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[lizbeth_r9]

I've started keeping track of everything I spend and budgeting. It really takes the fun out of eating junk food :(

Good news for me though- I went to the dentists this morning for the first time in at least a decade, and he said my teeth were fine :) I had some concerns that there would be problems that I should have dealt with years ago.

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[egrek]

interesting, how do you keep track of it all?

(I'm a friend of friend randomly found you by your NODDSOC post before getting scared! ;D)

Just I've never met anyone else who tracekd things on a budget! (I blame me travelling!)

[lizbeth_r9]

Simply...

Bored at work + access to excel + way too much debt.

I have a table for my direct debits, and a table for my regular out goings (linked to pivot tables so I can be more precise than I want to than the broad labels like ‘food’ that I have in there).

I get a salary and keep track of what I can claim back from work (travel expenses for meetings etc). Having budgeted for my 'regular out goings', I can see how much I could save each month- and how much I have so far.

This is my first month, but I really need to stick to it. I end up travelling a lot too- it's shocking how much you end up spending on things like taxis (too tired after the train) and satisfying the travel munchies!

Can I ask where you got your lj name from?

[egrek]

So do you work out what you get.
What you SHOULD spend it on (and what should be saved)
And then what you do spend it on?

I have a record of my spendings, but the budget idea was lost a good 8 months back! :)

And if not for mad weekends of mass spending, I'd try doing it again...
It's always nice to knwo how much money I have, had and the difference a little care can make!

for me, drinks, meals and friends are the big spenders, at least a 1/3 my salary a month!

My name I made up many a yoor ago.

[lizbeth_r9]

One week in and so far I think I’ll make it under budget! Especially if it stays too cold to go out L

Your name was making me think of a letter from the French alphabet and a sound that the pipes make on Red Dwarf. But I’m still sure it was a characters name in a book I’ve read at some point- but then I suppose most name like sounds have been used for a character in a book at some point.

[egrek]

I have been told:
1. Hungarian for mouse (or very close depending on wo you ask - so maybe it's an accent thing?)
2. French grammatical thing
3. Name from person in book? - Never heard that one before! Tell more!
4. Red dwarf pipe music - NOW I'VE GOTTA GO FIND THAT EPISODE! DO YOU REALISE THAT! But I don't think it was one, or I would have picked it up when I saw it.

:D

[egrek]

oooh so what was your budget this week and what you spent?

me interested.

[lizbeth_r9]

Pipes- I’m thinking back to what is now a vague memory. But there’s an episode where Kryten is jealous of Kerchansky (I have never had to attempt to try and spell her name before) and so puts her in the room from hell. The pipes make these sounds that keep her awake and drive her a bit nutty.

I am also pretty certain (thinking back to my GCSE days) that egrek is how you pronounce the letter Y in French.

Book- If I ever remember then I’ll let you know ;)