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15/25 for me today please.What would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?6
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12/20 would declare early but Weds always a tricky day for me and today promises to be more so than usual so options open.Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!6 -
16/25 for me today please.What would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?6
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July AFD challenge 20257 days =
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July targetsBlueJ94 25cathybird 15/21
Dark Sunday 4/14doingitanyway 12/25
Dryjan 18dustydigger 24Jellybaby 13/TF
maggiem 3/10maman 7/10
ManPants 31marahouti 25oceandreamer 14/24
PriceySOS 6/24redofromstart 14/20
RobM99 14/29
satchmo1 16/25
Season of Mist 14/31
sukeyboo 7/10
tiddles 15/28
Watty1 13/20
WBF 3/14🌞 🌞 Newcomers welcome! 🌞 🌞5 -
7/10 for today please cathybird4
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12 for me please @cathybirdIf you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
Emergency fund 350/1000
Buffer fund 100/100
Debt Free (again) 25/07/20255 -
I will when I get it. Going to pick my mum's brains. She makes ace ginger beersatchmo1 said:14/25 for me today please.
Oooh @doingitanyway can you please share your recipe for making ginger beer and lime - I don't like sweet drinks, especially not with sweeteners in, and do love ginger.
Thank you. I'm going to stick to the half bottles as the really small ones have less choice. The half bottle will last a few days and that is fine. I've looked up water kefir and it appears low in sugar so let me know what it is like.Watty1 said:11/20 @doingitanyway nice ideas. I switched to those tiny one third bottles which although expensive stopped me drinking half a bottle or a full bottle each evening.
Also finding an a/f drink low in sugar is hard. I've been looking. Water kefir is my next try (in my online shopping basket).If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them
Emergency fund 350/1000
Buffer fund 100/100
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And for me please @cathybird. Our first emoji! 😁sukeyboo said:7/10 for today please cathybird
7/10 AFDs5 -
14/24 please Cathybird
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13/20 got through Weds with a large glass of an A/F drink. Go me!Made it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!5
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