What luxuries would you miss most if you ran out of money?
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zenie said:
£76 a week is nearly £11 a day which I think would be fine for me.
Switch to roll ups (or give up)
Buy meals from the reduced section
Regularly frequent the charity shops
Do loads of free-cycling
I did a similar thing when I was about 12 years younger.
Myself a mate saved hard all winter and took summer off work.
We had a budget of £5 a day and I recall we lasted for 4 months.
It did get boring at times but I would do it again if I could.
It would be great to save for a year and then take a year out to focus on hobbies. Sell a few things on eBay to keep a bit of revenue coming in and I reckon I could do it. In fact I might well try!
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I was a bit miffed cos I couldn't go skiing - now I'm glad!Brainaddict said:It is a bit humiliating as a kid though, to not be able to go on the trips cos of money. But then so is wearing a school jumper of slightly the wrong shade of blue - a lot of things are humiliating to kidsSo yeah, hardly long term damage or anything.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Or just cook for your self - on 3rd January, I realised that I had £18 to last me til the 15th, but with a bit of thought, I've so far managed to eat wellBadgers said:
Orang Utan said:
Skiing is the one thing I wouldn't let my daughter do - purely because she is allergic to plaster of paris!
I'm not talking about the big expensive trips btw, just the day ones that they go on. The teen is going to Barcelona this year with school but I doubt if she will be going on another one like that.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Oh right - I didn't realise you had to pay for those - I didn't miss out on any of thosemoomoo said:Skiing is the one thing I wouldn't let my daughter do - purely because she is allergic to plaster of paris!
I'm not talking about the big expensive trips btw, just the day ones that they go on. The teen is going to Barcelona this year with school but I doubt if she will be going on another one like that.
baldrick
hmmmmm
being able to go to the pub
telly licence
reckon i could live on £76. i don't have many luxuries as it is, i never buy full-priced clothes or shoes, i buy my food from lidl and markets, my phone is payg and don't have a landline or internet. i rarely get my hair cut and somehow manage to do my own nails and hair removal we're moving to a better-insulated house in two weeks so our gas bill should go down too
telly licence
reckon i could live on £76. i don't have many luxuries as it is, i never buy full-priced clothes or shoes, i buy my food from lidl and markets, my phone is payg and don't have a landline or internet. i rarely get my hair cut and somehow manage to do my own nails and hair removal
we're moving to a better-insulated house in two weeks so our gas bill should go down too 
DRINK?
bummed by karmachameleon
Don't know really...now that am off cigarettes nothing would hugely bother me...as my ol nan always used to say 'its always nice to have a few bob in your pocket' which is very true though can go week without spending a penny on fripperies....I like having cash on me though don't think it would bother me too much if I didn't...
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
my school operates a "we don't run the trip if the school can't afford to pay for it". system - which is great, and inclusive - but means I can only take them to the theatre once in their school career.
anyway - if i was hard up against it I would miss my car. I like leaving home 20 mins before I want to be at work, and I like not having to think about the weight of our supermarket shopping.
anyway - if i was hard up against it I would miss my car. I like leaving home 20 mins before I want to be at work, and I like not having to think about the weight of our supermarket shopping.
spanglechick said:my school operates a "we don't run the trip if the school can't afford to pay for it". system - which is great, and inclusive - but means I can only take them to the theatre once in their school career.
Our primary school asks for 'voluntary contributions' for day trips and give an amount but make it quite clear that if enough aren't forthcoming then they will cancel the trip. Try telling an eager 8 year old that you can't pay.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
rioted said:Food. An internet connection is much easier to liberate.
I'd say central heating. An internet connection and food can both be liberated.
I once spent all of November and most of December without any heat whatsoever and I'll never forget it. When I finally got heat I spent the next month curled up next to the heater and feeling lush.
Yuwipi Woman
Whack-A-Mole Queen
madzone said:
It can get to -30 degree F in December in Nebraska. I'm sure it depends quite a lot on climate.
Zorra
Suburban lazarus
zenie said:I saw a thing on the money saving expert forum where they attempt to live on 4 grand a year!(This exludes rent/mortgage and basic bills mind).
I earnt £9,500 last year, and spent £4,800 on rent and bills
It's amazing how quickly you learn to live within a budget - when I was earning loads my tastes expanded equally quickly to fill it...
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
And caviarThora said:
Come on now, you can't fool us - some of us have met you! 
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
How about trying to work it the other way around? Try getting some theatre companies to come to the school?spanglechick said:my school operates a "we don't run the trip if the school can't afford to pay for it". system - which is great, and inclusive - but means I can only take them to the theatre once in their school career.
This is yonks ago, I know, but the arts boards (regional arms of the Arts Council) used to give small independent theatre companies grants to run TIE (Theatre in Education) projects... and one of the priorities for funding was projects that involved education and young people.
See if you can work together with a local theatre company to find a way around this?
Or maybe your local theatre might be able to do some kind of workshop involving your class getting to see a matinee, maybe it could attract some funding? I don't know... I've lost touch with how these things work, but most theatres have some kind of 'outreach' or project worker who might have an idea about how you can work together to get funding/get your pupils access to theatre.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
I miss being able to buy newspapers and magazines. And going to the cinema and theatre.
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Those too, but fur coats aren't really a luxury are they? More of a necessity. And all your ponies died. Oops, did you not know about that?Thora said:And fur coats and ponies
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