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Nope! 🤣
Greying X
Grocery Spend May 2026 £111.65/£200
Grocery spend April 2026 £199.95/£200 +5pence
Non-food spend May 2026 £41.72/£80
Bulk Fund 2026 Month 5/12 - £5.98/£93.54 (reducing balance - start £120 pa)
""Mother Nature don't draw straight lines
The broken moulds in a grand design
We look a mess but we're doing fine
We're card carrying lifelong members
Of the union of different kinds..."
"Union of the Different kinds" - R Christie & T Gilbert, Fisherman's Friends3 -
< slinks quietly out as have no idea what anyone is talking about here …. >
😂😂KK
As at 17.04.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £216,847
- OPs to mortgage = £18,925 Estd. interest saved = £9,670 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 30 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 4th May.
Produce tracker: £108 of £400 in 2026
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Neither do I 🤷♀️
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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*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.4 -
Thanks Beanie. Shall we sit together in the corner, fold our arms and cluck quietly to ourselves? 😉😂
KK
As at 17.04.26:
- When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £216,847
- OPs to mortgage = £18,925 Estd. interest saved = £9,670 to date
c. 16 months reduction in term
Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030
Read 30 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 4th May.
Produce tracker: £108 of £400 in 2026
Watch your thoughts, they become your words.
Watch your words, they become your actions.Watch your actions, they become your reality.5 -
Great idea 🤣
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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*** in ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger.
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan. 19months left.4 -
Ha turns out I have seen that multiple times without ever knowing what it was...
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Sorry but the D'Oyle Carte is the only way to go. I saw them all over a few years at the Manchester Opera House a very long time ago. My aunt was a big fan & I caught it.
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My parents were big fans… when I was about 12 I went to a fancy dress party as YumYum (in a kimono with two cardboard lollipops bearing my name). None of the rest of the Youth Club knew what my costume was about! 😁
My husband isn't a fan, but he doesn't know what he's missing. 😊
Sorry to hijack your thread, @redofromstart !
I think a bit of sunshine is good for frugal living. (Cranky40)
The sun's been out and I think I’m solar powered (Onebrokelady)
Fashion on the Ration 2025: Fabric 2, men's socks 3, Duvet 7.5, 2 t-shirts 10, men's socks 3, uniform top 0, hat 0, shoes 5 = 30.5/68
2024: Trainers 5, dress 7, slippers 5, 2 prs socks (gift) 2, 3 prs white socks 3, t-shirts x 2 10, 6 prs socks: mostly gifts 6, duvet set 7.5 = 45.5/68 coupons
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Just parking this here as a reminder for me in case I don't get round to making a cake for Saturday:
Lemon puddings
Jar of lemon curd, tub of double cream, lemon zest. Whisk it all together till it holds its shape, into ramekins. I froze mine and had one last night, 30 minutes out of the freezer was all it needed. Simple but light and lemony with none of the metallic tastes that the condensed milk ones had. Probably be nicer still with HM lemon curd.
and the lemon curd recipe is here for anyone else who has bought cheap lemons this week
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Thanks everybody, that made me laugh. I was brought up listening to/watching Gilbert & Sullivan - thanks Mum if you are reading - and would agree with you @badmemory as those are the productions she watched.
I like the Shrek version of Hallelujah which I think sums me up nicely. I must listen to JBs Grace album before Saturday though but am currently working my way through the NGs High Flying Birds back catalogue before my sp0tify subscription expires in a few weeks.
Not remotely cultured here, but I promised myself that I would try new things so I am.
I've lost a week now to my dodgy hands, infuriating. Some gentle pottering done today so not a complete loss, and I have the promise of some external help this weekend. The windows are finished apart from the paperwork. The internal damp patches seem to be drying out nicely which is a relief, less re-plastering than expected.
I have said I will make a proper icing topped carrot cake but it needs to be nut based rather than dried fruit. Any recipe recommendations please?
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GNU Mr Redo4
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