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March Forward Into Spring 2026

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  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 6,963 Forumite
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    Miraculously the dusting did get done. Now to spend the next week not cleaning the kitchen 😁

  • Rhyddid2026
    Rhyddid2026 Posts: 1,380 Forumite
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    I've ordered my private prescription, chased my end of January wages again, burnt some stuff in the burn bin outside, and unblocked the kitchen sink. 🙄

    Debts                04/01/25       01/06/26  
    Natwest X2        £14,122.71     - 
    Barclaycard        -                    £10,200
    Lloyds CC          £6,112.60      £3,795
    1st Direct CC     £176.03         £0
    CC total             £20,411.34    £13,995
    OD                     £1100            £0
    Car loan             £4,000          £3,000
    1st Direct Loan  £10,684.44    £5,275
    Total                  £36,195.78    £22,270
    EF £2,210
    HF £1.06
  • Wednesday2000
    Wednesday2000 Posts: 9,054 Forumite
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    I woke up early today and decided to blitz clean and organise my bathroom under sink cabinet as it has been really bugging me every time I look in there. I took it all out and cleaned the drawers, threw away a couple of my husband's things that he hasn't used in ages and put everything back. It looks so much better and now I can actually see what I have and what has run out.

    I was on a roll so I cleaned out the top part of my freezer. I did the bottom parts of the freezer yesterday.

    My cleaner is coming today so I need to have a shower and get ready. I am still ending up tidying up and moving things around before she gets here (!) so I started making up another donation bag to take to the charity shop today.

    While she is cleaning upstairs I will clean out the fridge as that needs doing and see what we have and then I am going to write out a meal plan for the next few days. Then I need to order the groceries. Then I have two classes this afternoon. It looks like a nice sunny day here today.😀

  • WelshmansDaughter
    WelshmansDaughter Posts: 2,210 Forumite
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    Cut down the cardboard mountain so that it is not taking up so much space and it can be used in the garden.

  • Rhyddid2026
    Rhyddid2026 Posts: 1,380 Forumite
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    Emptied and wiped out my car in the hopes the car cleaner man doesn't take one look and walk away!!

    Debts                04/01/25       01/06/26  
    Natwest X2        £14,122.71     - 
    Barclaycard        -                    £10,200
    Lloyds CC          £6,112.60      £3,795
    1st Direct CC     £176.03         £0
    CC total             £20,411.34    £13,995
    OD                     £1100            £0
    Car loan             £4,000          £3,000
    1st Direct Loan  £10,684.44    £5,275
    Total                  £36,195.78    £22,270
    EF £2,210
    HF £1.06
  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 6,963 Forumite
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    Did a bit more of the monthly big clean. Not the kitchen appliances obviously, let's not go mad 😁

  • beanielou
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    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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    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

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  • KajiKita
    KajiKita Posts: 10,377 Forumite
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    < Looks guiltily at the muddle that is our fridge … >

    KK

    As at 18.06.26:
    - When bought house £315,995 mortgage debt and end date at start = October 2039 - now £214,281
    - OPs to mortgage = £19,809 Estd. interest saved = £10,180 to date
    c. 16 months reduction in term
    Fixed rate 3.85% ends October 2030

    Read 50 books of target 52 in 2026 as @ 12th July. 
    Produce tracker: £157 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. 
  • Soontobeoap
    Soontobeoap Posts: 1,713 Forumite
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    I have finished some of my list in April.

    1) Cleaned up garden table and chairs.

    2) Repot GSs apple tree that he grew from a pip.

    3) Fix dividers and clean french window.

    4) New light bulb in dining room

    5) Sort out bedroom clothes cupboards

    6) Buy 2 new chests of drawers for clothes

    7) Sold one chest of drawers in n Wightbay.

    8) listed 2 other bits on Wightbay

    I am quite pleased with that as we have been away every weekend in April.

    At the moment I am gathering all of the stuff together for a car boot sale. We are away until late on Sunday now so I think it might have to wait until the next bank holiday Monday at the end of May but at least I will be ready.


    GC 2022 = £3154.96 ,  2023 = £3334. 841
       2024 = £.3221.81 ,   2025 = £3974.24 .  2026    £1362.47/£3500, July £91.30/£250
    Decluttering campaign. 2026. 37/74 storage places, book cases, drawers cupboards and sheds. Also tidying / clearing front and back gardens , giving bathroom and kitchen a bit of a spruce up.  Me🏅🏅🏅🏅⭐⭐⭐ ⭐DH🏅🏅🏅
    Make £600 in 2026 = £572.79
    NSD in M = 18,  J = 15, J = 7/15
  • PennysIntoPounds
    PennysIntoPounds Posts: 6,963 Forumite
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