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Don't forget to look on here for ideas of how to have a MSE wedding. I had a lavish one for a VERY small amount....thanks to advice I got off people on this site (and being very lucky with the venue). Make sure you keep us posted with your progress...it's exciting stuff. Wish I was going to be MF by the time I'm 30...unforunately as I have less than a year to go it's not going to happen...ah well.Reduction in daily mortgage interest since October 23 (new mortgage) - £2.36 July 25
% of house owned/% of mortgage paid off. July 25 - 38.82%/31.66%
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Ooooh, congratulations on reducing your mortgage by such a huge amount and even more so on the engagement!!!! :beer: Hope you have a great time planning the big day0
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CONGRATULATIONS0
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Ohhhhhhhhhhh Congrats hun!!!!!!!!! :dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance::dance:
Yay to reducing the term on your mortgage!Currently studying for a Diploma - wish me luck
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:oAfternoon peeps, happy Friday to you all :beer:
Life continues a-pace here, we are still saving frantically for the wedding and hope the hit the £4k mark in the next week. I suspect that our plans to save £10k by the end of the year may be a little ambitious and it may end up being more like £7.5k, but TBH that is still pretty flippin good.
In essence, we are saving on the basis that we are paying for the whole wedding and honeymoon (we are asking for spending money for a wedding pressie so don't need to think about that). The budget for the wedding is £10k, and the honeymoon is£3k
(please don't shout at me). OH's parents have suggested they will donate circa £3k to the wedding pot, but I really don't want to rely on this and then it not happen IYSWIM, so if they do contribute it will be a lovely surprise and bonus.
Mortgage is still coming down nicely thanks to our new arrangement :T and we are living as MSE as possible (most of the time :cool:) so all is good here.
Any tips to save money on a wedding are greatly appreciated - I have been on the wedding forum but everyone there is super organised and it freaks me out a bit. My main concern is the hire of suits and buying bridesmaid dresses - we are paying for 8 suits in total due to step parents on both side and step-brothers who are ushers, I dread to think how much that will cost :eek: Plus I heard that the average spend on a bridesmaids dress is £180 :eek:! I have 3 plus a flower girl - Eeeek!
Anyway, I am ranting now and realise this isnt really MFW related, so I'll toddle off before my thread is shifted to the wedding forum;):D xxx
MFW
[STRIKE]Mortgage 8.2.15 - [/STRIKE][STRIKE]£171,064.64[/STRIKE] Mortgage 1.5.2018 - £99,980.45Aiming to be MF 1.10.20200 -
Don't forget to look on here for ideas of how to have a MSE wedding. I had a lavish one for a VERY small amount....thanks to advice I got off people on this site (and being very lucky with the venue). Make sure you keep us posted with your progress...it's exciting stuff. Wish I was going to be MF by the time I'm 30...unforunately as I have less than a year to go it's not going to happen...ah well.
Thanks Twinklie hun. The hotel we are getting married at is pretty much a set package so not much wiggle room on cost I don't think :-( . Any tips gratefully received! xMFW
[STRIKE]Mortgage 8.2.15 - [/STRIKE][STRIKE]£171,064.64[/STRIKE] Mortgage 1.5.2018 - £99,980.45Aiming to be MF 1.10.20200 -
Well done to you both - those who are hostile don't understand that you are buying freedom as well as a house. They must like that feeling of being trapped, possibly because they can't imagine life without the routine. Keep squirrelling!
xPaid off mortgage nine years early in 2013. Now picking and choosing our work to fit in with the rest of our lives!
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Thank you Squirrel.
I am feeling really positive today, let's hope it stays that way. Wedding savings have been put on hold for this month - we had to pay quite a lot of deposits for things via credit card, and the bill has arrived :eek:
My interest free period on it has ended, so I have cleared that in full (£1700:eek:) and will resume wedding savings next month. I had a chat with my maid of honour and my mum at the weekend, and they have both suggested that I ask the bridesmaids and ushers/best man to contribute 50% towards their respective outfits. I am not sure what to do - is it okay to ask someone to be part of your wedding but then ask them to contribute to the cost of their outfits? I am really not sure what to do
xxMFW
[STRIKE]Mortgage 8.2.15 - [/STRIKE][STRIKE]£171,064.64[/STRIKE] Mortgage 1.5.2018 - £99,980.45Aiming to be MF 1.10.20200 -
I'm new here and it maybe a stupid question but what does MFW stand for?
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