will this work??

RAS

I beleive that GPs can prescribe patches. I know it is not free, but probably a lot cheaper than over the counter?

DX2

katygeorge wrote: »

ok thankyou very much, will give them a call on my lunch on monday and see what sort of arrangement we can come up with, never even thought of it, just been so wrapped up in trying to pay everything.

as for fags v food - im afraid i would take the fags and live on soup, but i do really feel the patches are important and did get the cheep boots own brand and used my boots points towards paying for them

I feel terrible now sorry! I just assumed you paid for them.

Goes and sits on the naughty step.

sleepless_saver

Some stuff for stopping smoking is free on the NHS.

katygeorge

thanks kimiatsu, im going looking at some shopping tips now. but it was all bare before today, already gone through it all and used what ever - had some very odd meals recently

yes that is my normal payment, a lot i know

lowering hours at work, just thought ild ask because everywhere i turn im faced with a brick wall just wanted to find away over it, but going to give lowering the council tax a try

katygeorge

DX2 wrote: »

I feel terrible now sorry! I just assumed you paid for them.

Goes and sits on the naughty step.

:rotfl: dont worry about it, its so easy to get wrong end of something on forums because people miss things out when typing and you dont know hat context anything is being said in

katygeorge

sleepless_saver wrote: »

Some stuff for stopping smoking is free on the NHS.

yes im booked in the smoking clinic on weds, so got some to last till then as didnt want to be buying fags for 5 days. cant do it via our gp as the run a smoking clinic so have to there, but thought ild still have to pay for the prescriptions

Kimitatsu

katygeorge wrote: »

thanks kimiatsu, im going looking at some shopping tips now. but it was all bare before today, already gone through it all and used what ever - had some very odd meals recently

yes that is my normal payment, a lot i know

lowering hours at work, just thought ild ask because everywhere i turn im faced with a brick wall just wanted to find away over it, but going to give lowering the council tax a try

If you speak to the council BEFORE you go into arrears then they are pretty accomodating - they are hearing this all the time at the moment and will try to help wherever possible, you may need to put together a financial statement of your outgoings so that they can see what you have available to you.

As a rough guide though they will look at allowing your gas, electricity, water, reasonable phone costs, rent, any child maintenance,reasonable travel and £25 a head for food per adult, but they will not look at any debts that you have so if you have credit cards or debts then they are not taken into account.

Chin up - you will get there!

mumtoomany

Hi katygeorge, for really cheap eating, search for weezl in the forums. Her and her other half fed themselves for 50p a day in one thread. She also has a website full of super cheap ideas. Good luck and I hope you get sorted soon.

AnxiousMum

Do you actually have to pay council tax this month? I know that our annual payments are made in ten monthly instalments with February and March being payment free months.

viktory

katygeorge wrote: »

yes i did, there a hell of alot cheeper than fags, and im already pulling my hair out with stress so think i need a bit of help to quit smoking

I quit with no help.