Budget with me one week at a time

DFB35

Forgot to add I had £97 spent on cat and dog flee & worm treatments for 3 months and also bought dog food £28.

Basically my savings are gone, the plan is spend as little as I can while on holiday and then reasses the situation before deciding if I will sell some stuff to recoup costs. I sold a few items before but the ones left I really like and use everyday (jewellery and watch) so ideally don’t want to sell them. 

Anyway onwards and upwards. Into week 3

kimwp

Can you swap to a different GP? They shouldn't be acting in a way that make you reluctant to talk to them.

RelievedSheff

DFB35 said:

Forgot to add I had £97 spent on cat and dog flee & worm treatments for 3 months and also bought dog food £28.

Basically my savings are gone, the plan is spend as little as I can while on holiday and then reasses the situation before deciding if I will sell some stuff to recoup costs. I sold a few items before but the ones left I really like and use everyday (jewellery and watch) so ideally don’t want to sell them. 

Anyway onwards and upwards. Into week 3

Does your vets not offer a monthly pet plan to help spread the cost a little?

MFWannabe

DFB35 said:

Forgot to add I had £97 spent on cat and dog flee & worm treatments for 3 months and also bought dog food £28.

Basically my savings are gone, the plan is spend as little as I can while on holiday and then reasses the situation before deciding if I will sell some stuff to recoup costs. I sold a few items before but the ones left I really like and use everyday (jewellery and watch) so ideally don’t want to sell them. 

Anyway onwards and upwards. Into week 3

Pets do not need flea and worm treatment every month; we use a natural flea treatment which we just put on their food and the bag lasts ages
Wormer is not a preventative and only needs to be given if they actually have worms 

DFB35

A little round up of the week so far : misc 18.99, food for office lunches (and odd coffee) £30.30, travel £22.40. Total so far £71.69

Im planning a no spend day tomorrow and then im off. Also I am not doing food shop for the week ahead as im not here

Week 3 - £71.69
Week 4 - £100

Food shop 

Week 3 - £0
Week 4 - £100

DFB35

kimwp said:

Can you swap to a different GP? They shouldn't be acting in a way that make you reluctant to talk to them.

GP s are hard to come by in my area but also there is an element of self neglect as I know I need to revisit a few health issues but at the moment I feel I cannot face it and just plodding along. I will get round to it eventually Xx

DFB35

RelievedSheff said:

DFB35 said:

Forgot to add I had £97 spent on cat and dog flee & worm treatments for 3 months and also bought dog food £28.

Basically my savings are gone, the plan is spend as little as I can while on holiday and then reasses the situation before deciding if I will sell some stuff to recoup costs. I sold a few items before but the ones left I really like and use everyday (jewellery and watch) so ideally don’t want to sell them. 

Anyway onwards and upwards. Into week 3

Does your vets not offer a monthly pet plan to help spread the cost a little?

They do but I think you need to sign up when you first get the animal? I will investigate thank you xx

DFB35

MFWannabe said:

DFB35 said:

Forgot to add I had £97 spent on cat and dog flee & worm treatments for 3 months and also bought dog food £28.

Basically my savings are gone, the plan is spend as little as I can while on holiday and then reasses the situation before deciding if I will sell some stuff to recoup costs. I sold a few items before but the ones left I really like and use everyday (jewellery and watch) so ideally don’t want to sell them. 

Anyway onwards and upwards. Into week 3

Pets do not need flea and worm treatment every month; we use a natural flea treatment which we just put on their food and the bag lasts ages
Wormer is not a preventative and only needs to be given if they actually have worms 

Thank you for popping in, I will investigate this. However my cat developed a flea allergy when I didn’t keep on top of it and needed steroid injections so I’m kind of scared to try anything different than what vet suggests Xx

DFB35

Also I’ve pretty much made a decision to sell some jewellery to pay off the Amex card (800 ish plus more to be put on it due to holiday) 

I feel comfortable in my decision and will see if I can go to get it valued tomorrow 

Aimingforthegoodlife

Hi DFB35, I can completely understand needing to refocus from debt busting to just managing money. I have issues around my weight and stopped weighing for over 2 years as it would lead to a binge eating shame spiral. I am now able to weigh and even when the numbers go the wrong way, I just notice, nod and walk away. It is so important to notice triggers and try to eliminate/reduce these where possible! Love the new weekly budget, good luck!