Poor London

So this month I am discovering just how hard it is to live in London on a budget.  Being paid monthly hasn’t been a problem, but having to pay for my trip home for Christmas has hit me hard.

I have 13 days left until I get paid and I have worked out a budget.  My budget per day is £4 and then I’ll be fine.  Now this wouldn’t be a problem normally but it seems like everybody wants to do things in the up-coming weeks.  Drinks after work, dinners out and my farewell drinks as I have given in my notice at my job to do something different over Christmas.

Living off tinned soups and pasta isn’t something I am looking forward too.  But it’s going to make pay day all the more sweeter.

I have big plans for that money.  First things first.  Starbucks!  I keep seeing everybody walking around with those festive red cups and I need to conform to the rest of London and carry one around aswell.

Second thing is Christmas shopping.  I had plans of just buying a big bow for me to wear as I am going home for Christmas and I figure I am a great present.  Turns out the family expect a physical present.  So all the gifts for my Aussie family plus my London family.

Third thing would be to buy a new Christmas jumper.  Living in a hot country for Christmas, I never really understood the joy of a Christmas jumper.  However now, I fully appreciate a festive jumper.  The more outrageous the better!

But I shall try not to get ahead of myself.  I need to focus on soup and pasta.  Let the hardships begin.

Aussie Out

xo