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Have a great holiday.I’m pleased the house is going smoothly for you….long may it continue and you get to move in quickly 🤞January spends - £587.583
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Safe travels
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Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 13 months left.4 -
Have a fabulous holiday. Looking forward to seeing some lovely photos when you get back.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 💪4
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Well done on the energy credit and all your money shuffles. That's a good amount saved this month.
Enjoy your holiday Look forward to the piccies.Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £165K Equity 38.88% 6/9/26
2) £1.5K Net savings after CCs 29/8/26 (but owed £130) so £1.6K
3) 47/82K @29/8/26 = 57.31% AVC Goal by mid 20284 -
Hey all - RT the fakeaway version of KFC sounds great - I’ve often been tempted to try Al’s southern fried chicken so may give that a go at some stage!Well we finally got across here just after 10pm last night - delayed but we’ve had worse! Currently no idea how we are travelling home as the ferry route we were going to use is cancelled for basically a month from tomorrow - cheers CalMac! We’ll work through some logistics though and this time round we’ll be claiming every single flipping penny we can from them for the inconvenience too - the way they’re messing the islands around is getting well beyond a joke. It will likely mean a crossing back to Oban a day later than we’d originally intended, though.Current view and the cute little pod we’re staying in until tomorrow are below - we’ve stayed here many times - the owners are lovely and the pod is just perfect, well priced too! (That’s the MSE content, right there!)No specific plans for today - a very lazy start for sure though - we’ve had bacon and egg butties for breakfast and are now enjoying the sunshine with copious quantities of tea (me) and coffee (him) - and as I have a good book and the surroundings are so glorious I see no reason to move any time soon! 😁
🎉 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
SOA CALCULATOR (for DFW newbies): SOA Calculatorshe/her19 -
Oh that looks amazing. Enjoy.Making the debt go down and savings go up
LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £25,664....its going down
Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 18mths ahead of schedule.Challenges
EF £290/3000
Studies/surveys September £124.50
Decluttering items 1400/2025. 441/2026
Books read 2025/23 2026- 21 (target is 52)
Jigsaws done 20 in 2025. 5 in 2026
My debt free diary...https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6396218/we-will-get-this-debt-d£own-the-savings-up3 -
Absolutely lovely EH! Enjoy your time away
4 YEARS 10 MONTHS DEBT FREE!!! (24 OCT 2016)(With heartfelt thanks to those who have gone before us & their indubitable generosity.)...and now I have a mortgage! (23 AUG 2021)Original End Date - Sept 2041 *** New projection - Aug 2040 (reduced by 1 years & 1 month)2 -
Gorgeous! And much nicer weather than down here although the sun is just about out now. Have a fantastic time!Mortgage free 16/06/2023! £132,500 cleared in 11 years, 3 months and 7 days
'Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.' Ernest Hemingway3 -
Ooh, that looks extremely cheerful! Enjoy! Thought of you this morning as we were at Bempton Cliffs and I was busy attempting to take pictures of puffins with my phone camera 😂😂3
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Wow! That looks amazing! Lovely weather too by the looks of it.Goals for FebruaryDeclutter 2/50Money Made £0/£200Overpayments £0/£2003
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