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Glad you are having a good day. Enjoy your evening with friends."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 McGee0
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Thank you. I can do that when I am alone but some friends like the cafe for coffee. That said, I will have my own coffee on the seafront more often this coming yearMFWannabe said:Maybe take your own coffee to sit on the seafront with? In a flask or cup that stays hot
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
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Thank youjwil said:Glad you are having a good day. Enjoy your evening with friends. 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) 25/07/20251 -
Enjoy your evening.I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)1
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Have a lovely evening, the wine sounds very nice. Happy new year and well done on all you've achieved and got through this year 🥂1
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