Can I really live on £100

Frags

Please help!

I have just checked my bank balance and i have £104 to live on untill the end of November. I am meeting with friends i havent seen for ages tonight, my brother is coming down on Sunday and will want us to all go out for dinner, plus i am going away next weekend with my partner for an awards ceremony for his nephew! How the hell am i gonna do all this on £100, plus buy food and put petrol in my car!!!

Am really down in the dumps about this.

artnoble

im in the same boat. I have £100.00 until the 23rd. Suppose I better see it as a challenge more than anything

James240

Hi Frags :hello: unfortunatley something has to give, can you not invite ur friends round to your place instead of going out? again with ur brother coming down can he not have dinner at yours? and is it really a necessity to go to this awards ceremony if you realistically cant afford it? a £100 for food and petrol in your car maybe enough if you look at doing things on the cheap

SortingIt_2

Hey,

Sounds like you don't really have a choice??
I would say firstly put in some petrol and buy some food for yourself, even if it is own brands.

Tonight - could you get away with not going? Or perhaps not drinking?

Would your brother understand if you said that you can't affort it?

I am in the same boat too as on a DMP so no luxuries but we have to go through such to come out the other side.

Toto

Ok, first of all do a complete stocktake of every bit of food you have in the house already. Then go over to the OS board, list the items and watch in awe as the ladies over there come up with meal ideas which will feed the 5000. Do you have anything you could ebay? Sort through the house and list anything and everything you can. You'll be amazed at what people will buy. For all sorts of other bits, how about doing a car boot sale? Can you do any babysiting, ironing, odd jobs, cleaning for people? You could make up a leaflet and drop them through doors.

I think you'll sail through the month with a little bit of maximising what you have and offloading some of the stuff you don't need.

Frags

Artnoble, look slike we are gonna have to work together hey!!!
I cant not go to this awards ceremony because my partner has already paid for our accomodation, i think i can get away with a coke tonight but i dont have room for my brother, his girlfriend my Mum, my partner and me to have dinner at our place (we have the smallest flat in the world) also it may end up costing me more if i have them all to dinner, perhaps i should plead poverty with my brother and see if he will pay for my dinner lol!!!

Emmzi

I think the answer is you can *live* but you can't *socialise*

Car boot sale?

newmum1

I think you could try and invite your friends over and get them to each bring a bottle u provide the snacks - cheap own brands peanuts, crisps etc if you are going out to dinner with the family r they expecting u to pay for it for everybody?? as for the awards ceremony are u going down on the day or do u need to stayover is it local to u??

Lucie_2

Frags wrote: »

i think i can get away with a coke tonight

Go for lime & soda, it's cheaper! You can always say you're on antibiotics & can't drink if you don't want to admit to being skint.

shell_girl

Emmzi has got it spot on- you can easily live on £100 for a month but it probably won't stretch to luxuries/ socialising.

If it's any consolation it is possible to feed yourself (is it just you?) on less than a tenner a week with some savvy shopping and meal planning. I've been feeding myself and OH on less than £15 per week between us- and we've never eaten so well- simply because everything is made from scratch and we've had to really think about where our money is going.

The OS board is a great place to start looking for meal ideas. Work out how much money you need for petrol and do that first- you don't want to get to Nov 25th and not be able to get to work!

Re. the socialising aspect- best thing to do is be honest- especially with your family. If you haven't got it to spend then you haven't got it- I'm sure they would rather you told them rather than worrying and perhaps spending money you can't afford.

dsljfreeman

1. Meal plan with existing food stuff in your kitchen and only buy what you need, no treats or luxuries. Where do you do your shopping?
2. Fill your car with petrol, enough to last you the month
3. Whatever is left over split 3 ways, explain to friends that you only have x amount and have a few soft drinks instead of alcohol
4. Dinner with your brother, explain that again you only have x amount and try to eat within your budget, if your family are nice they will either treat you or pay the extra
5. Awards ceremony, what will you need money for? something to eat, drinks? Again you can only spend what you have.

Hope that helps xx