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Thrifty in my 60's
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Hope all of you are turning 60 have had good celebrations.
I am 60 towards the end of next month. Booked a family meals on the day for 10.
I am filling in all my paperwork for a pension that I can take at 60.
Things I would like to do
Visit Trentham Gardens
Visit my adopted donkeys
Visit the place I would love to move to when I retire
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Well you can't leave it like that!!!I_Love_comps said:Hope all of you are turning 60 have had good celebrations.
I am 60 towards the end of next month. Booked a family meals on the day for 10.
I am filling in all my paperwork for a pension that I can take at 60.
Things I would like to do
Visit Trentham Gardens
Visit my adopted donkeys
Visit the place I would love to move to when I retire
Where are the donkeys? Where would you love to move?I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Debt Free Wannabe, Old Style Money Saving and Pensions boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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I turned 60 on Sunday 😊 I had lunch with former colleagues on Thursday, lunch with some of my family on Sunday, have a meal out with colleagues in early May, another meal out with my sons in June, a trip to RHS Tatton in July, a day trip to Dublin with my girlfriends in August....
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Belated happy birthday Floss
I turn 60 at the beginning of May and have agreed to work until the end of May but will take the bank holiday week as holiday - 35 working days including one Saturday. Not that I'm counting!
Week booked in the Peak District booked with my sister in August (she works in school so has to be school holiday) a week to plan with another sister outside of school holidayLife shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin4 -
Happy birthday Floss, and to all those turning 60 this year. I had my 60th in February - 1964 was obviously a good year! I'm looking at retiring in September if everything goes to plan.4
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Belated 60th birthday greetings for Sunday @FlossI am a Senior Ambassador on the Competitions Time Board and the Old Style MoneySaving Board.
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I turned 60 yesterday 🍾 13 working days until I retire 🥳 although my brain is still processing that! I used up my last holiday day today and for a change the sun was shining and it was really warm. I could get used this a couple of hours pottering in the garden, a leisurely lunch outside followed by a gossip with my neighbour over the fence about the greenhouse and a trip to the garden centre 😎Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin11
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careful! retirement can get pretty expensive!!! ok no commute to work but those GC trips do add up, particularly if they have a tea room with cake!!!Brambling said:I turned 60 yesterday 🍾 13 working days until I retire 🥳 although my brain is still processing that! I used up my last holiday day today and for a change the sun was shining and it was really warm. I could get used this a couple of hours pottering in the garden, a leisurely lunch outside followed by a gossip with my neighbour over the fence about the greenhouse and a trip to the garden centre 😎
edited cuz I'm a doofus!! Happy Birthday Brambling!!!!I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Debt Free Wannabe, Old Style Money Saving and Pensions boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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Thanks Brie - unfortunately I've worked from home the last 4 years so can't offset the mileage against the GC visit. Spending it now whilst I have one last wage 😁Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage - Anais Nin4
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Happy Birthday Brambling, and Floss and all the others joining the 60 club. I have to agree that 1964 must have been a very good year. I'm slightly envious of those retiring - pottering and leisurely lunches sound wonderful. Enjoy
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