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Buying a little piece of Middle England; Manifesting my way to mortgage free.

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  • Just a suggestion but check the pie carefully, hopefully the ingredients are listed separately as often wheat flour is used to thicken the filling.  It depends how sensitive you are.  I can get away with the odd bit like that as I'm intolerant rather than allergic.

  • I was just about to write the above but redo got there first
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  • Just a suggestion but check the pie carefully, hopefully the ingredients are listed separately as often wheat flour is used to thicken the filling.  It depends how sensitive you are.  I can get away with the odd bit like that as I'm intolerant rather than allergic.

    Oh good call, I'll do that and if a no go I will just make my own filling. I think mine is intolerance too but rather not have the hot flushes and headache and tum pains. I have a full on allergy to milk and sulphites and the results of accidentally ingesting those is like an exorcist scene. 
    Emergency Fund goal - £1000/2000
    Mortgage OP goal 2026 - £1200/£4500 
    Read 24 books this year 14/24

  • Thanks 🐞 will check for sure! I've got quite good at replicating their pies on the cheap - only bought them as they were on offer. So I may just make my own with some GF ready made pastry that KK told me about in the shops 👏🏼😁
    Emergency Fund goal - £1000/2000
    Mortgage OP goal 2026 - £1200/£4500 
    Read 24 books this year 14/24

  • Oh and yesterday was a NSD 👏🏼 I'm getting good at these when I'm at work. Stay in the lunch room instead of venturing into town seems to be the trick 🤣 and it's hard as town is only five minutes walk away .... 
    Emergency Fund goal - £1000/2000
    Mortgage OP goal 2026 - £1200/£4500 
    Read 24 books this year 14/24

  • Had some cashback confirmed finally.
    £32.17

    Quick tot up of surveys+ CB this month so far- £155.77!!! 
    That's my best month by far for a long time.

    Some of that will pay for tea out with my friend today 😀 
    Emergency Fund goal - £1000/2000
    Mortgage OP goal 2026 - £1200/£4500 
    Read 24 books this year 14/24

  • dawnybabes
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    What you might find (def has here) that once you’re off gluten you become much much more sensitive to it.  There is no way I could eat the middle of a pie without being really ill.  
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    Jan - £176.66 :j
  • dawnybabes
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    Love the doggy 🥰🥰
    Sealed pot challenge 822

    Jan - £176.66 :j
  • KajiKita
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    Cute ornament. I’m guessing it looks like an old friend? ❤️
    Tree fluffing is one of those jobs that sends you slightly ‘blind’ - you have to fluff, walk away, refresh your eyes, fluff, refresh your eyes, fluff, etc

    KK
    As at 21.05.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £215,607
    - OPs to mortgage = £18,925 Estd. interest saved = £9,670 to date
    c. 16 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 35 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 24th May. 
    Produce tracker: £119 of £400 in 2026

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