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  • Cheery_Daff
    Cheery_Daff Posts: 18,324 Forumite
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    Reported a missed bin collection (not really outstanding, but the alternative was just leaving it at the end of the drive for a fortnight so more OAT prevention!)

    Also started, and finished, a lovely book a friend bought me for Christmas 😊 Book itself wasn't annoying - but the fact that I hadn't even started it was!

  • WelshmansDaughter
    WelshmansDaughter Posts: 2,048 Forumite
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    Successfully wrestled the foam back into the cover of the Poang chair after I washed it.

    It will never be taken off again.

  • WelshmansDaughter
    WelshmansDaughter Posts: 2,048 Forumite
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    Magnetic screen door hung, 0% beer drunk. No prizes for guessing which was the more enjoyable

  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 6,284 Forumite
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    A lazy day here but two bottles of balsamic-y dressings collected by an olioer

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6466032/an-in-between-phase/p1

    'self-blame can be as egotistical as self-praise... any work worth doing is greater than we are... we must not overrate our importance to it, either for good or ill' Margaret Kennedy Lucy Carmichael
  • Rhyddid2026
    Rhyddid2026 Posts: 1,154 Forumite
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    It finally stopped raining for long enough for me to put an extra bit of aviary mesh in the run to hopefully stop the rats bothering the ducks.

    I also unclogged an outside drain and brushed the rain water into it. Don't know why I bothered when the patio was under 2 inches of water again with 90 minutes 😭

    Debts                04/01/25       01/04/26  
    Natwest2           £6,509.97      £4,200 
    NatWest CC      £7,612.74       £6,325
    Lloyds CC          £6,112.60      £4,115
    1st Direct CC     £176.03         £9.11
    CC total             £20,411.34    £14,649.11
    OD                     £1100            £0
    Car loan             £4,000          £3,600
    1st Direct Loan  £10,684.44    £7,000
    Total                  £36,195.78    £25,249.11
    EF £1,750.33
    HF £150.76
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,039 Ambassador
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    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/81896333#Comment_81896333

    Well done.

    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

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    ***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.
  • WelshmansDaughter
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    Cleaned the microwave. Well mostly cleaned it. It's no longer looking like an egg murder scene.

  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 99,039 Ambassador
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    I have cleaned two shelves of the fridge.

    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    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.
  • annieb64
    annieb64 Posts: 719 Forumite
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    Daughter has just informed me that they may be moving house at the end of March.They have two children and both work full time ! Think my spring cleaning may be put on hold for a while

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