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Progress not Perfection
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Just book it. Who knows what's round the cornerMaking the debt go down and savings go up
LBM 2015 - debt £57K / Now £27,424....its going down
Mortgage Free December 9th 2024! 18mths ahead of schedule.Challenges
EF £1200/£3000
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Studies/surveys January £65.85
Decluttering items 1402/2025. 68/2026
Books read 23 in 2025. 2026- 3 (target is 52)
Jigsaws done 20 in 2025. 1/2026
My debt free diary...https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6396218/we-will-get-this-debt-d£own-the-savings-up1 -
Another in the book it camp but for longer .Life is an adventure, never stop exploring.1
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I agree; go right ahead and book it, for as long as possible @Sun_Addict! You both deserve and need it. Love Humdinger xx1
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For a moment, I thought you were thinking of escaping on your own as you said "I'm"Sun_Addict said:I’m currently toying with the idea of going to Ibiza for 3 nights at the beginning of September (or maybe a week 🤣).....
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I wish 🤣🤣 It was just me thinking about it before unleashing the idea on Mr SA.Brewerspride said:
For a moment, I thought you were thinking of escaping on your own as you said "I'm"Sun_Addict said:I’m currently toying with the idea of going to Ibiza for 3 nights at the beginning of September (or maybe a week 🤣).....
I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)3 -
I need to run the holiday idea past DD before booking anything. She’ll need to take 3 days off work or change her work days so the dog isn’t on her own. She’s also waiting for a date for her gallbladder surgery.Massive declutter of Mr SA’s wardrobe done ✔️ The amount of stuff he had in there. It was like an episode of Sort Your Life Out! I completely emptied everything out and made him decide what he wanted to keep. He even culled his man bags. I now have 1 bin liner for the CS and 2 to go in recycling. The amount of times he said ‘I didn’t know I had that’ 😐
He and the dog are asleep at the moment and DD’s at work so nice and peaceful here.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)7 -
*faints in shock*Sun_Addict said:He even culled his man bags.https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1
'self-blame can be as egotistical as self-praise... any work worth doing is greater than we are... we must not overrate our importance to it, either for good or ill' Margaret Kennedy Lucy Carmichael1 -
I really hope DD can get the time off work to enable you to have a mini break in your happy place.2
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Maybe hide the man bags so when he wants another, he gets a 'new' one.September 2017 Debt = £25330
Starting afresh.
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Glad to hear Mr SA appears to be on the mend. Also if I were you I'd get rid of those bin bags pronto! If you leave them lying around he's going to start to want to re-sort them and decide to keep most of what he decided to get rid of!
Another here who thinks you should go to Ibiza! Shame you can't sneak over there on your own!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!”1
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