Its Official - I'm addicted - so here's my SOA

adypem

Froglette wrote:

But that is only about another £500 - where can it all be going? Can anyone spot anything I might of missed.

Have you accounted for cash out of the hole in the wall ? You might find that you could be spending alot ?

toontastic

Best way is to probably get last months statement and as many receipts as you have then you can work out where stuff has gone. Like others have said keep a spending diary and that in itself will probably stop you spending as much as quick.

angelite_2

Hi, yes its very easy to become addicted to this site. But I feel it is helping me, I think my parents and my son are shocked by the different attitude I have had lately to saving money. Like a lot of people, I still dont know where all my money is going, so I'm keeping a diary which I thought I would kick off this week as I'm on holiday.

For starters, its about 10 days until pay day, so I'm using up all the stuff I have in food cupboards and freezer, I thought there was nothing suitable there for meals, but you forget what you buy.

I've also started mystery shopping on my days off, which doesn't pay much, but I figure that if you're going somewhere anyway, then you can use the payment towards petrol and do 2 things at once. I've also signed up for lots of surveys and freebies etc.

Its going to take a bit of work, but I think we'll all be able to do it with a bit of support and feeding off each others ideas x

Froglette

skintasusual wrote:

why don't you keep a spending diary....

do it over the course of a month, write down EVERYTHING, and then you can find out where you're money's going!!!

i'm starting on payday too, cos i havent got much disposable income at all now, i need to see where i can cut down!

Good plan - pay day is the 15th. So I'll join you and start from then.

Thanks