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Ding! Ding! All change, please... (now replaced with new diary on MFW)

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  • RelievedSheff
    RelievedSheff Posts: 12,691 Forumite
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    We would be lost without our garage freezer 😀
  • Belated happy new diary EH.  All sounding good!
    RB xx
    Debt free May 2016... DFW#2 in progress
    Campervan paid off summer '21... MFW progress tbc
  • starnac
    starnac Posts: 5,946 Forumite
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    Happy new diary KC (bit late I know, Sorry)
    Goals for February
    Declutter 2/50
    Money Made £0/£200
    Overpayments £0/£200
  • Seasidegal58
    Seasidegal58 Posts: 6,017 Forumite
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    Belated Merry Christmas, a very Happy New Year and prosperous 2023 to you and your family EH!
    I don't believe it - I'm away from the board for a few weeks and come back to find out you're looking at houses!  Sorry to read that the initial house fell through but I'm sure your new Happy Home isn't too far away in the future!😀🏡
    Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
    Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
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    RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
    My diary: “Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!”
  • RelievedSheff
    RelievedSheff Posts: 12,691 Forumite
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    Good luck with the house viewings.

    Sounds like you have been full steam ahead with getting the flat ready for sale.
  • Makingabobor2
    Makingabobor2 Posts: 4,213 Forumite
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    Wow you have been busy, and still finding time to fit in a trip to the gym. Just shows how much can be done though, when you are determined and actually make an effort. ....I don't mean you personally, I meant people in general.  Always hear people say they don't have time for this, that or the other, but its all about making time and prioritising isn't it?  And if your dream is to get a new house, then you have to work at it.  If other people dream of getting out of debt, having a bit holiday, losing a lot of weight....whatever it is, you can do it with determination. 
    Love how you refer to the houses you have seen.  Before we moved into our present house, we viewed many, and if we talk of them now, they are still.....The one with the knickers hanging in the conservatory...(yes seriously),  The one with a sink full of dirty pots, and The one where they were changing the baby's nappy when we arrived and there was a whole pile of nappy bags with dirty ones next to the sofa!!...can't even begin to tell you what that smelt like. I always remember the estate agent asking for a review of our visit and I was quite honest in what I said......lol.  

    Like you, I was thinking I need to re-look at my spread sheets and redo transfers for various things. Food is certainly increasing and I think I should increase the amount I save for annual insurances, as I'm sure they will be dearer this year.  
    Making the debt go down and savings go up

    LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £28,744....its going down

     Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 
    18mths ahead of schedule.  Since 2022 we paid over £15K in OPs.

    Challenges

    EF #68  £550/£3000
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    Fiver Friday '25 #10 £15

    Studies/surveys  August £0

    Decluttering items 756

    Books read    13
    Jigsaws done  8

    My debt free diary...https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6396218/we-will-get-this-debt-d£own-the-savings-up


  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 17,144 Forumite
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    I have vivid memories of 'the one with the teenage boy in the bed' when we were viewing 😱😂
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