Everyday to get to the train station, which by the way is about a 10 minute walk, I pass 4 people whom are homeless and selling The Big Issue. They seem so nice and I feel so bad that I can't spare the money to give them. One man always calls me princess, and a lady now wishes Merry Christmas to passers by, and every time I walk past I feel so guilty.
Even if I could spare some money, I would still feel guilty when I passed the next, I would have to give my change to each and every person, and every day!
Unfortunately, due to being so low on funds, I can't spare the £2 (I think) for even one Big Issue, or I would. Truth is, I won't even buy lunch most days because I am on such a tight budget, and when I do buy myself something to eat at uni, I never spend more than £1!
My money situation is pretty horrific at the moment, I am quite looking forward to finishing my degree in Spring as I can finally get a full time job. Me and James recently were faced with an overuse bill for our internet, in which we have racked up about £200 in the last 2 months, which really terrifies me. Thankfully as James is so lovely he has offered to pay my half for me, and I am paying him back in installments. Last couple of weeks I have even been skipping uni to save the train fare, so I could afford to buy James and birthday and Christmas present, and still feel guilty as I can't spend as much on him as I usually would. To make matters worse, my travel expenses from the last internship I did have not been paid to me, and even though this was promised, its 3 months now and they will not return my emails. So that is £70 I won't see again. When back here for the New Year I am desperately going to need to find a weekend job, otherwise I can't see myself lasting on the money I have until Spring.
Money is so difficult :( I struggle quite a lot too, not being able to work. Selling things online has helped me out a lot!! Do you have anything you could sell? xxx
ReplyDeleteI know how you feel, and with art being such an expensive degree to be doing (and especially printing with multiples all the time!) I've been scrimping and saving to try and get a little bit of money together for Christmas and both of my sisters birthdays which are just before Christmas too, so much to get so little money! :( it's all worth it though don't forget that part, even though we have so little money at the moment, I'm sure you agree, I don't regret doing this degree one little bit xx
ReplyDeletei completely know where u r coming from. last year and the year before i lived in bham and it was a struggle to budget for everything. thankfully im staying at home this year and it's much easier for me but i do feel your pain. it's annoying that everything seems so expensive as well - prices keep going up but we don't get any more money. hopefully the hard times will be overshadowed by the more fortunate times when u graduate :) money isn't the b all and end all tho. if u feel u r struggling with presents for friends and family - a christmas card is usually enough as everyone appreciates times are hard :)
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