New job - money worries?

Cherry Blossom

Just wondering if anyone has any ideas how I can tide myself over for the next month?

I finished a year long FAS course in May, I had to pay out thousands for equipment and exams, Fas were supposed to re-imburse me with these costs but never did after spending a year trying to get it from them. My credit card is maxed out and I'm on the breadline. I start a new job tomorrow and won't get paid till the end of the month. The bank have let me defer my loan repayments for a month, but other than this I currently have €120 and half a tank of petrol to my name. The company might be willing to give me an advance after a few weeks but I'm not sure how much etc.

Anyone have any other ideas or has anyone been in a similar situation. I'd be happy enough with enough food and petrol to keep me going. :rolleyes:

RedXIV

well if your getting paid at the end of the month could someone loan you a little bit? you could probably buy more than enough food with the €120, how about car pooling to work?

I've seen a thread somewhere in Personal Issues forum about making money stretch and someone was feeding themselves with €30 a MONTH!. It's def feasible. Petrol is the one thing I'd be worried about i suppose?

Cherry Blossom

I can always rob food from my mother and it wouldn't be the first time I just lived on beans, toast and bananas . It's petrol is the main one, I live in the middle of nowhere and 10 miles to work, car pooling isn't an option, neither is public transport as there isn't any:rolleyes:. If I'm really stuck someone will help me out, a lot of my family aren't much better off though in fairness to them. Thinking about going round the house collecting things for the car boot sale :pac:

NinjaTruncs

Could you cycle to work? even the odd day, 10 miles isn't that long of a cycle and it would seriously cut down on your petrol needs.

RedXIV

NinjaTruncs wrote: »

Could you cycle to work? even the odd day, 10 miles isn't that long of a cycle and it would seriously cut down on your petrol needs.

10 miles is alot to someone who doesn't cycle.

lifts with other people would seem like your best option, even if they are few and far between. just thinking though, if you split it up, 60 for food and 60 for petrol, and you're only driving 20 miles a day, you SHOULD be able to pull that off as long as you're not doing anything else

gollem_1975

credit union loan ?

JJJJNR

10 miles ? if you can't borrow a bike, just walk,run,thumb. 120 euros should be able to last till the end of the month, just buy 4 huge bags of pasta from tesco/dunnes, 8 jars of the cheapest pasta sauce, some tomato puree and a bottle of cheap red wine.. sparkle the sauce up. loads of porridge, lidl frozen veg, lidl bread X 4 to freeze. Only take out what you need, cheap cheese for sambos.

ted1

if he needs the tools i doubt a bike is an option.

Cherry Blossom

She Have cycled before when I was at college in England. Wouldn't chance it all as part of the road is very dangerous, same for waking, thumbing. Have done it in the past when I had no sence. Saw ppl walking that road the other day and rembered thinking they must be on a death wish. I now have €75, a full tank of petrol n enough cheep food for about 2 weeks so I think it'll be grand. Think I can manage a lift with someone from about half way so the petrol should probably last at that. At least when I've no access to spends I can't spend it and avoid the same problem next month:rolleyes: Good thing I've a decent sence of humor

Denerick

75 euro should be enough for a month if you only have to worry about feeding yourself. You can defer and put off paying the bills till you get paid and be very prudent with your car, only use it for getting to and from work and that full tank might just last you the whole month!

You can live on 5 euro per week on food; drink nothing but tapwater, buy big bags of rice and the occasional chicken breast (2 pieces for 2.50 providing enough basic protein for a week) Granted the food will be terrible and you will feel like an anorexic girl for a month...

Just compare yourself to how a family in Burma get on, and mimic that. Its tough but you'll also lose a couple of pounds in the process

I once got through a very rough month in college by spending only 80 euros (For the whole month!) You can do it...

Cherry Blossom

Loads of hi-carb stuff it is! Might send all the horses off work on a months holiday, it'll only be wasting valuable calories exercising them lol !!!

gollem_1975

adrenalinjunkie wrote: »

Loads of hi-carb stuff it is! Might send all the horses off work on a months holiday, it'll only be wasting valuable calories exercising them lol !!!

horses ?

why don't you ride into work.. tie them outside your place of employment like they do in the cowboy films

Cherry Blossom

gollem_1975 wrote: »

horses ?

why don't you ride into work.. tie them outside your place of employment like they do in the cowboy films

As much as I'd love too , I can't see them being too happy tied up in the carpark for 9 hours, they wouldn't last an hour without being stolen or someone ringing the RSPCA. Not to mention they'd take some look at me :pac: