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Lou, How long are the terms?
How about banking the £14, and that will pay for next term's bus pass, then at the end of the year you'll have the last terms money to do what you want with!Cats don't have owners - they have staff!!
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scaredy_cat wrote: »Lou, How long are the terms?
How about banking the £14, and that will pay for next term's bus pass, then at the end of the year you'll have the last terms money to do what you want with!
Excellent Idea!
Terms are usually around 12 weeks, the Autumn one has 13 weeks in it so that will more than cover the £87..........I shall give DS the extra as he wont get EMA. He is a good lad and is going to take a packed lunch to save money and also will try to find a Saturday job.
Once the bus pass is paid for It works out that he will get an extra £7.50 on top of his £5 pocket money..........goodness that doesnt sound much does it compared to the children who are eligible for £30 EMA a week.
Luckily he never asks for anything money wise and will search for bargains and good deals......just like his Momma:DBut these things take time, I know that I'm, the most inept that ever stepped.0 -
Maybe sixteen is the ideal age to get a saturday job Lou, here it's really difficult under 16 and later the minimum wage would push it up a bit, maybe when older kids start moving away to uni it'll free up some jobs for him. Sounds like he'll stretch his money out well anyway.
Jinky, if you ask in the building society they might be able to give you the details you need, I had a similar problem when trying to set a standing order up to a building soc account.Mortgage OP 2025 £6250/7000Mortgage OP 2024 £7700/7000
Mortgage balance: £36,210
Money making challenge £38/400
”Do what others won’t early in life so you can do what others can’t later in life” (stolen from Gally Girl)0 -
thank youskint_spice wrote: »Maybe sixteen is the ideal age to get a saturday job Lou, here it's really difficult under 16 and later the minimum wage would push it up a bit, maybe when older kids start moving away to uni it'll free up some jobs for him. Sounds like he'll stretch his money out well anyway.
Jinky, if you ask in the building society they might be able to give you the details you need, I had a similar problem when trying to set a standing order up to a building soc account.
i will see to it on Monday:D:heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls0 -
Wow Im so glad DS can walk even when the new school opens.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
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Well next stop is a moped...
"Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
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Lou the perfect compromiseWell next stop is a moped...
http://nexus404.com/Blog/2007/09/13/di-blasi-r7es-folding-moped-offers-ultimate-in-urban-mobility/ :heartpulsOnce a Flylady, always a Flylady:heartpuls0 -
Nooooooooo mooooped.Never.
Had this conversation already.
No I say.No.I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.
Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
"A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.
***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb. ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.0 -
And then the 180 mph Honda fireblade after that..! "Follow the money!" - Deepthroat (AKA William Mark Felt Sr - Associate Director of the FBI)
"We were born and raised in a summer haze." Adele 'Someone like you.'
"Blowing your mind, 'cause you know what you'll find, when you're looking for things in the sky." OMD 'Julia's Song'0 -
I agree about the moped, I got a car because it was cheaper than buses, but I was a mature student with other income and an inheritance to buy it with. My sister's had a motorbike for 7 years, I was gobsmacked how little petrol it uses.Unless I say otherwise 'you' means the general you not you specifically.0
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