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misstara's mortgage free diary

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  • misstara
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    A NSD today.

    Did a few extra hours OT so some extra pennies paid next month.

    Going to finish up early tomorrow to visit a friend which I'm looking forward to.

    Mortgage 26.4.25 - £108,500  1.10.26 - £101,793.04 (6.2% paid)
    Mortgage overpayments so far - £995.84
    MOP savings - £25.01/£50
    Debt 16.11.25 - £5160  1.10.26 - £4050 (21.5% paid)
    Roof savings - £3650/£3650 (100% saved 🥳)
  • misstara
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    edited 29 January at 5:01AM

    Seeing my friend this afternoon was lovely 😄 having to come back to work to do the night shift not so much! On the plus side, it's payday so I have paid £100 to the credit card and moved various amounts to savings.

    £16.42 left of the food budget after milk delivery direct debit and buying night shift snacks so that has been moved to roof debt savings.

    Mortgage 26.4.25 - £108,500  1.10.26 - £101,793.04 (6.2% paid)
    Mortgage overpayments so far - £995.84
    MOP savings - £25.01/£50
    Debt 16.11.25 - £5160  1.10.26 - £4050 (21.5% paid)
    Roof savings - £3650/£3650 (100% saved 🥳)
  • misstara
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    Slept until about 2.30 yesterday and then had a very lazy day before going for an early night.

    Spent £22.50 online at @rgos buying mugs (OH somehow managed to break 2 over the last week) and salt and pepper shakers - will pick up on Monday.

    £2 cashed out from surveys and moved to the roof debt savings.

    Mortgage 26.4.25 - £108,500  1.10.26 - £101,793.04 (6.2% paid)
    Mortgage overpayments so far - £995.84
    MOP savings - £25.01/£50
    Debt 16.11.25 - £5160  1.10.26 - £4050 (21.5% paid)
    Roof savings - £3650/£3650 (100% saved 🥳)
  • Pity you're not near me I've a cupboard full of mugs!

  • misstara
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    Aw thanks Dolly, that would have been handy.

    Double shift completed yesterday and it was a really nice shift 🙂

    Day off today so I went to the gym first thing and then popped to the supermarket to get rolls to make bacon rolls for breakfast plus teabags, sugar and crisps for OH - £8.80 spent.

    Got a wash on and did the cleaning upstairs this morning. Away to sit with a cup of tea and do some surveys before tackling the downstairs cleaning.

    Mortgage 26.4.25 - £108,500  1.10.26 - £101,793.04 (6.2% paid)
    Mortgage overpayments so far - £995.84
    MOP savings - £25.01/£50
    Debt 16.11.25 - £5160  1.10.26 - £4050 (21.5% paid)
    Roof savings - £3650/£3650 (100% saved 🥳)
  • misstara
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    Downstairs cleaning mostly done, OH will mop the floors tomorrow while I'm at work. Had vaguely thought about a payday treat takeaway but OH isn't feeling all that great so decided to save the money for another day and grabbed something out the freezer instead.

    £1.40 cashed out from surveys and moved to roof debt savings. Surveys are just sooo boring but calculated I have made £31.36 this month from surveys so if I keep that up, it would be around £370 extra over the year 😃 looking at the bigger picture definitely gives me the incentive to keep going with them.

    Mortgage 26.4.25 - £108,500  1.10.26 - £101,793.04 (6.2% paid)
    Mortgage overpayments so far - £995.84
    MOP savings - £25.01/£50
    Debt 16.11.25 - £5160  1.10.26 - £4050 (21.5% paid)
    Roof savings - £3650/£3650 (100% saved 🥳)
  • misstara
    misstara Posts: 4,277
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    Mortgage payment will go out tomorrow including £12.99 regular overpayment but have updated my signature early so now £104, 364.81. Have worked out that daily interest is £12.90 😱

    Mortgage 26.4.25 - £108,500  1.10.26 - £101,793.04 (6.2% paid)
    Mortgage overpayments so far - £995.84
    MOP savings - £25.01/£50
    Debt 16.11.25 - £5160  1.10.26 - £4050 (21.5% paid)
    Roof savings - £3650/£3650 (100% saved 🥳)
  • at least your standard overpayment covers more than one day’s interest.

    June 2026, Mortgage free, Emergency fund fully funded & £200/200 cash maximum pb holding .:jWeight 12st challenge 11st 2lb

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  • misstara
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    Very true INOD.

    Not much to report from today. Shift at work was a good one again and I finished at 3pm which is always nice.

    Decided to get a takeaway tonight and shared a pizza from the local kebab shop. Was very yummy and a cheap option as my half was £6.75 for the pizza and a can of juice.

    Mortgage 26.4.25 - £108,500  1.10.26 - £101,793.04 (6.2% paid)
    Mortgage overpayments so far - £995.84
    MOP savings - £25.01/£50
    Debt 16.11.25 - £5160  1.10.26 - £4050 (21.5% paid)
    Roof savings - £3650/£3650 (100% saved 🥳)
  • misstara
    misstara Posts: 4,277
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper I've been Money Tipped!
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    NSD today 🙂

    Cashed out £2 from surveys and paid to the roof debt savings. 75% of the way to being able to cash out £20 from 0nepoll so hoping to get there in the next few weeks. And finally got access back to PA 😀 so did a couple of surveys.

    Mortgage 26.4.25 - £108,500  1.10.26 - £101,793.04 (6.2% paid)
    Mortgage overpayments so far - £995.84
    MOP savings - £25.01/£50
    Debt 16.11.25 - £5160  1.10.26 - £4050 (21.5% paid)
    Roof savings - £3650/£3650 (100% saved 🥳)
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