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Lick mats and kongs are done.
Virgin contacted re. missing points from March. Not sure I can face contacting them about missing points from 2023...2 -
Booked the half day's annual leave I need to take to visit my parents in September.
KKAs at 15.08.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £232,244
- OPs to mortgage = £12,148 Interest saved £5,738 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 48 books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 31st August
Produce tracker: £353 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 -
Booked the dental hygienist. No idea why this had become an OAT but it can stop being rewritten on the to-do list now!https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase
Books read 2025: 47
Hey! Use my code GW7II3 on Eureka Surveys and unlock a short 80p survey just for signing up! https://eurekasurveys.page.link/do9nSyy8u4nikx6r62 -
MOT done, car tax bought.3
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My dentist doesn't let me leave the premises without booking the next appt.2
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Mine tries to do that @badmemory but I always conveniently 'don't have my work schedule yet'. I'm all for being organised but will not be forced into it!https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase
Books read 2025: 47
Hey! Use my code GW7II3 on Eureka Surveys and unlock a short 80p survey just for signing up! https://eurekasurveys.page.link/do9nSyy8u4nikx6r62 -
Final flurry this evening when it got a bit cooler I planted up the geraniums I bought last week. Reminded me that I don't really enjoy gardening but I do like looking at the results.
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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.5 -
I've cut the grass.Fashion on a ration 2025 0/66 coupons spent
79.5 coupons rolled over 4/75.5 coupons spent - using for secondhand purchases
One income, home educating family4 -
Tax return done...5
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