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Beach trip sounds good. Sorry about the later soaking.Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £172.5K Equity 36.11%
2) £1.6K Net savings after CCs 14/8/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £25.6K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 31.4/£127.5K target 24.6% 1/9/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 53.3K or 41.8%)
4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise)
(If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/252 -
The sky was amazing on the way home from my folks. I am outing myself as ancient here but at primary school we used to collect and swap scraps and it reminded me of the clouds the cherubs used to sit on. I then thought what an odd pastime😂 we collected these scraps and spent playtime looking at each other’s books and swapping😂 ahhh simpler times, obviously only on the days we weren’t being Charlie’s Angels😂Mortgage OP 2025 £6750/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
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”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)6 -
Wow, you were brave. It was very windy over here.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post 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 & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
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*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.5 -
Older than you but used to collect scraps and stick them in.......... a scrap book of course. I remember those cute wee chubby cherubs 👼🏼👼🏼 sitting on a cloud and sometimes playing a harp. As you say simple pleasures
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Teapot was obviously posher with a proper scrapbook but part of the fun was swapping so we couldn’t do that if they were fixed into a book.
Don’t like to jinx it but work is going well, utterly exhausting but going ok. Some of my faves are getting frail though, yes I shouldn’t have favourites but I treat every one equally just feel we gel better with some people than others so it’s hard when they go but nature of the job sadly.Mortgage OP 2025 £6750/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
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”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)9 -
Can’t believe you have been on the seafront in this wind!I think you do an important job, sorry it is indeed does have its sadnessDON'T BUY STUFF (from Frugalwoods)
No seriously, just don’t buy things. 99% of our success with our savings rate is attributed to the fact that we don’t buy things... You can and should take advantage of discounts.... But at the end of the day, the only way to truly save money is to not buy stuff. Money doesn’t walk out of your wallet on its own accord.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6289577/future-proofing-my-life-deposit-saving-then-mfw-journey-in-under-13-years#latest6 -
Very important role - and yes there are sadness and joys with it. I found a scrap book recently that I started in the late 70s...Achieve FIRE/Mortgage Neutrality in 2030
1) MFW Nov 21 £202K now £172.5K Equity 36.11%
2) £1.6K Net savings after CCs 14/8/25
3) Mortgage neutral by 06/30 (AVC £25.6K + Lump Sums DB £4.6K + (25% of SIPP 1.2K) = 31.4/£127.5K target 24.6% 1/9/25
(If took bigger lump sum = 53.3K or 41.8%)
4) FI Age 60 income target £17.1/30K 57% (if mortgage and debts repaid - need more otherwise)
(If bigger lump sum £15.8/30K 52.67%)
5) SIPP £4.8K updated 29/7/253 -
It was windy LWAP but it’s always windy here, no trampolines passed us😂
Thank you to LWAP and Savingholmes on your kind words of support but I no longer to the care aspect, it’s all about the fun stuff with me. Keeping minds and bodies active or at least entertained…Mortgage OP 2025 £6750/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £35,463
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Money making challenge £58/400
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)4 -
It’s Friday and I am off til Tuesday 🎉🎉🎉
Today was exhausting, spent the afternoon singing and dancing I suppose there are worse ways to make a living 😂 Came home and had a lovely Thai curry that I took out of the freezer hoping that was what it was as I never mark things when I freeze them🙄😂
Off into the big city tomorrow to meet a friend and looking forward to a nice lunch, a few drinks and a catch up.Mortgage OP 2025 £6750/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £35,463
Declutter 0/244
Money making challenge £58/400
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)4 -
Enjot your day the morrow I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post 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 & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
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*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.3
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