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Like @jackieblack I use WoB, they can be a bit pernickety but better to get a few quid than nowthttps://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase
Books read 2025: 57
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I haven't entirely lost my mind staring at shower trays for most of the day which is definitely getting counted as a successful OAThttps://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase
Books read 2025: 57
Hey! Use my code GW7II3 on Eureka Surveys and unlock a short 80p survey just for signing up! https://eurekasurveys.page.link/do9nSyy8u4nikx6r63 -
Bumped in to a neighbour while walking the dog and asked him to come over and look at a couple of jobs - replacing the concrete slabs round the summerhouse with the sandstone he took up from the main patio earlier this year, and putting some trellis up to screen the back of the garage from the garden and vice-versa.
Put the bins out - just need to add the electrical waste in the morning.4 -
Sellitback is another bookselling site. Not a huge amount, but I've found (so far) that they take books other sites don't.
Any that I can't get rid of to a selling site I either take into work and leave in the staff room or donate to the CS. I sell more than I give away.I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soulRepaid mtge early (orig 11/25) 01/09 £124616 01/11 £89873 01/13 £52546 01/15 £12133 07/15 £NILNet sales 2024: £202 -
Thanks for the suggestion @greent 😊
- Meter readings submitted to new supplier - it will be interesting to see how the account moves after these readings.- Dining room table cleared - that included trialling a hazelnut from the garden which was really good, so I have put those to one side to crank and do something with
- Filed a bundle of recipes for both Mr KK and myself
KKAs at 15.10.25:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £229,702
- OPs to mortgage = £12,345 Estd. interest saved = £5,863 to date
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 59books of target 52 in 2025, as @ 18th October
Produce tracker: £426 of £300 in 2025
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