Are YOU boring?

thepinklady

I am a bit boring at the moment when it comes to money, but I'd rather be boring for a year and pay off my debt (£2.5K) then be wasteing more money and adding to my debt.

Since joining this website I've realised the true value of money and won't go chucking money away on things I don't really need.

When my debt is paid off (hopefully in July 2008) I'll be a bit less boring when it comes to money but I will always try and hunt for bargains and won't ever pay full price again, not when so many discount codes around. I'll also still do Pigsback as i love that site.

I do think sometimes that you only live once and to leave myself skint every month making overpayments I'd rather be having fun, buying nice clothes etc, then I suddenly wake up and realise If i work hard for a year without any luxury items in 7 months time I can relax and save for my first property!!!!

boredofbeingathome

Well obviously with a name like mine- so am i too!! OH would rather spend than save, but was rather chuffed this month when he realised xmas was paid for -no credit, and that he could actually afford to go on his works do and get a taxi back. all thanks to MSE and ideas gleaned from here, he even went shopping with me in tesco's last night to catch late bargains, and refused to pay prices which were not as comparable as netto, or aldi- so he is learning. Boring and proud and i keep spreading the message about the web site to anyone who'll listen.

Skint_Catt

Yes I'm boring and I'm bored cause while I go around turning down the heating, outting extra clothes on and shopping around frantically for cheaper prices for my xmas presents, OH is sitting in a T-shirt putting the expensive fan heater on with the door to the freezing hall wide open (the front door is draughty) and swanning around buying things for himself.
I want to go out together and have fun, but I can't afford my 'half' or a share of the expenses, so a Tesco DVD postal rental or nowt at the mo.

I'm sick of doing everything in the house on my own as well as working full time, sick of shopping for everyone for everyone else (OH for Mum and Dad, Dad for Mum, Mum for OH, OH for his family) and sick of thinking about money.

Rant over. I'm off to hibernate until 1 January 2008. :hello:

redsquirrel80

Thankfully I work with a few people who are just as obsessed with saving/ bargains as I am - I do think some of my friends get bored with it though, and my OH thinks I need to 'relax' about money and stop going on about it (our finances are completely seperate though - luckily!)

MiasMommy

I totally agree with what you guys have said, I feel like I try so hard to help my future but everyone just shoots you down. Ive also promoted MSE to people on the bus lol.
I bet you those people criticising us now will be the new DFW in a few years time, if only they listened.

Scarlett.1974

<stands up>

Hello, my name is Scarlett and I am a total and utter money bore.

<sits down>

I am obsessed :rotfl: I check my online banking every day without fail. I know, to the penny, exactly how much is in all of our accounts and I have been christened by my friend "The Queen of Mean" because I refuse to pay full price for anything unless I absolutely have to. I bore H on a daily basis about my latest bargain (amazon at the moment - some brilliant reductions, have started shopping for next xmas - all with cash ) but realised this morning that I might end up actually boring him to death when I said "do you want to hear of today's mega-buy?" (all excited I was) and he replied "don't tell me, reduced by 99% and buy 1 get 10 free?".

Humph.

I am PROUD to be a money bore. The looks of glazed over boredom from friends and family? I'll get used to those :rotfl:

hbl_2

Scarlett I can relate to that. I like to spreadsheet the hell out my budgets. I never follow them to the letter, it's more of a rough guide anyway, as long as I spend less than I earn (not the case this month, about £100 out, but hoping Xmas bonus will cover that so I'll be ok next month).

The only thing I like more than doing it is talking about it, and paying off my grad loan (this coming friday) has earned me some serious bragging rights. I think my friend will like me better when I was just paying the thing off.

Nobody likes a !!!!!!, especially a smugarse.

hbl_2

hbl wrote: »

I think my friend will like me better when I was just paying the thing off.

Er, friend singular? Boo hoo.

Scarlett.1974

hbl wrote: »

Scarlett I can relate to that. I like to spreadsheet the hell out my budgets. I never follow them to the letter, it's more of a rough guide anyway, as long as I spend less than I earn (not the case this month, about £100 out, but hoping Xmas bonus will cover that so I'll be ok next month).

The only thing I like more than doing it is talking about it, and paying off my grad loan (this coming friday) has earned me some serious bragging rights. I think my friend will like me better when I was just paying the thing off.

Nobody likes a !!!!!!, especially a smugarse.

Good for you for paying off your loan this week, you deserve to be a little bit smug about that

misspixierocktastic

yup 24 and majorly boring that would be me :-)
My mum bless her gets annoyed with me spouting about mse but who's smiling when my surveys add up and my vouchers arrive and all my freebies come in saving us money eh mwahahahahaha :-)