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I'm trying to eat from stores for the rest of the week. I just had a tin of tuna and made a chickpea flat bread...
Fruit and yoghurt in the morning, lemony lentil soup for lunch, (got lots of lemons) and some roast veggies and chicken wings for later. Taking this food hunting one day at a time....
Annoyed at myself for buying a cheap item that ended up in the bin. Cheap nearly always ends up as a false economy for me...
A house sorting-cleaning-non spending day.
There is an amazing moon tonight, so I will take my lazy bones out for a brief walk to see it
Hope you see the moon tonight too 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
Debt Free (again) 25/07/20258 -
Happy Beaver Moon! Hope you get a glimpse 😊5
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It was too cloudy here
Hope you got to see it! "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee2 -
So, a few days have passed. I have been processing and trying to get straight in my mind
I have processed former friend and if it wasn't this it would have been something else in the future. I now think, her loss, mine too but more hers...
I have processed the family situation...
I have been sorting the house. Today I can see progress has been made and I am starting to relax...probably a bit early for relaxation as there are still things to do
I had a Saturday saunter...
I bought some lovely smoked salmon from the fishmongers
I thought about a paper but did not buy one. I haven't bought one for ages
I bought some nice fizz, just a Blanc de Blanc (on offer) as a local friend is popping in tomorrow and needs cheering up
So, not a NSD!
A funny coincidence...A while back, I bought a beautiful item from a shop. It quickly failed. I tried to return it but the shop was hardly open and in an awkward place to get to. Anyway, a new shop opened a few doors away today. I glimpsed the owner. Guess who? I just took it back for a repair. Satisfying
I'm going to be taking a break from diaries to deal with 'the family situation' but I will be back before Christmas
I will keep reading, just won't be posting
Keep on keeping on everyone 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
Debt Free (again) 25/07/202512 -
Good luck, hope it works out well, see you soon.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)2
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Hope it all goes well xx"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee1
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Dia I have re started buying news papers on the grounds that it's more relaxing to read news without the endless " comments " which plague online news. Works for me in a funny way. Good luck with family situation and look forward to seeing your news again soon3
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Hopefully you’ll re emerge from your “break” relatively unscathed. Take careMortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 11st 12lb determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge. I’m not perfect but I’m good enough for now.1
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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*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.2 -
Hope everything gets sorted dia without too much heartache, stress or parting of money.Looking forward to you coming back❤️Mum 2018
0% credit card £1360 & 0% Car Loan £7500 ~ paid in full JAN 2020 = NOW DEBT FREE 🤗
House sale OCT 2022 = NOW MORTGAGE FREE 🤗
House cash purchase completed FEB 2023 🥳🍾 & left work. 🤗
Retired at 55 & now living off the equity £10k a year
❤️Dad 2025
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