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Go skinty 🤩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. 19months left.3 -
Between this and the boiler it will be all I am doing 😂beanielou said:Go skinty 🤩Mortgage OP 2026 £640/2000Mortgage balance: £32,240
Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr
Boiler fund £1981/30002 -
At least you are laughing & not crying.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. 19months left.3 -
Very true Beanie, I suppose it’s my choice so that helps.OP of £750 taken today, I will see how much more I can scrape up during the month for another payment. Another two months off🎉Mortgage OP 2026 £640/2000Mortgage balance: £32,240
Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr
Boiler fund £1981/30003 -
Brilliant! You're doing great on the OPs! 😁❤️Emergency Fund goal - £1000/2000
Mortgage OP goal 2026 - £1200/£4500
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Sheer desperation - the quicker I am MF the sooner I can retire!😂debtfreewannabe321 said:Brilliant! You're doing great on the OPs! 😁❤️Mortgage OP 2026 £640/2000Mortgage balance: £32,240
Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr
Boiler fund £1981/30002 -
Took my dad out for shopping this morning and he likes @ld! so I went in to get a couple of things (flowers and pet treats for friend I am visiting for lunch), I was congratulating myself on saving money on cat treats when I got sucked into the middle aisle😂 I now have a cc cream and an arty kit🙄 so money has been transferred over from personal spending account to cover it😂 I look forward to trying both out soon though…
Mortgage OP 2026 £640/2000Mortgage balance: £32,240
Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr
Boiler fund £1981/30004 -
😆 this is why I avoid that shop now and Mr L! I have reverted back to online after a little try of actually going into the shops as I was spending perhaps £30 less on food but then £40 on middle aisle stuff 😆Emergency Fund goal - £1000/2000
Mortgage OP goal 2026 - £1200/£4500
Read 24 books this year 8/243 -
Lidl have Paddle boards soon in the middle aisle. Bizarre.5
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Short term pain for long term gain though - go you.skint_spice said:
Between this and the boiler it will be all I am doing 😂beanielou said:Go skinty 🤩4
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