Personal Budget

[miss_s_b]

I've been doing mine. It's very depressing. Things like clothes and dentistry and new glasses come under can't afford this right now, which is very annoying because I really need a new bra. BUT I can make it balance, and still afford to go climbing with my dad and do Liberal Drinks once a month, as long as I am very very careful, and also save all my tips from work instead of drinking them. This is not going to be easy.

Still, Mat is doing paid work today, and we have a paid blog redesign project to do together, so there is light at the end of the tunnel...

Poll #1653 The Light at the end of the tunnel

Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 17

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The Light at the End of the Tunnel is

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salvation!
2 (11.8%)

daylight
4 (23.5%)

a flamethrower
3 (17.6%)

an oncoming train
6 (35.3%)

the eternal fires of hell
2 (11.8%)

SB should:

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go into the light!
10 (62.5%)

embrace the darkness
6 (37.5%)

Comments

[innerbrat]

I didn't mean it to sound like you should get yourself incinerated, just that flamethrowers are fun, so you should light your own and join the party.

Also, if you need glasses, for Earth's sake, woman, get you to an online glasses store.

[missdiane.livejournal.com]

Also, if you need glasses, for Earth's sake, woman, get you to an online glasses store

This. I love my prescription sunglasses that I got for $30 that also corrects for astigmatism.

[miss_s_b]

I haven't had a test for three years and my prescription changes a lot. A test is a week's food budget.

[jamie77]

What opticians do you have in Bridghouse?

[miss_s_b]

Several. Moorhouses, Specsavers, and three independent ones. None of them less than £16.95 for a test.

[jamie77]

''Several. Moorhouses, Specsavers and several independent ones. None of them less than £16.95 for a test.''

Ah, I see - it is just I had a Free Eye Test voucher for D&A lying about somewhere.

[miss_s_b]

There's a D&A in Huddersfield...

[(Anonymous)]

Have you tried on some of the library-lady reading specs on the rack in Boots? Still about £15-20 but at least you'll be able to see if they work first. They go from "can't quite see bus numbers without squinting" to "frequently try to hail lorries". I can't have them cos I got a stigmata or whatever it's called. But if you haven't they're fine. They just won't be as precise as a prescription.

[fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com]

That I was, Mortimer.

*bumps into tree*

[miss_s_b]

They don't do them strong enough for me. The main cost of glasses for me is the lenses; f'r'instance, I was looking at these, which are very me. And £35 is not massively expensive. But the lenses I need to not look like this would add another £79...

[innerbrat]

I've sent you a PM.

[miss_s_b]

I've replied to it :P

[jamie77]

The light at the end of the tunnel is...

...all of the above, one or none.

If it was a flamethrower, could not one sue? Clearly, litigation on the grounds of being endangered by a metaphorical flamethrower is clearly something of a stretch but you never know.

But yes, the absence of cash does suck somewhat.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm glad you can make your bra balance...

[telegramsam]

She's a multi-talented woman! =D

[scarier.wordpress.com]

"...then it comes to be that the soothing light
at the end of your tunnel
it's just a freight train comin' your way..."

Ahem. No. Bad Andy, being depressing.

I predict that it is, in fact... a giant glowing happy cloud. Or something.

[fabulousblueporcupine.wordpress.com]

On the bra thing, I have often wondered whether we're not all being conned there. What difference does underwiring actually make to support? It should be possible to make something supporting out of handkerchiefs, shouldn't it? Or possibly, in our case, sailcloth.

[miss_s_b]

Did you ever watch that series where two geeky men went into an industry fresh and tried to improve their core product? It was on channel 4 and it was called something like So-and-so and thingy Build a Better... . They did bras one episode. Or rather they didn't. They declared that it was the most difficult engineering project they had ever done, and their final "better bra" was sold by Charnos for a while, but it was universally panned.