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  • redofromstart
    redofromstart Posts: 6,018 Forumite
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    12/15 for me please. Doing much better this month hurrah. 
    My mortgage free diary: +++ Divide by Cucumber Error.  Please reinstall universe and reboot+++

    GNU Mr Redo

  • sukeyboo
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    maman said:
    10/10 AFDs please @cathybird and heaps more month left!
    Well done @maman 👏👏👏 - hoping to join you tomorrow 😀
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 16,044 Forumite
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    @satchmo1 beautiful pheasant, how lovely to see :):) xx
  • ManPants
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    Hello Everyone, 

    Sorry to hear you're struggling @Watty1
    Hope life is feeling a bit better for you now? Did you ever see the "Gran" on instagram giving her take on life and what she suggests (to her grand daughter) if you're struggling a bit? I listened to it dozens of times when life really was feeling bleak after i had lost everything. The granddaughter who originally posted it is "@christina.paints" (on instagram) & the reel of her gran talking to her is still up there. It might help - what she suggests is meant kindly. 

    Calling in 19/31 for today. (Thank you @cathybird)

    Unbroken run of 216 days. 

    Man Pants X 
    Quit Smoking 12 years 2 months.
  • sukeyboo
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    Declaring early for today on 10/10 please cathybird
  • LittleMissDetermined
    LittleMissDetermined Posts: 10,113 Forumite
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    It's another one today
    LMD
    Life gets in the way...PADding is addictive...Saving's better than spending...
    My savings diary - Now for a healthier, wealthier me
    2025 1p challenge #41 | Cash envelope challenge #01 | SPC #017
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