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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Your personal international credit crunch.
I've gone through my finances and stuff this weekend, and I can't work out how I spend so much every day.

This month I'm going to take out a cirtain amount every day, and that has to pay for any day-to-day stuff. It's quite a bit of money, I think, I'm sure it's more than what I usually spend, but I must spend more to be barrasic at the end of the month.


Anyway, LUNCH TIME, dry rice curry with chicken yakatori
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:07, 142 replies, latest was 15 years ago)
Erm...............................buying lunch every day must make a dent in your cash flow.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:12, Reply)
I donno, I tend to eat for about £5 on average for lunch.
Although tomo I'm bringing in sandwiches as I got stuff to use up.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:15, Reply)
That's £25 per week.
You could probably get that down to a tenner with some careful planning and making your own.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:20, Reply)
get that down to a tenner?
Does he have to buy a single salad box and make it last?
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:23, Reply)
Stick a bit of tuna in it and bobs your uncle.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:24, Reply)
£25/week, for lunch, doesn't seem like a lot to me.
That's all my lunch meals paid for, fo a X hour's work.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:26, Reply)
Do you do snacking?
Or buy drinks during the day?
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:30, Reply)
Don't really snack, I tend to have a couple of cans of energy drink.
well, three or four cans.... if you count a 24 hour period
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:34, Reply)
And how much do you spend on your weekly shopping?
Or do you go out every weekend and get wasted?
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:37, Reply)
Haven't been wasted since last christmas eve.
I donno really, I just buy stuff and stuff appears.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:40, Reply)
Yeah
Maybe it's all those gadgets and stuff and ipads and that. That'd explain.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:50, Reply)
even energy drinks add up
Relentless is two for £2.00 at the moment. That's £4 a day extra if you have four. And that's the cheaper stuff, Red bull costs more
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:20, Reply)
I was going to say that.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:15, Reply)
When I was living on my tod
I opened up a second current account and transferred all my direct debits to that one. Then I knew that the rest was disposable income/food. I found it kept me right.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:14, Reply)
That sounds like a good one.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:18, Reply)
I am too sensible for my own good sometimes.
But this definitely worked for me. Now, it's the missus old account that pays for most of the bills that were in her name anyway when I moved in.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:23, Reply)
I have a spreadsheet to keep track
/psychochomp

I'm not having lunch til three. Current boy doesn't finish lectures til two and we're going out for lunch. Gah, I'm hungry NOW.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:16, Reply)
Doesn't finish lectures 'till two? That's well out of order, and do you remember that thing he did the other week that he thought you didn't notice but you did?....
It's all adding up, I'd dump him if I was yo.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:19, Reply)
He's nearing on four weeks, which is pretty impressive for me.
He's obviously doing something right.
And he did take me to my favourite restaurant last week. Since I came to uni, no less than SIX boys have faithfully promised to take me there. Before last week, the only person that had was my dad. So sorry gonz, don't think I'll be dumping him just yet.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:22, Reply)
Deffo no good, no good at all.
He reminds you of your father which means you'll turn into your mother.

That's what girls hate, innit? turning into their own mothers?
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:36, Reply)
He's nothing like my dad.
If my sister or I start to turn into our mother, we have a pact that the other with stage an intervention.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:57, Reply)
Both have taken you to the same resturant, it's the begining of the end, best jump before you're pushed.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:05, Reply)
'Current' boy? Sounds a little temporary!

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:22, Reply)
See reply to gonz
Also, I'm calling him that cos I couldn't be arsed thinking up a code name.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:24, Reply)
How about just 'the boy', 'the bloke' or 'boyfriend'?

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:25, Reply)
First two are too generic,
I like to be able to distinguish. And he's not my boyfriend.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:28, Reply)
What would make him your boyfriend?
Tell us something about him, so we can brand him with a suitably derogatory-yet-identifying moniker or acronym.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:30, Reply)
I would have to admit that I'd accidentally gotten into a relationship
Which I am not willing to do.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:32, Reply)
Yet
Unless you tell us more, he's now to be known as 'Imaginary'.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:35, Reply)
Ever.
Well, at least for a very long time.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:39, Reply)
I'm impressed
You're a greater commitment-phobe than I am.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:40, Reply)
I am the Queen of the Commitmaphobes

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:43, Reply)
For me it's a combination of liking my own space
And not finding a woman who ticks every single petty criteria i require
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:45, Reply)
For me, it's these things and others.
I see life like a buffet. You don't load your plate with one type of food and have done with it, you take little bits here and there and have them and the same time, then go back and have something different.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:47, Reply)
At my age, most of the good stuff at the buffet table has gone
I am finding myself being more shallow in what I look for though, so that's not helping!
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:50, Reply)
Oh Lordy, a thousand times this
all of my friends are getting married, and I'm now single and even more picky than ever.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:00, Reply)
they'll all be getting divorced in a couple of years

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:07, Reply)
Same here for sure
But I'm also not looking for anything, just idly keeping an eye out for any that fit the bill.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:08, Reply)
What's on the bill?

