I had to borrow £200 off my dad today to pay for my car insurance, and that led me to thinking about self-funding, which in turn led me to writing a new blog post. It's over at
http://bethanvjones.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/on-finances-and-being-a-self-funding-student/ if anyone's interested.
(Writing this post I was interrupted by Loki bringing in a very small, very cute, very dead baby rabbit. He's now meowing mournfully at him cos I took his toy away...)