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An in-between phase
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Hope he let you keep it @KajiKita, that was clearly your reward for doing laundry!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 did end up keeping it - he was exhausted and filthy, heading for a shower and just wandered off …PennysIntoPounds said:Hope he let you keep it @KajiKita, that was clearly your reward for doing laundry!
It was my washing 🤷♀️
KKAs at 15.01.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £222,084
- OPs to mortgage = £12,881 Estd. interest saved = £6,203 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 14 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 15th February.
Produce tracker: £39 of £400 in 2026
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.0 -
Didn't find any money today but didn't leave my £1 in the locker at the swimming pool either so I'll count that as a win. Would prefer a money generating washing machine to my basic model though,1
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In that case @KajiKita it was your reward for not saying 'check your bloody pockets before putting things in the laundry, do you know how much a new washing machine would cost'!
You are definitely a quid richer @Blackcats. I too would like one of KK's generous washing machines, but ours does do a little song when it's finished and sounds so happy and proud of itself that it even raises a wry smile and occasional begrudging dance-along from cynical old me
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 Carmichael2 -
I found a second pound coin while on the swing at a different playground so clearly playgrounds are where its at0
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Nice work @WelshmansDaughter, those teeth are gonna be paid for in no timehttps://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 -
Yeah not sure about hanging around playgrounds as a career. Might end badly0
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Just follow a few teenagers around. Like the ones I was behind in a Home Bargains that said to the person behind the till - keep the change. We were not talking 2p. Maybe on being told no they just decided to throw it away in the park. I was there at a different time for me & it seems that was normal behaviour. I was so gobsmacked at the time all I said was really!
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I think throwing away coppers IS normal behaviour for some. Back when I was trying to do an early morning walk around the village a few times a week, I often used to wonder why I'd find so many 1p & 2p coins on the pavement where the school bus stopped. None at other times of day.
Maybe coppers are uncool.
F2026's challenges: 1) To rebuild our Emergency Fund to at least £5k.
2) To read 50 books (5/50) 3) The Re-Shrinking of Foxgloves 8.1kg/30kg1 -
The teenagers round here are obviously more parsimonious as I have never found any money outside either the shop or the sm where they go for their snacks before and after school despite being there at the right times.
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