Walking Around Money, Mon-Fri

andym1 · 08-03-2013 12:00AM #1

50 euro is nothing compared to 50 a few years ago.
5/6 years ago a 50 would do me a full working week without going out on the razz or going to the ATM. I could put 20 petrol in the car and get a sambo at lunchtime, do the 2 euro lotto on a wednesday etc and maybe a sliced pan or milk on the way home or whatever.
How much ''Walking Around Money'' do you spend Monday to Friday ?
Going out is Different !

seb65 · 08-03-2013 12:01AM

about 100

Most of that is on coffee.

Felexicon · 08-03-2013 12:02AM

About three fiddy

efb · 08-03-2013 12:02AM

three fiddy

andym1 · 08-03-2013 12:03AM

seb65 wrote: »

about 100

Most of that is on coffee.

Do you sleep ?

08-03-2013 12:04AM

What's a few years ago? It would last me longer than it would have 6 years ago, most discretionary bits and pieces seem cheaper now.

El Guapo! · 08-03-2013 12:04AM

About 47 cents.

On a good week.

I'm poor.

KTRIC · 08-03-2013 12:05AM

About 30 i would think. I bring my lunch to work with me , so that'd be on coffee's and the odd scratch card, stuff like that.

RainMaker · 08-03-2013 12:05AM

El Guapo! wrote: »

About 47 cents.

On a good week.

I'm poor.

I threw at least 70 cents into your cup today!

Agricola · 08-03-2013 12:06AM

Impossible to say. Some weeks I could have the same pair of 20s in my wallet all week, another week I could have to spend multiples of that on freak unexpected expenditure like a new car battery or a cat manicure.

CianRyan · 08-03-2013 12:06AM

€50-€60 I'd say.
I get €144 a week, €30 for petrol, €50 into savings and the rest is fair game.

El Guapo! · 08-03-2013 12:06AM

RainMaker wrote: »

I threw at least 70 cents into your cup today!

There's a hole in the bottom. I can't even afford a new cup!

andym1 · 08-03-2013 12:10AM

CianRyan wrote: »

€50-€60 I'd say.
I get €144 a week, €30 for petrol, €50 into savings and the rest is fair game.

I assume somebody else is paying for the mundane boring stuff like shelter ,food, power etc ?

seb65 · 08-03-2013 12:12AM

andym1 wrote: »

Do you sleep ?

it relaxes me actually. Perhaps because i'm so addicted to it.

My name is URL · 08-03-2013 12:13AM

Fcuk.. some days I need to dive down the back of the sofa before leaving the house.

And that's not sexual innuendo either

CianRyan · 08-03-2013 12:15AM

andym1 wrote: »

I assume somebody else is paying for the mundane boring stuff like shelter ,food, power etc ?

That'd be my parents.
I do buy a fair bit of my own food though, I try to eat right and my parents eat a lot of food from jars. That all comes out of my €50-€60.

andym1 · 08-03-2013 12:20AM

CianRyan wrote: »

That'd be my parents.
I do buy a fair bit of my own food though, I try to eat right and my parents eat a lot of food from jars. That all comes out of my €50-€60.

Now I am curious ! ''My Parents eat a lot of food from jars'' ? Forget the original Question, you have me curious now...Spill the beans on the jar issue ?

PLEASE ! This could be a super thread !

CianRyan · 08-03-2013 12:23AM

andym1 wrote: »

Now I am curious ! ''My Parents eat a lot of food from jars'' ? Forget the original Question, you have me curious now...Spill the beans on the jar issue ?

Curries from jars, chilli from jars, etc. they're full of salt and fat and **** I don't need.
I still binge in take away and **** on the weekends but day to day I eat healthier and train. Trying to loose weight and staying on these ain't gonna help.

They're not eating baby food or anything.

Sarn · 08-03-2013 12:26AM

If I need to buy milk then €1.65, otherwise, on average a little over zero.

Saying that, I'd usually have anywhere between €20 - 100 in my wallet. I do most of my spending on Saturday and Sunday.

andym1 · 08-03-2013 12:32AM

CianRyan wrote: »

Curries from jars, chilli from jars, etc. they're full of salt and fat and **** I don't need.
I still binge in take away and **** on the weekends but day to day I eat healthier and train. Trying to loose weight and staying on these ain't gonna help.

They're not eating baby food or anything.

Ok Cian, Gotcha ! If you had to do your own weekly shop, what would YOU buy ?

andym1 · 08-03-2013 12:33AM

Sarn wrote: »

If I need to buy milk then €1.65, otherwise, on average a little over zero.

Saying that, I'd usually have anywhere between €20 - 100 in my wallet. I do most of my spending on Saturday and Sunday.

Coppers ?

Big Bottom · 08-03-2013 12:34AM

50 euro is a lot to a lot of people.

Some perspective here please?

CianRyan · 08-03-2013 12:42AM

andym1 wrote: »

Ok Cian, Gotcha ! If you had to do your own weekly shop, what would YOU buy ?

Lots of fruit, mangos, passion fruit, not just the usual as I get bored of it and end up not eating it. Loads of Bananas. Lean meats, sweet potatoes semi skimmed milk because fu grey water. Porridge, flax seeds.

I don't like this thinking stuff!
Really, I just go and buy what I think I need, I don't do one shop for the week. I'd go maybe 2 or 3 times.

uch · 08-03-2013 01:22AM

I'm a rich Civil servant, so HAHA

WoollyRedHat · 08-03-2013 01:26AM

About 10 euro

aquaman · 08-03-2013 01:33AM

andym1 wrote: »

How much ''Walking Around Money'' do you spend Monday to Friday

€10,000
Gator needs some walking around money

Esoteric_ · 08-03-2013 01:34AM

About 100 euro. Filters for my e-cig cost 15 euro, two coffees every day while in work (5 per day x 6 days = 30 euro), travel to and from work each day is around 30 euro, lunch twice a week (too busy to eat lunch, even if I bring it in, every other day) = 15 euro and about a tenner goes on stupid stuff like a magazine if I'm bored, or something like that.