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I think it depends on how you work out your finances & if you get paid monthy ect. We have lots of direct debits & it works for us as we forget!
Just depends i think.
Actually, I shall revise that up to about £70. Depends how flush we are feeling.
Quite often shopping for two isn't much more than shopping for one, especially for packaged goods. It doesn't matter how many people it's for, you can only buy, say, 6 eggs.
We get paid monthly and once or twice we've been stung because they've taken money out early, like on a Friday when the DD is due on a Bank Holiday MOnday.
One OD fine and the £2/month is gobbled up and some.
We are always in the red anyway so doesnt make that much difference. Plus our DD are mid month so makes no difference if they take early.
Like i said it depends on the person/cirumstances.
It helps to budget more accurately, but I much prefer just payuing the bill every three months at the Post Office.
Wouldn't dream of saying it was.:nervous:
And this .
That's good going. I don't think we have had many weeks spending just 20 pounds for the two of us
Rent (+ water rates as my landlord is a nice man
Electricity... umm, we pay it quarterly between 4 of us, and it's about £120, so that's about £10 a month each...
Gas... think it's about the same as electricity.... £10 a month..
Broadband and phone line rental = £35 a month
Phone calls + VAT... would probably be less than a fiver a month if it was just me using it, but unfortunately I have very chatty housemates! (and I pay the bill! They pay me back when it suits them :rolleyes: )
TV licence = £9.99 a month on DD at the moment, but this figure changes occasionally.. as Kermit says, it's £116 for the whole year.
Food = It's about £20 to £30, but this includes toiletries and cleaning stuff too (basically all the stuff I buy in the supermarket). Is it just me or does everyone else always run out of loads of different things (e.g. shampoo etc) at the same time?!
Mobile Phone bill = Around £20 a month.... I get lots of free texts and minutes for £20 and very rarely go over.
Council Tax is the lowest rate, £50 a month where I live. I'm not paying it at the moment, but will have to soon since I'm not officially a student anymore
Umm... think that's about it, apart from things I can't calculate such as occasional travel costs, presents, random drinks from machines, the odd magazine etc...
and possibly one of the most useful sites you will find
hth.
you got 5sprogs.. wow.. i never knew that.. must be so much work for you.. (can i borrow one of you babys I've wanted a ickle kid atm and tweety won't give me hers)
Save money on bills
Asking to borrow someones baby and saying Tweety wont give you her baby is a really strange thing to say, even in jest. Its kind of freaky.
lol... i was joking..
There are some things you ask and say, and some things that you just don't. NOt, like, ever :no:
:yes:
Stopping and thinking about what one is about to say is normally a good way of not breaking social conventions as obvious as that. Many teenagers, alas, don't though.
Oh well, we've all done it
Yeah, you can borrow the 13 year old, his name's Matt.
I guess it's a part of growing up... testing the waters... working out what is and isn't appropriate to say... guess we've all done it at some point, I know I have
more examples would be really welcome people, thank you.