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Escape to the country & living off savings
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Happy New Year to all.2
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Happy new year sya
I hope you have a brilliant 2025
🎉🎉🎉♥️ ♥️ ♥️🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸Decluttering 2025 So far 403 / 2025
Decluttering 2024🏅🏅🥇🏅🏅🏅⭐⭐⭐🌸 DS2🏅🏅DD🏅🥇🌸
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Happy New Year!"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 McGee1
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Thank you for all your good wishes and for the company and support on my journey in 2024. Hope you all have an amazing 2025 💕New year’s day dinner with DF today will be the lamb (defrosted and ready to cook) from Mr T £31.69 down to £14.55. Free leeks, sprouts, potatoes and butternut squash from DF’s allotment plus parsnips 10p, carrots 35p and cauliflower 50p.Have a restful and peaceful day x0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗
Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).
Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1
Living off savings diary
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Dinner sounds lovely,
I failed to think ahead and haven't got anything planned for dinner!
I will have a rummage in the freezer!!♥️ ♥️ ♥️🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸Decluttering 2025 So far 403 / 2025
Decluttering 2024🏅🏅🥇🏅🏅🏅⭐⭐⭐🌸 DS2🏅🏅DD🏅🥇🌸
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Hope you find something tasty flowers 😊
Roast lamb dinner was delish and a slice of lemon cheesecake each for pud 😋 (asd@ £2)
DF went home with leftovers portioned up for another dinner and the remaining cheesecake. I must get back on reducing carbs & sugar after today.0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗
Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).
Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1
Living off savings diary
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p11 -
Love cheesecake.Glad you enjoyed,sounded amazing.
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Thanks Doris ☺️ Leftover 3/4 leg of lamb now sliced and diced ready to make a moroccan style casserole with remaining butternut squash, red pepper and courgettes.I have been reading about people’s new year plans and resolutions and did think about setting some goals for 2025, but have decided to just plod on and enjoy life as it comes along.Only plan for tomorrow is to take down xmas decs and cards and pop to see my friend in the afternoon0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗
Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).
Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1
Living off savings diary
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p13 -
Lemon cheescake sounds delish. We are having a mish mash over here! I ended up finishing the cherry pie and custard. Terrible dinner, but not really that hungry!
Others are slay having use ups. No bad thing!
Your day tomorrow sounds nice and calm!
I am back to work, but thats good I need to get going again!♥️ ♥️ ♥️🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸Decluttering 2025 So far 403 / 2025
Decluttering 2024🏅🏅🥇🏅🏅🏅⭐⭐⭐🌸 DS2🏅🏅DD🏅🥇🌸
25 in 25 So far 1 /25
⭐My rambling savings Diary ~⭐2 -
Hope your work day was ok Flowers
All Xmas decs, tree & cards taken down & packed away. Hoovered up all the needles off the tree. Why do they shed so much when they are not real! Then speed mopped all the floors. Dusted downstairs and cleaned bathroom.Walked down to my friends house for a cuppa. Sunny & blue skies but blooming freezing. Put the windscreen cover on the car as I am supposed to be going to aquafit in the morning. Then out to lunch in ‘spoons and need to get a birthday card and a calendar if there are any left in the shops.0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
House purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 Left work. 🤗
Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year (until pensions start at 60 & 67).
Previous Savings diary https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5597938/get-a-grip/p1
Living off savings diary
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6429003/escape-to-the-country-living-off-savings/p13
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