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:10, Reply)
It's not fully thought out
But 'supremely hot', 'preferably alternative' and 'mentally sound' are on there.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:16, Reply)
Good luck with that : /

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:17, Reply)
True dat
But I'm not fussed, very happy by myself!
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:21, Reply)
*sings*
I've got all the time in the world : )
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:25, Reply)
Hello!

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:20, Reply)
Haha!
Your modesty knows no bounds young lady.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:21, Reply)
I'm only joking.
I don't really think I'm quite mentally sound.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:23, Reply)
1 out of 3's not bad I suppose

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:22, Reply)
You accidentally pressed "1" instead of "3".

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:24, Reply)
i'd like one that would pay the bill

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:10, Reply)
Well sure, I'm not on the prowl or owt
But there's certainly nothing wrong with windowshopping! I despair of actually finding anyone in the wilds of Brum, however - not least because I'd rather self immolate than have sex with someone who has a midlands accent.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:12, Reply)
Hahah!

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:12, Reply)
Yes, bad accent is a deal breaker!

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:19, Reply)
I will happily admit
that my accent, whilst not terrible, is not that attractive either. BUT - can you imagine having sex with someone from DUDloi who kept saying your name? Eugh! Even the thought of it makes me want to vomit.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:30, Reply)
"Y'alroight pet?"
"You fancoi bein' taken from be'oind?"
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:33, Reply)
*shudders*
No. Just please, no.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:34, Reply)
"Oh, dat's jus' roight dat is"
"Nao, j'ya wan' it on yao face or in yao 'air?"
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:36, Reply)
Did you play Groupie #3
In the film Slade in Flame?
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:37, Reply)
That's what ballgags were invented for.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:33, Reply)
oh whatevs
You're one of those people who define themselves by their relationship status and as such will probably end up going out with a progression of more and more self centred airhead dollies until you realise that somewhere down the line you started hitting the booze so bad you ended up married with three kids and now the dollie is more sumo and the yelling won't stop and the kids resent you and you hate yourself
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:12, Reply)
That's a frightening vision
But thankfully far from accurate. I've never defined myself by my relationship status.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:14, Reply)
If you say so darling

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:17, Reply)
Yes, Ms Passive Aggresion
I do say so.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:22, Reply)
Doesn't help that you have a stupid face

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:03, Reply)
So very true

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:07, Reply)
Try getting to my age and never having a relationship last longer than a year.
I am the Queen of the commitmaphobes. Bow down before me and be in awe of my inability to stick with it.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:48, Reply)
six months is my longest
but it should've ended at three months
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:23, Reply)
Even Monty had to fess up eventually when he got together with current squeeze.
You should do the same.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:40, Reply)
hes welsh

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:33, Reply)
Thank you Stalky McStalkerton

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:34, Reply)
You know I'd do anything for ewe.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:35, Reply)
You're a baaaaad man.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:38, Reply)
Eugh, not much to work with there then
Could go for the stereotypical sheep-shagging 'jokes', but that'd be lazy. I'm leaning more towards calling him Racquel.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:39, Reply)
I could write a brief opinion of him
formed from a couple of posts that came up on my news feed.
but that's not a good idea.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:43, Reply)
I'd rather you didn't thanks.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:50, Reply)
I guessed as much.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:52, Reply)
Gaz me it.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:53, Reply)
hahaha, no.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:55, Reply)
pleeeeeeease

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:58, Reply)
Nope, that won't work on me.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:59, Reply)
Oh come on.
I think I know what you're going to say anyway. Prove me wrong. I know you love doing that.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:01, Reply)
This one isn't ginger or French?

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:25, Reply)
NEITHER
I'm going up in the world.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:27, Reply)
Either that or he's made from dried fruit.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:24, Reply)
Stop copying me.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:25, Reply)
You're just jealous because I was quicker than you.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:26, Reply)
Or he's a strong pull in water

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:27, Reply)
Either way, there has to be a raisin for it.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:29, Reply)
He's called that
because his bollocks are the size of currants.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:24, Reply)
Ah, but Monty that would mean I'd made a spelling mistake.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:25, Reply)
I'm so proud
I hope it calculates the interest accrued/chargedandhasadynamiccalendafunctiontomakesurepaymentsgooutontheprecideingworkdaynotatweekends
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:30, Reply)
Erm
No. Just how much I spend each day totalled up at the end of the week and term. And what I'm spending on the internet and how much birthday money I have left.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:35, Reply)
You should catergorise your spending then draw graphs about it.
It's fun.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:44, Reply)
Mmm, nah.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:48, Reply)
God you're so boring.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:52, Reply)
our staff restaurant is looking like the best bet today
i normally avoid it, not that there's anything wrong with the food, except that i don't usually have a cooked lunch, makes me fall asleep. but it's so feckin freezing outside that i can't face walking even three steps across the square!
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:23, Reply)
I want some of your lunch, kthxbai
I'm hoping to get a lot of extra cash
as I am geniunely trying to stop drinking
forever
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:24, Reply)
Good going.
I for one applaud you. Nothing wrong with a little abstinance now and then.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:42, Reply)
Thanks, love.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:47, Reply)
I read that as absinthe

