no spending for a year?

rubytuesday

spookybuffy wrote: »

off topic, how do you change your signature on here?

Go into user CP and then you can edit it.

spookybuffy

rubytuesday wrote: »

Ooh I looked at one but the reviews weren't so good so I got the other one.

Perhaps I should try get it from the library - thanks.

library better you can also order online for them to get it in. looking on the net is good for looking for ideas. its how i can along this one.

spookybuffy

rubytuesday wrote: »

Go into user CP and then you can edit it.

thank you!:T

Derivative

I am fairly spendthrift but one thing I won't skimp on are books.

Education is likely to pay dividends in the long run. It's going to be easier to get that job in career field X if you read books on career field X, almost certainly.

And if you 'only' make a £500 pa salary jump, you've probably paid for all the books in a few months.

All about the cost benefit analysis - I could live without Internet for example, but it'd probably cost me more in not knowing the best deals. I wouldn't have known of 3% savings accounts without web searches - those pay for the internet bill on their own.

spookybuffy

Education books for me will go under school expense even if there for me. mite be able to get some more money from it.

Nine_Lives

As far as books go, i hit the library as my first stop.

To answer the question, yes, i could do this. I wouldn't necessarily like it, but i could do it.

Do it for a year? Yeah i think so. Do it for a lifetime? No probably not.

2012 is a big save for the gf & I as we need 40% deposit for a house. We can do it but we need to save hard.

I'm a tightwad & a miserable git, so it certainly helps. If i had a large circle of friends it'd be much more difficult, but i don't so it's easier.

We have an aim (the house) and it's a pretty important aim rather than a small aim such as saving for an iPhone which is minor. So due to this, everything will need to get dropped.

The sacrifices should hopefully be well worth it & that should act as the motivation. Keep the eyes on the prize.

spookybuffy

i found a site where you can swap books in the uk its http://www.readitswapit.co.uk/TheLibrary.aspx has anyone tryed it?

Decluttering

spookybuffy wrote: »

i found a site where you can swap books in the uk its http://www.readitswapit.co.uk/TheLibrary.aspx has anyone tryed it?

I used to be a regular member on there, I haven't used it more recently but that's due to a lack of time more than anything. I really liked it, the concept was simple and it meant that I was having to get rid of a book in order to get a new one (unlike in the charity shop where I might spend more than the postage costs and more space would be taken up on my bookshelf).

The forum on RiSi is really friendly too, I used to be a regular and after a while they felt like my family. It's not a site that suits everyone but I'd say give it a try if you like the idea

Derivative

spookybuffy wrote: »

Education books for me will go under school expense even if there for me. mite be able to get some more money from it.

I'm not really specifically talking about textbooks though.
I've learned lots from all sorts of non-fiction books - biographies of people in certain careers, for example.

spookybuffy

EdgEy wrote: »

I'm not really specifically talking about textbooks though.
I've learned lots from all sorts of non-fiction books - biographies of people in certain careers, for example.

for those will have to go under lush so i have to rent them