Post your budget for the year

I'm trying to work out my budget for this up and comming year while I do my masters.

I'll have roughly 70-80 pounds after rent a week, which has to include my travel expences (10-15) and food bill (30) and other expenses that may come along.

How much have you got for your budget this year?

Reply 1

the_alba

I usually just spend all my grant money at the beginning of each term and then starve towards the end while I wait for my next instalment. I was never going to do a PhD in Economics.

Reply 2

MentalSarcasm

£3240 on fees.
£3500 on accomodation for a year.
£80 per month on food (I hope).
£58 a month on travel (can claim most of that back though).

And then books and things. I'm trying to sell a lot of stuff I don't need or want at the moment in order to raise more cash.

Reply 3

Teabag

£80 a month for food?

good luck to you... I have no idea how anyone can eat healthily on £20 a week and get all the fruit/veg/nuts/fish/meat etc that you need. I am sure I spend at least twice that.

Reply 4

derdang

£2959 Acc fees...paid for
£3242 tuition fees...about to be paid for
£120 car parking...paid for
£175 tinternet...not paid for

After all the above I will have one months wage and 2k overdraft to live on. No clue how this will pan out, no point in me doing a budget I would not stick to it. Hence the reasoning in paying for acc+tuition up front.
At soem point i will prob get a part time job.