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:51, Reply)
yeurgh

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:53, Reply)
I read that as absinthe

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:51, Reply)
I wonder what sportscow read that as.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:08, Reply)
Absinthe,
I fucking told you twice
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:20, Reply)
Levi Roots Reggae Reggae Pasta Chicken
I should really go out and get some actual ingredients.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:34, Reply)
I'm hsving that tonight. nom nom.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:45, Reply)
They are very tasty
but now that I cook I always feel rather lazy when I fall back on a ready meal.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:50, Reply)
I bought a few the other day ecpexting to be snowed in but gonna have one anyway
they are tasty
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:52, Reply)
I have got no idea how I get through all of my money
I'm now getting nearly 500 quid more a month than I was eighteen months ago and yet Im still bouncing off my overdraft every month. This is despite my outgoings not really increasing.

I'm going to have to do a DG and get a second bank account for bills, I think. It's retarded. On paper I have got plenty of cash to pay for everything, have a good standard of living and to put some away. Somehow it doesn't seem to work out like that. I haven't bought any clothes in ages and when I do buy stuff, I spend ages searching for the best deal etc.

It's very annoying.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:42, Reply)
man I'm stoned and I'm going to the gym in a minute. Stupid early lectures!

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:43, Reply)
Exercise a bit of restraint, then.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:46, Reply)
Now that is something to work on.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:47, Reply)
As many have said above, £5 a day for lunch is a lot to spend
We probably spend well over £100 a week on food in our house but we are crap with buying stuff and forgetting about it.

I have my awesome chicken soup for lunch today with pancetta, roasted peppers and pulses in it. All home made with home made chicken stock too. I am most pleased with it and this has probably cost a fiver to make but will last at least three days.

I do not have any pesto though so I cannot test the rachelswipe soup seasoning method :o(
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:50, Reply)
don't get me on how much lunch costs around here again
i don't need any more sermons from father holier-water-than-thou about it!

you must try the pesto though, seriously...
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:55, Reply)
I do not wish to discuss money.

Thank you.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:54, Reply)
Pah! it will all sort itself out eventually.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:58, Reply)
It's precisely that cavalier attitude that has led to my current predicament.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:21, Reply)
Considering the options open to you to sort it out.
From what you tell us it's the only thing you have.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:23, Reply)
Virgin One Accounts FTW!

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:28, Reply)
Have you factored in all the smokes dear Gonz they soon mount up
And all the sushi. And the random magazines.

On days I don't buy cigarettes I spend £0. Food is over rated
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 13:58, Reply)
Please stop murdering yourself with legal drugs.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:09, Reply)
No. Fuck off

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:13, Reply)
Carry on

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:26, Reply)
TGB, pictured earlier today

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:32, Reply)
I have no idea where my money goes
I think possibly there may have been some fraudelent transactions I didn't spot, so I'll look through my statement very carefully this month. About a hundred pounds feels like it is missing. I spend three pounds a day on superfluous food and twenty pounds every now and then on a larger shop. I've really regulated myself with clothes buying etc, but just random purchases add up to so much
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:26, Reply)
Ugh, don't they?
I went out and frittered about £100 at the weekend and I've barely anything to show for it (although I did get a nice pair of boots) Sad fucking times :(
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:44, Reply)
I spent quite a lot last night
and I was fucking stupid. I bought a couple of things at Beyond Retro and left them in the pub! I am really annoyed about it
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:55, Reply)
Oh no!
Have you tried ringing the pub? Maybe someone will have handed it in...
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:57, Reply)
I was probably a drunken mess
and it's a London pub. Even if they found it they won't post it to me. Fuckers
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 15:00, Reply)
No, but I'm sure
Lampito or Crow would be happy to go and pick it up for you and hold on to it til you're next in London...
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 15:03, Reply)
I will go this evening if required.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 15:12, Reply)
That's very kind of you
alas I phoned the Porterhouse and they haven't had anything handed in. What was the name of the other pub? Though I rather think it's probably just been taken. It was a rather nice hat after all.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 15:19, Reply)
The Coal Pit
And it's on my way home...
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 15:30, Reply)
just phoning them now to check :)
edit: no, they don't have it either. Bugger
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 15:39, Reply)
Kidney beans, tuna, tomato sauce and mushrooms. It's mega.
No Innocent Veg pot for the first time in yonks. Won't be able to have any more for a while either. Not good.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:40, Reply)
have you been banned from Tescos then?

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 15:21, Reply)
No, but they were onto me yesterday (still too smart to actually get caught) so I'm going elsewhere for a while.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 15:23, Reply)
On another note
I just sat on my flatmate's engineering project. He'll be pleased about that, no doubt.
(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:48, Reply)
Unless he engineered a chair

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:49, Reply)
He'll probably go out and call Jonas Gutierrez "Fish-face".

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 14:52, Reply)
He lives in Durham so I doubt it.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 15:16, Reply)
Your flatmate clearly lacks the commitment needed to be an internet tough guy.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 15:23, Reply)
Any second now two people will start threads.

(, Mon 29 Nov 2010, 15:28, Reply)

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