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  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 9,881 Forumite
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    Bad luck on the cold. I seem to be the same. Let’s hope we both feel better tomorrow.

    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 24 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 4th April. 
    Produce tracker: £59 of £400 in 2026

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    Watch your words, they become your actions. 
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,066 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Boo the cold. It’s certainly doing the rounds. Sniff. 
    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.
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,719 Forumite
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    I had the foresight to take something out of the freezer for dinner so it was good to have something healthy but tasty as I didn’t feel like cooking. Must take something out for tomorrow….
    Mortgage OP 2026 £640/2000
    Mortgage balance: £32,240

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr
    Boiler fund £1981/3000

  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,719 Forumite
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    Tonight I have some of my favourite g&b chocolate, a mug of tea and I’m cosy under a blanket and a cat about to watch a new scandì noir🥰
    Mortgage OP 2026 £640/2000
    Mortgage balance: £32,240

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr
    Boiler fund £1981/3000

  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,066 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    Tonight I have some of my favourite g&b chocolate, a mug of tea and I’m cosy under a blanket and a cat about to watch a new scandì noir🥰
    If it had been tartan noir. 
    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.
  • Hello, long time forum member returning for some inspiration.  I am so glad to see you still have a diary Skint.  Well done on the mortgage overpayments!   I see from your signature that you have almost hit your target already for the year.  Hope you are recovering well from your recent cold.
    "These things take time but I know that I'm the most inept that ever stepped"
  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,719 Forumite
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    Nice to see you back TIAL! The cold lingers on but throat much better just a head full of snot now🙄 went into someone’s house today and thermostat was up at 30, I thought I was going to pass out😅

    So I have a couple of days off, getting nails done tomorrow and was thinking of rest and relaxation but now have a tyre pressure light so need to get that sorted out, also a whole lot of work online training to catch up with, aiming to get finished by Monday.
    Mortgage OP 2026 £640/2000
    Mortgage balance: £32,240

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr
    Boiler fund £1981/3000

  • skint_spice
    skint_spice Posts: 13,719 Forumite
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    £25 cashed out fro 0nep0ll and £6 from profl!f!c
    Mortgage OP 2026 £640/2000
    Mortgage balance: £32,240

    Make £50 a month Jan £20, Feb £0, March £31, Apr
    Boiler fund £1981/3000

  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,066 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    30 degrees. Eeek even I think that’s hot. 
    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.
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