchen. When we moved, so many things went wrong with the process that after an initial flush of enthusiasm, I refused to believe it would happen at all until exchange - and consequently had 9 days to buy a second car and figure out what on earth we were going to do with several acres of fields 😂😂
Haha Pennies we're only moving a quarter of a mile down the road - and MrEH will indeed be dispatched off to the chippy on the moving in day evening as that's a family tradition!
There is a good chance ours are going to be moving several rubble sacks containing the contents of our current compost bin - complete with a large number of resident worms!foxgloves said:It's nearly 21 years since we moved, but I can remember our removal van chaps were twitchy about moving just one item......our worm composter! It was perfectly enclosed & sanitary - they kept saying "Can't believe we're moving worms', "This is a first", etc. It was the 1st item they unloaded!
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(And that reminds me - I need to add a new compost bin to the Big River list - the current one is simply a large black plastic dustbin with the base cut out!).
Box delivery is booked for tomorrow so we'll really be able to get cracking then!
🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
Balance as at 01/09/23 = £115,000.00 Balance as at 31/12/23 = £112,000.00
Balance as at 31/08/24 = £105,400.00 Balance as at 31/12/24 = £102,500.00
£100k barrier broken 1/4/25
Balance as at 31/08/25 = £ 95,450.00. Balance as at 31/12/25 = £ 91,100.00
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They probably thought they would have worms crawling all over the van....lol. I remember our removal men making lots of comments about how many boxes of Christmas decorations we had. Think that was when I realised it was time to start decluttering....lol. We really did have far too many.foxgloves said:It's nearly 21 years since we moved, but I can remember our removal van chaps were twitchy about moving just one item......our worm composter! It was perfectly enclosed & sanitary - they kept saying "Can't believe we're moving worms', "This is a first", etc. It was the 1st item they unloaded!
FMaking the debt go down and savings go up
LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £26,104....its going down
Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 18mths ahead of schedule.Challenges
EF £290/3000
Studies/surveys July £79.31
Decluttering items 1400/2025. 345/2026
Books read 23 in 2025. 2026- 15 (target is 52)
Jigsaws done 20 in 2025. 3 this year.
My debt free diary...https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6396218/we-will-get-this-debt-d£own-the-savings-up6 -
Does your council offer subsidised compost bins? Might be worth a look and see if you can save some cash."Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee4
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All sounding very exciting, not long now bet you can’t wait. I can’t remember what we did when we moved it was that long ago we last moved - 1992 😱We only moved up the road and round the corner not far at all just a bigger house.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping) -.literally have been run over by a bike, mobility scooter and a car - still here 💪5
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All getting very real and exciting 👍January spends - £587.583
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LOL at moving home made compost...Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £166.7K Equity 38.23% 12/7/26
2) £1.8K Net savings after CCs 31/7/26 (but owed £400) so £2.2K
3) 44.5/82K = 54.26% AVC Goal by mid 20282 -
Not long to go
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Ooh yes @jwil makes a good point, you said you're only moving a wee bit away but is it still the same council? Might be all sorts of new things you're entitled to if different. I spent years seething at a "new' council for not doing the free food waste pick-ups I assumed was standard practice, but they did do free garden waste collection 🤷♀️https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1
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