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March Forward Into Spring
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I am still away at the seaside but have discovered an OAT to do here before I leave! Sorting out receipts 🙄
I realised I'd already done some sorting, and put the stuff to be shredded in a side pocket of my rucksack. It's still there 🙈 and now I've mixed it with ALL the receipts out of my purse - I threw the whole lot in a drawer yesterday with a lot of other unnecessary stuff from my rucksack, so now it all needs going through again.
Still, I should be able to chuck some here, set the stuff to keep aside, and take the rest home for shredding 😃3 -
Full of admiration for a holiday OAT @Cheery_Daff
I am very achey today so my main aim is to shower and wash my hair!
Mr PIP is sorting out the pile of foreign coins though, into euros (probably will use at some point) and random others, which I'll put in car boot pile or on one of the listings sites as a mystery bundle. Might as well get a quid in the flat pot rather than them collecting dust here2 -
Bit late with this one, but on Friday I cleaned out my conservatory, which I've been meaning to do since the end of summer. I wasn't going to have it as a march job as it was such a big overwhelming job, but it's done!
It's now an extension of the house rather than an extension of the garden, although I've already put some seedlings in there.Debts 04/01/25 02/06/25
Tesco CC £6,509.97 £6,030.00
NatWest CC £7,612.74 £7,230.00
Lloyds CC £6,112.60 £5,355.00
1st Direct CC £176.03 £8.83
CC total £20,411.34 £18,623.83TSB OD £500 £0
1st Direct OD £600 £250 (0%)
Car loan £4,000 £4,000
1st Direct Loan £10,684.44 £9,657.09
Total £36,195.78 £32,530.92
EF £500.343 -
I put the shredder in an easy to access spot in the dining room, and have been shredding a few goes at a time when I pass it. Yesterdays batch is nearly done. There will be plenty more but it is at least a step in the right direction.My mortgage free diary: https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6498069/whoops-here-comes-the-cheese
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Fab job @rachmac3
Such a good idea @redofromstart
Shower and hairwash done and coins sorted and listed. Will now ponder my OATs for tomorrow!2 -
I'm gonna read a few more of those work policies this evening. A nice easy but very boring OAT.
Debts 04/01/25 02/06/25
Tesco CC £6,509.97 £6,030.00
NatWest CC £7,612.74 £7,230.00
Lloyds CC £6,112.60 £5,355.00
1st Direct CC £176.03 £8.83
CC total £20,411.34 £18,623.83TSB OD £500 £0
1st Direct OD £600 £250 (0%)
Car loan £4,000 £4,000
1st Direct Loan £10,684.44 £9,657.09
Total £36,195.78 £32,530.92
EF £500.342 -
Make sure to reward yourself with nice Sunday things @rachmach3!3
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I have gone through the ex-previous-employment bags!! 🎉🎊🥳 That task has been ‘looking at me’ for literally years … I can’t tell you how good it is to have it done 😊
Not every item has a new home, but they are all ‘classified’, 70% of bag contents have been homed and various other things in the respective storage areas juggled out to charity or the bin.There was no emotional resonance as I thought there might be (phew), but it did take quite a while.KKAs at 15.05.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £235,841
- OPs to mortgage = £11,338 Interest saved £5225 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030
Read 29 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 16th June
Produce tracker: £168 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.3 -
Yay! *Gets pompoms out for @KajiKita *
(Not a euphemism)2 -
Thank you 😊 And thank you for the nudge that this thread has given me 😊PennysIntoPounds said:Yay! *Gets pompoms out for @KajiKita *
(Not a euphemism)
Can we have one for April?KKAs at 15.05.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £235,841
- OPs to mortgage = £11,338 Interest saved £5225 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends January 2030
Read 29 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 16th June
Produce tracker: £168 of £300 in 2025
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.2
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