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Resourcefulness: The budgeter's friend

foxgloves · 2023-01-01 15:40:48

Happy New Year to readers old & new! Well, it's time for a new chapter. My old diary ("Put away your purse & become debt averse") achieved pretty much what I intended. I shared the story of how I got into debt at the age of 19 & stayed that way until a pretty enormous lightbulb pinged on during my early 40s, I've shared…

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rtandon27 Posts: 6,433 Forumite

5 February at 5:05PM

@foxgloves - your OH & mine must come from the same school of food appreciation - the most appreciated dish in our house is my very plain jane ham cubes and green veg quiche - uses up the last of everything and the pastry can be whipped up in no time in the food processor.

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 - Dec 2039 (reduced by 21 months)

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