toon williams

Well this has been a really really shit week for both of us, when it comes to money!! We are both really trying to pull in the belt and try to save a little for a rainy day in Oz type thing, but how the hell can you when this happens!!

Ok here goes Money spent from last Friday!!

Friday - Gas Bill came in £215.00
Friday - Electric Bill came in (Same day) £225.30
(Memo to self dont EVER let that man in the fluresent jacket in again as it is always followed by HUGE gas and electric bills!!)
Water Bill came in Monday £172.00
Phone BIll Came in Tuesday £145.00
Car Insurance due today (Wednesday) renewal was £575 now £348
Car Tax due today (no way can I do a year!!) £95.00
Little boys nurseryfees due Monday £185.00
Dishwasher broke Monday had to pay for a call out £149.90
Food shop for a week just done on Tesco online £144.00
Diesel in Car £39

If is bloody unreal, we have without adding up the cost of all the other "little" bits spent within the space of about 5 days £1718.20 :scared: :scared: on stuff we dont even bloody want!! We wouldnt mind paying that out if it was for our ticket to Oz, or a holiday or anything other than bloody bills, cars or breakdowns!!

Just wish those bloody numbers would come up on that bloody lottery!!

Vanessa

Yes but look on the bright side - no Council Tax or water bills for February and March is you have paid by DD

lor

Just wish those bloody numbers would come up on that bloody lottery!!

If they do can we have some ,because living on £56 a week job seekers is a real bummer !

Margaret2

Don't you pay things monthly

toon williams

Oh I just knew someone would say that!!!!!!! Obviously NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

skywalker

So, next month will be better!

Mrs JFW

Oh dear....just wait forl the red reminders come and pay then!

julesandco

If you think that's bad, just wait until you get here! Our moto for the move is now "Welcome to Australia - here's the bill".

What with housing, cars, school supplies, food (still expensive), boat (OK - choice, not necessity!), furniture and electricals that weren't being shipped, bed linen, kitchen utensils.......

The list is never ending. Everything chips away at the little nest egg we are due to live on for the next ? months!

Good luck. Keep writing those cheques and get yourself to bingo!

Jules

Mrs JFW

Things can't be all bad if you can choose to have a boat!

hawk2005

Just had my latest round of bills

Quarterly Council Tax $222
Bi Monthly Electric $61
Monthly BBand 1.5mb service $53
Monthly Phone $80
Car Tax (Anuual) $550
2 x kids annual school fees (state school) $380
Quarterly Water Bill $130


Got weekly meat shop at the organic butchers in Belgrave - $50
weekly fruit & veg at organic greengrocers in Kallista - $50

and last of all

Trip to Dan Murphys - $$$$$sss

Bordy

Dan Murphys in Boronia ? Is that for the Organic Beer ?

Superstar

Just what I was thinking...We all pay basically the same amount but it all depends how you budget for the bigger bills...

toon williams

To be honest the reason we dont pay monthly, is that we would rather hit it in one go, otherwise you are paying for the gas, electric etc etc EVERY month!! We like to feel that once it paid it is another 1/4 before we hear from the money grabbing w*****s again!!

I know this is possibly not the right way, and follwoing this month might now change our minds, they dont normally ALL come in together, but this month we think they all got together and hit he SEND BILL button at the same time!!

JackTheLad

This would be the "money grabbing wankers" that you freely chose to supply your electricity and phone line?

toon williams

Correct!! I freely choose them, still think they charge farrrrrr to much!!!