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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.
Managed a NSD Thursday but only because I knew I was spending today so held off 😂 so 2 items in Amazon basket to start then as it's last day of hubby's holiday he has an eye test at Asda then we doing a big shop at Aldi and KFC for lunch. In process of emptying kitchen so thinking my bulk buys will go under DD bed that I won't use in next few wks 😂
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 56 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 2nd August. Produce tracker: £192 of £400 in 2026
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