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  • rachmac3
    rachmac3 Posts: 376 Forumite
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    Just wanna say how lush it was to read the word lush ☺️

    Debts                 04/01/25        02/08/25   

    Tesco CC          £6,509.97       £6,030 (now NatWest2)
    NatWest CC      £7,612.74      £7,080
    Lloyds CC          £6,112.60      £5,075
    1st Direct CC     £176.03         £19.92
    CC total             £20,411.34   £18,204.92
    TSB OD             £500             £0
    1st Direct OD     £600             £250 (0%)
    Car loan             £4,000          £4,000
    1st Direct Loan  £10,684.44   £9,246.15
    Total                  £36,195.78   £31,451.07
    EF £400.56
  • Tresinia511
    Tresinia511 Posts: 192 Forumite
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    Fantastic news about the ef dia, but also excellent to see a planned and organised weekend, so calming!
  • jwil
    jwil Posts: 21,992 Forumite
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    Great news about the increasing EF.  Soup is always my go to when I'm not feeling great.
    "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 McGee
  • mark55man
    mark55man Posts: 8,215 Forumite
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    Can't beat a good soup - filling and warming - my OH does a lovely lentil and bacon, but we also quite like a mulligatawny / curried type soup 

    its entirely fine to juggle your routine to do what you want in whatever order you want - you are after all queen of your own household
    I think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
    Drinking milk shakes, cold and long
    Smiling and waving and looking so fine
  • Tresinia511
    Tresinia511 Posts: 192 Forumite
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    Being busy with creating while mixed with chores sounds hard work dia🫢though you may have a different take,  it might be your relaxation! I am the least creative person in the world,  even my doodles are rubbish😄. But tell us,  does ther strike  through on the back/neck massage mean you did book or decided against,  I couldn't work it out lol
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,625 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    How much longer do you have these guests?  
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    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.
  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 9,985 Forumite
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    beanielou said:
    How much longer do you have these guests?  
    Until next Saturday but thanks to your post I now realise they will be gone next week! They are lovely but this was too long a stay. In future 10 days is my absolute max!
    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 100/1000
    Buffer fund 0/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/072025
  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 24,083 Forumite
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    I eat soup all year round. It’s a great way to use up vegetables and get some goodness into you at low cost both in money and calories. 

    My go to when I was poorly as a child was H£inz vegetable soup. Also dandelion and burdock to drink. 
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
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