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Archive for November 2008

My Budget

Posted by: aulelia on: November 21, 2008

I drafted a budget today. I need to sort out my spending and get it the fuck sorted out ASAP.
My travel for next week will be £28.40 but I can get it cheaper which I need to get on ASAP as well.
I should be averaging about £60 for next week. I really hope I can [...]

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5 Goals/5 (anticipated) Outcomes

Posted by: aulelia on: November 15, 2008

I recently discovered a genius personal finance blog called Get Rich Slowly. It is an extremely well-written blog and I cannot recommend it enough.
One post that from Get Rich Slowly is: “The Road is Paved with Goals”.
I agree wholeheartedly of the concept of having goals. It is so important. I have thought of 5 goals for [...]

£16.20

Posted by: aulelia on: November 14, 2008

That is how much I spent online for my weekly shop.
The bad news is I used my credit card to buy the food from Sainsburys because I am waiting for some allowance dosh to clear.
I know, I know! I should have budgeted better. I need to make another credit card payment asap. I have to [...]

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Pensions, Pensions, & Pensions

Posted by: aulelia on: November 13, 2008

I have not updated my pension scheme yet and they keep writing to me asking for ID when the Home Office has my passport.
My pension is really important to me and this global crisis is making it lose fuck loads of value, which is pissing me off a great deal.
If I put £10 each month [...]

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charge, charge and more charges

Posted by: aulelia on: November 9, 2008

It has not been a good week.
The bank gave me an overdraft charge of £38 because I totally forgot about a direct debit that I gave a charity. When I realised before they charged me for the DD, I paid it back but they still charged me!
I hate banks. I need to get my house [...]

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