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  • trix-a-belle
    trix-a-belle Posts: 1,481 Forumite
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    stay strong xx
    - Mortgage: 1st one down, 2nd also busted
    - Student Loan gone
    Swagbucks, Mingle, GiffGaff, Prolific, Qmee & Quidco; thank you MSE every little bit helps
  • jwil
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    tattycath wrote: »
    Well, it would appear life has thrown in another curve ball... :(
    this year has been a bit on the rubbish side-putting it mildly. :(
    Let's hope 2018 is a better year. :)

    Hope everything's ok lovely, was wondering how you were getting on xx
    "If you can dream it, you can do it". Walt Disney
  • A_Frayed_Knot
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    tattycath wrote: »
    Well, it would appear life has thrown in another curve ball... :(
    this year has been a bit on the rubbish side-putting it mildly. :(
    Let's hope 2018 is a better year. :)

    OMG - life is never easy, is it? Still we always come out stronger in the end and the more we have to work at it, the more we appreciate what we have.

    Only 5 weeks left of this year and it's onto New Year, New Hopes and Dreams. Wish you well.
    Always have 00.00 at the end of your mortgage and one day it will all be 0's :dance:
    MF[STRIKE] March 2030[/STRIKE] Yes that does say 2030 :eek: Mortgage Free 21.12.18 _party_
    Now a Part Timer from 27.10.19
  • tattycath
    tattycath Posts: 7,175 Forumite
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    A_Frayed_Knot wrote: »
    OMG - life is never easy, is it? Still we always come out stronger in the end and the more we have to work at it, the more we appreciate what we have.

    Only 5 weeks left of this year and it's onto New Year, New Hopes and Dreams. Wish you well.

    Thank you A Frayed Knot. :)
    GE 36 *MFD may 2043
    MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
    Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
    2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
    Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
    Emergency savings £100/£500
    12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb
  • tattycath
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    Almost the end of 2017 and good riddance to it.

    Well, they say when you think things are at rock bottom the only way is up.
    Here's hoping. :)

    We've had a quiet Christmas and now I have picked up a flu bug-despite having a flu jab in November.

    Onto money saving:
    This week I have managed to pick up 15 decent sized chicken breast fillets for a tenner,
    4 packs of 5 unwaxed lemons for 20p a pack
    2 packs of stew pack veg for 20p a pack.
    We have an abundance of potatoes that only cost me 50p
    Christmas decs are down and in loft.
    Half the Christmas cards have been cut into gift tags for next year and the other half are waiting to be done.

    I've started on my Christmas savings card for next year, I have a tenner on it. :)

    Hoping for a low spend January on the grocery front.
    Off to dose myself up with more lemsip/cough mixture and then a cuppa
    GE 36 *MFD may 2043
    MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
    Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
    2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
    Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
    Emergency savings £100/£500
    12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb
  • jwil
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    Great bargains! Well done for starting your savings already. Hope you feel better soon xxx
    "If you can dream it, you can do it". Walt Disney
  • tattycath
    tattycath Posts: 7,175 Forumite
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    :money:No spend weekend.
    Today I have sorted fridge out. I made some vegetable soup with a stew pack and some potatoes and a stock cube. Cooked it in slow cooker and blitzed some in the nutribullet. Very nice and healthy and still got enough for 3 more meals I would think. :)
    I wrapped carrots in foil and put in fridge.
    Potatoes are being stored in a paper bag.
    I still have a turnip and some parsnips left and an onion
    Chill night tonight :)
    GE 36 *MFD may 2043
    MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
    Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
    2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
    Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
    Emergency savings £100/£500
    12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb
  • A_Frayed_Knot
    A_Frayed_Knot Posts: 3,296 Forumite
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    Start the way you mean to go on . . . . .

    Lets make this . . . The Year . . . Do everything we can to make o/p's - no matter how little/large

    I am going to batch cook, bake, survey, sell . . . make . . . the list is endless, all in the name of MF

    Happy, Healthy New Year to you & Ms TC

    :beer:
    Always have 00.00 at the end of your mortgage and one day it will all be 0's :dance:
    MF[STRIKE] March 2030[/STRIKE] Yes that does say 2030 :eek: Mortgage Free 21.12.18 _party_
    Now a Part Timer from 27.10.19
  • tattycath
    tattycath Posts: 7,175 Forumite
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    jwil wrote: »
    Great bargains! Well done for starting your savings already. Hope you feel better soon xxx

    Thanks jwil. Happy new year. :)
    GE 36 *MFD may 2043
    MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
    Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
    2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
    Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
    Emergency savings £100/£500
    12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb
  • tattycath
    tattycath Posts: 7,175 Forumite
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    A_Frayed_Knot wrote: »
    Start the way you mean to go on . . . . .

    Lets make this . . . The Year . . . Do everything we can to make o/p's - no matter how little/large

    I am going to batch cook, bake, survey, sell . . . make . . . the list is endless, all in the name of MF

    Happy, Healthy New Year to you & Ms TC

    :beer:

    Yes, let's make this our year. :)
    Happy new year AFK :)
    GE 36 *MFD may 2043
    MFIT-T5 #60 £136,850.30
    Mortgage overpayments 2019 - £285.96
    2020 Jan-£40-feb-£18.28.march-£25
    Christmas savings card 2020 £20/£100
    Emergency savings £100/£500
    12/3/17 175lb - 06/11/2019 152lb
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