possible new student - help!!!

Kippaxmum

All Helps - thanks fire fox :-)

Still waiting to hear got everything crossed we will be able to afford for me to do it - darned living expenses. Why did I have to wait till I was nearly 27, married, with a child & mortgage to decide what I wanted to do with my life!!!
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Fire_Fox

Have you thought about posting a Statement of Affairs on the Debt Free Wannabe board and ask for advice on how to cut back?
http://www.makesenseofcards.com/soacalc.html
There is also a thread entitled "Live on £4k for a Year" :eek: that's an entire family, not including rent/ mortgage or council tax. It's a pretty tall order but very inspiring!

You could also check out the 'Up your income' board or join some of the challenges (grocery/ storecupboard challenge, make £10 a day, crazy £100 clothes challenge) on the DFW board and Old Style board. :money:

You might find you need to wait a year whilst saving like mad, you might feel like you can manage this September by taking all these measures. Thomas Danby has nursery of some sort on-site, and it's not a full year you will be short of money just during term which is perhaps thirty weeks.

Just don't let go of your dream - where there is a will there is a way. :A

Kippaxmum

Hi Firefox,
We are already cut back to the bare minimum. And I can't see my dh agreeing to ditch his beer money (a saving of £160-200 per month!!!!) I could quite easily ditch my gym membership & SW meetings (another £50 a month) We aim to spend about £50 a week on groceries & we all eat freshly prepared food & lots of fruit & veg - again, dh won't eat frozen stuff!!!!

I'll have to see what they say. My ds starts nursery this year anyway with his 15 hours free just in the process of sorting that out.

And anyway, dh's wage would literally pay the mortgage & bills - there would be nothing left (we both earn practically the same)

Thanks for all your help & advice guys, I'll let you know how I get on. :-)

Donna
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Kippaxmum

Just a quick update.

I've managed to secure myself a little weekend job which will pay for food/petrol/a little bit of beer money for dh. I am going to college (woo hoo) and start in september (nervous, apprehensive, excited, worried and just pray it all works out!)

Hopefully will be able to qualify for ALG this year and am trying to get a few hours work in a care environment too to boost my uni app.

My parents are right behind me (should we struggle) and on paper everything will work out.... It better bloody do - I'm about to hand my notice in and bricking it!!!

Thanks for your help a few weeks ago guys

xxx