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Watty's Awakening
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Enjoy your afternoon tea with your friends.
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Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.3 -
Happy belated birthday 🎁 🎉🎊😊
Hope you have a nice time with your friends and a wonderful year ahead x
KK
As at 17.03.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £219,071
- OPs to mortgage = £17,793 Estd. interest saved = £9,021 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 25 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 5th April.
Produce tracker: £73 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.3 -
happy belated birthday to you, happy belated birthday to you, happy birthday dear watty1, happy birthday to yoooooooooooooooooooou.
love 🐞Declutter 984/2026
£62.30 saved by growing and eating my own 2026
books read 5 in 2026
£185 🥳 funpot
🐞change pot £39.534 -
Sounds like you had a lovely day.
Make £2026 in 2026
Prolific £177.46, TCB £10.90, Everup £27.79, Roadkill £1.17
Total £217.32 10.7%Make £2025 in 2025 Total £2241.23/£2025 110.7%
Prolific £1062.50, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £492.05, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £70, Shopmium £53.06, Everup £106.08, Zopa CB £30, Misc survey £10
Make £2024 in 2024 Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%4 -
Glad you had a lovely day. Stinky wants to know whether you'd like his slobbery bear :)
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Belated happy birthday from me too! It sounds lovely.
I think a bit of sunshine is good for frugal living. (Cranky40)
The sun's been out and I think I’m solar powered (Onebrokelady)
Fashion on the Ration 2025: Fabric 2, men's socks 3, Duvet 7.5, 2 t-shirts 10, men's socks 3, uniform top 0, hat 0, shoes 5 = 30.5/68
2024: Trainers 5, dress 7, slippers 5, 2 prs socks (gift) 2, 3 prs white socks 3, t-shirts x 2 10, 6 prs socks: mostly gifts 6, duvet set 7.5 = 45.5/68 coupons
20.5 coupons used in 2020. 62.5 used in 2021. 94.5 remaining as of 21/3/223 -
I will decline the slobbery bear because I know Stinky would miss it so much but it is very generous to offer😀
Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!5 -
Thank you for the kind wishes.
Afternoon tea was lovely - in the local community cafe and the manager left us there chatty with the keys so we could lock up when we left. Such a charming place. Lots of left overs so there is a lot of cake in the freezer and VNM and I will have sandwiches for the rest of easter.
I wish you all a lovely Easter.
Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!10 -
The community café sounds absolutely delightful!
I think a bit of sunshine is good for frugal living. (Cranky40)
The sun's been out and I think I’m solar powered (Onebrokelady)
Fashion on the Ration 2025: Fabric 2, men's socks 3, Duvet 7.5, 2 t-shirts 10, men's socks 3, uniform top 0, hat 0, shoes 5 = 30.5/68
2024: Trainers 5, dress 7, slippers 5, 2 prs socks (gift) 2, 3 prs white socks 3, t-shirts x 2 10, 6 prs socks: mostly gifts 6, duvet set 7.5 = 45.5/68 coupons
20.5 coupons used in 2020. 62.5 used in 2021. 94.5 remaining as of 21/3/224 -
Rode CC this morning, neighbour came on her horse and we had a great gossip. Home quick tidy round and I have done nothing all day other than eat left over sandwiches for lunch and laze on sofa. Have just chopped up cauliflower from last weeks veg box with potatoes and onions to make an aloo gobi tray bake. Will add some peas for extra veggies and serve with fish from freezer.
Feel like I have just crashed from all the efforts recently.
Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!7
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