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30 Aug 2008, 11:41 am

I agree ooO! one definately gets what one pays for!

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30 Aug 2008, 12:49 pm

I'm good at saving money as my wages go directly to my bank account. I usually withdraw about $80/week to cover my lunches and personal items.
Any other expenses such as clothes, petrol and car repairs, get paid for with my ATM card via EFTPOS.
I have an interest earning investment account which I put money into every month or so, when my regular transaction account starts to accumulate too much money.
I am however really bad at managing my loose change. As a result of my $80/week there is always loose change left over in my handbag, and it accumulates there until my bag gets too heavy. I then dump it all in a container in my room where it sits until eternity :lol:



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30 Aug 2008, 1:32 pm

blue_bean wrote:
I'm good at saving money as my wages go directly to my bank account. I usually withdraw about $80/week to cover my lunches and personal items.
Any other expenses such as clothes, petrol and car repairs, get paid for with my ATM card via EFTPOS.
I have an interest earning investment account which I put money into every month or so, when my regular transaction account starts to accumulate too much money.
I am however really bad at managing my loose change. As a result of my $80/week there is always loose change left over in my handbag, and it accumulates there until my bag gets too heavy. I then dump it all in a container in my room where it sits until eternity :lol:


hi, blue_bean,

what is EFTPOS? they seem pretty nice to foot the bill for clothes, gas and car repairs!

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30 Aug 2008, 1:32 pm

I'm always being told by so-called "friends" that I am very "high maintenance"...and only like nice things...I feel differently. I go their houses and they have every ridiculously stupid thing that has ever been made...my mother is the same...My house is as simple as it gets. I have the bare necessities and maybe a couple of decorative stuff, but very little...When I go shopping I will buy a lamp and say, "wow, it's only 35USD"...and my family will make fun of me and say "and you think that's cheap???" Of course, I do...Of course, I am constantly being told I'm a snob, yet you look in my closet and I have probably 8 pairs of shoes (max) and two pairs of jeans, abou 3-4 shorts, and a only about 3 nice dresses and 3 everyday dresses...Mind you, I buy what I like, but I'm still told I'm a snob because I buy "expensive" things...

Anyway, I used to be really good with money, not so much anymore as I spend so much on my son...

Now, I can't seem to plan anything...I just pay things as they come if I have the money...hehe



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30 Aug 2008, 5:51 pm

sinsboldly wrote:
blue_bean wrote:
I'm good at saving money as my wages go directly to my bank account. I usually withdraw about $80/week to cover my lunches and personal items.
Any other expenses such as clothes, petrol and car repairs, get paid for with my ATM card via EFTPOS.
I have an interest earning investment account which I put money into every month or so, when my regular transaction account starts to accumulate too much money.
I am however really bad at managing my loose change. As a result of my $80/week there is always loose change left over in my handbag, and it accumulates there until my bag gets too heavy. I then dump it all in a container in my room where it sits until eternity :lol:


hi, blue_bean,

what is EFTPOS? they seem pretty nice to foot the bill for clothes, gas and car repairs!

Merle


I'm guessing EFTPOS is electronic funds transfer point of sale. That means blue_bean uses his/her debit card to pay for things. Funds get electronically transferred from his/her bank account to the store.



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30 Aug 2008, 10:41 pm

mysterious_misfit wrote:
sinsboldly wrote:
blue_bean wrote:
I'm good at saving money as my wages go directly to my bank account. I usually withdraw about $80/week to cover my lunches and personal items.
Any other expenses such as clothes, petrol and car repairs, get paid for with my ATM card via EFTPOS.
I have an interest earning investment account which I put money into every month or so, when my regular transaction account starts to accumulate too much money.
I am however really bad at managing my loose change. As a result of my $80/week there is always loose change left over in my handbag, and it accumulates there until my bag gets too heavy. I then dump it all in a container in my room where it sits until eternity :lol:


hi, blue_bean,

what is EFTPOS? they seem pretty nice to foot the bill for clothes, gas and car repairs!

Merle


I'm guessing EFTPOS is electronic funds transfer point of sale. That means blue_bean uses his/her debit card to pay for things. Funds get electronically transferred from his/her bank account to the store.


Yeah its that :)