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  • LittleMissAspie
    LittleMissAspie Posts: 2,130 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Department managers can earn 3k a month after tax in local government.
  • BACKFRMTHEEDGE
    BACKFRMTHEEDGE Posts: 1,294 Forumite
    fc123 wrote: »
    Cars are costing less and less. In fact son got a car for free but the ciosts of running it and fuel etc are far greater than he anticipated....he was all keen as the car was free. Its become the most expensive part of his life.

    http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/32f8d12e-4fb5-11dd-b050-000077b07658.html

    Article on Drop in value of second hand cars
    A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

    Savings For Kids 1st Jan 2019 £16,112
  • neverdespairgirl
    neverdespairgirl Posts: 16,501 Forumite
    PasturesNew wrote: »
    Ha ha... great idea.
    £35 for a dress?? Blimey... most I've ever spent was £15. I think £35 is a whole year's worth of clothes in my world.

    Not including shoes, I imagine?

    I spend considerably more on my work clothes than I do on my lesiure clothes.
    ...much enquiry having been made concerning a gentleman, who had quitted a company where Johnson was, and no information being obtained; at last Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney'.
  • jamescredmond
    jamescredmond Posts: 1,061 Forumite
    neverdespairgirl wrote: »
    Not including shoes, I imagine?

    I spend considerably more on my work clothes than I do on my lesiure clothes.
    and pastures has got the rosey-faced cheek to call me tight.......
    miladdo
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