Money

United States
October 25, 2006 12:40am CST
So I am 19 years old and I have lived alone since I was 15 years old. Right now life has taken ahuge turn. My boyfriend and I saved just enough money to move to our college town bu in the process of finding new jobs we have managed to spend every penny on food?..! Somehow!?!? Tell me what should i do?
8 responses
@shivanm (211)
• Trinidad And Tobago
27 Oct 06
Hey that is a very tough situation and I've been there already. What i did was set up a standing order for a certain percentage of my salary to go to a savings a/c. I simply forgot about the account and made sure I didn't have a debit card. This way I could not stop at an atm to take money out of this account. Before you know it you would have started a healthy savings. And better yet it's you and your boyfriend so that combined, savings would be twice as fast. What do you think about that?
• United States
28 Oct 06
thanks
@deeds14 (815)
• United States
28 Oct 06
Create a budget and stick to it. Go to eversave.com and print grocery coupons. There are other sites for that, too. Good luck, and I'm sure you'll save up enough again!
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• United States
29 Oct 06
thank you ..i didnt know that
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@ArsonCuff (3114)
• United States
28 Oct 06
be thankful you at least have each other..heh AND FOOD!
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@ash6666 (819)
• India
29 Oct 06
Thats a tough situation .,but u seems to be like a beauty with brain and you can do it . all the best.
@spoiled311 (5500)
• Philippines
30 Oct 06
try this, from what you have, set aside at least 10% as your savings...that way, you'll be spending more from your "spare" cash rather than lashing eveything out...it may not be much, but it sure does accumulate over time...you'll see...;)
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@kesfylstra (1868)
• United States
28 Oct 06
Be careful, watch you pennies. Don't eat out, that's what always did me in when I was single!
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• Hyderabad, India
29 Oct 06
u have to get a work so that u can slove the problem
• United States
29 Oct 06
get a richer boyfriend try the local frat.