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Mortgage free wannabe part 2

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  • V3cash
    V3cash Posts: 299 Forumite
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    So another £0 day today
    3/31 this month so far


    Barclaycard £5800 (0%) ends April 26.
    2025-26 MFW Target #68 £13,500
    £378.07 left OP 10% allowance left
    Mortgage  free Aim July 2027.
    July 25 £57,000, £56950
    August 25 £56,400

    house improvement/emergency budget/holiday fund needs topping up.

  • V3cash
    V3cash Posts: 299 Forumite
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    4/31 £0 spend days
    so doing well 


    Barclaycard £5800 (0%) ends April 26.
    2025-26 MFW Target #68 £13,500
    £378.07 left OP 10% allowance left
    Mortgage  free Aim July 2027.
    July 25 £57,000, £56950
    August 25 £56,400

    house improvement/emergency budget/holiday fund needs topping up.

  • V3cash
    V3cash Posts: 299 Forumite
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    £6.50 spends today 
    So not too bad 


    Barclaycard £5800 (0%) ends April 26.
    2025-26 MFW Target #68 £13,500
    £378.07 left OP 10% allowance left
    Mortgage  free Aim July 2027.
    July 25 £57,000, £56950
    August 25 £56,400

    house improvement/emergency budget/holiday fund needs topping up.

  • V3cash
    V3cash Posts: 299 Forumite
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    5/31 no spend days 
    finding this week hard, definitely need a different career , too much stress!
    got a few days off next week which i need.
    we will see how much pay is left over.


    Barclaycard £5800 (0%) ends April 26.
    2025-26 MFW Target #68 £13,500
    £378.07 left OP 10% allowance left
    Mortgage  free Aim July 2027.
    July 25 £57,000, £56950
    August 25 £56,400

    house improvement/emergency budget/holiday fund needs topping up.

  • V3cash
    V3cash Posts: 299 Forumite
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    edited 16 March at 7:29AM
    Not doing well on no spend days this weekend, daughter partner birthday so treated them to spoons Friday night and meal yesterday.
    should still be able to overpay mortgage and put a bit in holiday fund.
    Just 5 days til new spending allowance kicks in and i can see how much of wages can be saved.
    counting down.
    should have a few more £0 spend days


    Barclaycard £5800 (0%) ends April 26.
    2025-26 MFW Target #68 £13,500
    £378.07 left OP 10% allowance left
    Mortgage  free Aim July 2027.
    July 25 £57,000, £56950
    August 25 £56,400

    house improvement/emergency budget/holiday fund needs topping up.

  • V3cash
    V3cash Posts: 299 Forumite
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    edited 23 March at 8:06AM
    £6 ish McDonald’s yesterday 
    2x meal, saver
    been good on spends last week so had a bit left over to save this month.
    Really cut going out, spent about £300 on meals over last month and that’s definitely something that can be reduced and it will help the waist line!
    £150 xtra holiday paypal
    £200 daughter bday money
    £200 euros for holiday 
    £90 mortgage ish, will round down to nearest £100
    just see how much interest this month, it’s interesting how it goes down then seems to go up a bit even though you have less money in there and you are on a fixed rate, wonder why


    Barclaycard £5800 (0%) ends April 26.
    2025-26 MFW Target #68 £13,500
    £378.07 left OP 10% allowance left
    Mortgage  free Aim July 2027.
    July 25 £57,000, £56950
    August 25 £56,400

    house improvement/emergency budget/holiday fund needs topping up.

  • South_coast
    South_coast Posts: 5,888 Forumite
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    The fluctuation in the amount of interest charged is probably due to different numbers of days in the month?
    Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
    Cleared 🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
    Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed

    Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!
  • V3cash
    V3cash Posts: 299 Forumite
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    edited 23 March at 10:08AM
    The fluctuation in the amount of interest charged is probably due to different numbers of days in the month?
    Thanks that would make sense


    Barclaycard £5800 (0%) ends April 26.
    2025-26 MFW Target #68 £13,500
    £378.07 left OP 10% allowance left
    Mortgage  free Aim July 2027.
    July 25 £57,000, £56950
    August 25 £56,400

    house improvement/emergency budget/holiday fund needs topping up.

  • RedLipstick
    RedLipstick Posts: 106 Forumite
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    Same here, it's due to the number of days, sometimes wishing every month was a February :D

    Mortgage: £173,700 Sep 22  £160,920 Apr 25

    MF Date: Sep 52 Mar 52


    2025 Goals:

    1) EF2 #84 £4000/£10000

    2) Pay off all your debts by Christmas 2025 #34 £2,400 to go

    3) MFW25 #51 £1628.22/£5000

    MFiT-T7 #5

  • V3cash
    V3cash Posts: 299 Forumite
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    I’m awake at stupid o’clock but luckily it’s a day off tomorrow, sorted all my payments out as it’s payday, hubby’s payday is in couple days so sort rest out then.
    then wait for mortgage payments and put a little more in OP
    have overpaid £500 more this month so balance is nearing a 6 starting number, seemed to drag it’s self to that number and still won’t be there this month.



    Barclaycard £5800 (0%) ends April 26.
    2025-26 MFW Target #68 £13,500
    £378.07 left OP 10% allowance left
    Mortgage  free Aim July 2027.
    July 25 £57,000, £56950
    August 25 £56,400

    house improvement/emergency budget/holiday fund needs topping up.

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