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  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,798 Forumite
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    Had a day off today but didn’t achieve much - had optician, dentist and two dance classes, oh and a visit from DS. Tomorrow I will organise my house and get something on vinted, I have the gym first thing but otherwise free.

    Mortgage OP 2026 £1860/2000
    Mortgage balance: £29,986

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May £30,
    Jun £120, Jul £0, Aug

    Summer challenge £120/300

  • beanielou
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    Always good to see DS 🥰

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  • South_coast
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    That sounds like quite a lot in a day!

    Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,798 Forumite
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    Maybe I should have said that I didn’t achieve much in the MSE part of my life😂

    Mortgage OP 2026 £1860/2000
    Mortgage balance: £29,986

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May £30,
    Jun £120, Jul £0, Aug

    Summer challenge £120/300

  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,798 Forumite
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    oh and I spent a small fortune on specs😱

    Mortgage OP 2026 £1860/2000
    Mortgage balance: £29,986

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May £30,
    Jun £120, Jul £0, Aug

    Summer challenge £120/300

  • KajiKita
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    Can't see our spreadsheets and bank balances without specs though … 😉

    KK

    As at 16.07.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £213,042
    - OPs to mortgage = £19,809 Estd. interest saved = £10,180 to date
    c. 16 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 57 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 8th August. 
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 100,763 Ambassador
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    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*** in ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 13 months left.
  • South_coast
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    Teeth are pretty important too 😁

    Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,798 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Mortgage OP 2026 £1860/2000
    Mortgage balance: £29,986

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May £30,
    Jun £120, Jul £0, Aug

    Summer challenge £120/300

  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,798 Forumite
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    £20 claimed from 0nep0ll.

    Didn’t do much today. Gym, visiting DM with dad, weeding and a visit from DS.

    Mortgage OP 2026 £1860/2000
    Mortgage balance: £29,986

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr £20, May £30,
    Jun £120, Jul £0, Aug

    Summer challenge £120/300

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