In Debt/Have No Money

rolo_85

Tombo wrote: »

Okay, sorry for snapping at you, I now understand your point. Yeah, the mini swiss rolls are my fave The scones are also a steal, 10 for something like 33p. Spaghetti, both tinned and dry, is also very cheap. I also found cheap pitta bread which suprised me nd the biscuit variety pack is a pure bargain.

I like the chocolate caramel wafers (there 1p cheaper than the caramel free option) and I will have to give the stewing beef a go next week

The 99p store is also good for things like toilet roll (6 rolls for 99p), cereal and big crisp multipacks, I can never find any Sainsbury's basic crisps in my local store :question:

While you are on the subject of food. 3 baking potatoes, 3 carrots, 3 leeks and 2oxo cubes is enough to make 3 or 4 litres of soup. costs about £2 and if you freeze most of it then it will do for at least 4 meals. and you can make flat bread to go with it using the flour you have in your cupboard and water, and a pinch of salt.
oh and asda sell a huge 3kg bag of pasta for about £3ish.

Oldernotwiser

Tombo wrote: »

Okay, I guess you have a point but the basics food is really cheap though and I agree that proper meals woiuld be more filling but then I would have nothing to snack on during the day and I get hungry a lot.

Thanks for the link but when I literally have only £15 to spend, it is really hard to buy meat because it is so expensive.

I'm sorry, I hadn't realised that you're so young and unused to budgeting.

Can I just point out though that you don't have to snack during the day if you eat reasonably filling food at mealtimes. I know we've turned into a society of grazers but it doesn't have to be that way and snacks can work out more expensive than proper meals.

If you can break yourself of this habit while you're still young it'll stand you in good stead for when you're working.

Good luck with the job hunting.

Tombo

I handed in my student funding application this week and today I have a debt meeting at the student funding office. I've still had no luck with a job and today I had a letter from Lloyds TSB's solicitors :S

cloey

I read your post and i've been there. I fell ill in my final year of college and I couldn't work and the company refused to pay me sick pay, , i'd already used up all my savings for my rent for the time i was off so i had to leave college to pay the rent on my flat or risk them trying to take the money from my parents (who were my guarantor) which I knew they couldn't afford. It was a complete last resort decision but I would never want anyone to have to go through that purely for financial reasons.

Some universitys are fantastic when it comes to helping you financially, if they refuse to help you initially don't give up and you can appeal. You obviously really need the help and I can't see why they wouldn't help you in these cases.
Just remember to be really careful with your money when you get your student loan/bursary/money from parents, budgetting is really hard if you've never lived on your own but once you get the hang of it your fine.
Look at student recipes online for really cheap meal ideas. They were a complete saviour to me at times and still are When you do have money buy some cupboard essentials like pasta, rice, beans, stock cubes, noodles etc so when you are skint you know you'll have something to eat.
All the best and good luck getting help from uni.