Also have to order and pay for firewood for the woodburners, my only form of heating. alters. … My Money (World) has 739 members. (This is not the same as a year of income.) I left work at 5 and walked to the Sainsbury's near my house to do an attempt at a weekly shop. The recipe for these was from BBC good food. Listen to more on making money as a mum on Money Box on BBC Sounds. .css-14iz86j-BoldText{font-weight:bold;}My Money is a series looking at how people spend their money - and the sometimes tough decisions they have to make. About; Search for: Tag Archives: BBC France vs England live. your money. Best 0% APR Balance Transfer Credit Cards – January 2021 (Updated) More 2 14/11/99 More 2 14/11/99. 'My dream flat left me with a £20,000 repair bill' Card shops in England have had to shut in lockdown, yet people still want to connect at Christmas. Today I spent £33.22 which should keep me going for a few days, £16 of this was on a litre of gin for the sloe gin (which was reduced from £20). The supermarket one-way system is still a challenge and I've had to go around again, just too many times, never seem to learn from my mistakes. ', My Money: 'Our alternative quarantine holiday', My Money: 'With love on my side, I can get through today', My Money: 'People have started leaving their houses again', Dutch government quits over welfare fraud scandal. Produced, filmed and edited by: Eleanor Layhe. The app offers the BBC News Channel streamed live in the Video tab, social features and personalisation so you can re-order the news topics to suit your interests. We walked to the train station and got on a train to Keynsham (near to the pumpkin patch) which only took about 10 minutes and cost £3.70 for a return with a 16-25 railcard. There was also a good array of sweet items, a highlight was the raspberry and lemon Battenberg. I made leek and potato soup for dinner using a recipe from the Guardian which involved baking the potatoes first and adding the skins to the soup too, which worked really well and it tasted great with some nice crusty bread (the soup is about 40p per serving not including the bread). The Financial Conduct Authority has also dropped proposals to restrict exit fees paid by investors. My Money is a series looking at how people spend their money - and the sometimes tough decisions they have to make. How we earn a living, our feelings about our work, our hopes for the future and our worries about what might hold us back, this is a space where we want to get a conversation going. Look, I'm a well-known BBC fanboy, ex-employee and sometime consultant for the Corporation, but I'm spitting teeth with fury that the BBC stole my money and is making me work hard to get it back. 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While I made breakfast my boyfriend, Ben, made us both a cheese and tomato sandwich for us to take to work, along with an apple and satsuma for lunch (this lunch costs about £1). I managed to wait until 12 to eat this, mid-morning curry didn't really appeal to me! A BBC investigation has found that some people have been left with huge debts and escalating costs after buying homes through the government's shared ownership scheme. Washed down by real coffee. More blogs from the BBC's My Money Series: We're looking for more people to share what they spend their money on. Specialist greengrocers to buy large trays of whatever is in season is not necessary this week (it's nectarines, peaches, greengages, apricots, strawberries and melons, so quite a choice) as I have blackberries and plums. He asked me to buy some limes on my way to his, which cost 70p, but I didn't pay anything else towards the meal. I take a peculiar delight and pride in economising on my labour and cleaning materials. Lack of self-control with crisps runs in my family on my dad's side. We have a bake-off sweepstake at work, everyone who wanted to take part was assigned a contestant and when your contestant gets kicked out, you bake for the group. A potluck is a great cheap way of trying food from different cultures as the only cost is what you spend on ingredients for the food you bring along. The septic tank is sensitive to disinfectant and bleach which will kill that chemical process so I have good reason. I didn't buy anything, I was just there for a second opinion, but she bought a lot of furniture from second hand/antique shops which looked very good quality and much more affordable than buying new. Dinner. My colleague had an open bag of coriander and lime Poppadom Sensations, which are my absolute favourite crisps. I didn't go out for any meals or drinks or buy anything particularly expensive, maybe I should treat myself next week. For dinner I cooked homemade pasta with Ben. Search. Porridge with banana and whatever dairy-free milk is on offer is a staple breakfast for me and costs about 40p per serving (not including the raspberries or chia seeds). This came to £12.50, and I'm hoping the sloe gin will be a good Christmas gift for family and friends. 10 min boil in the bag rice with fresh fish (a treat in the summer season), paté and bread with home-grown tomatoes and salad. Our goal is to always have a full year of expenses in cash equivalents as our “emergency” fund. The 'cashless society' is predicted to arrive by 2050. He shops at Lidl as well as French chain supermarkets together with open-air markets. The idyllic life in rural, south western France is breathtakingly wonderful and I never forget how lucky I am. 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