To be annoyed I've been told I've got lots of spare cash by people who waste all of theirs?!

[slightlyonedgemum]

At work on Friday I checked in my wallet and exclaimed that my weekly spending money was still intact a week later. The three ladies I work with all started on about wishing they had £50 a week to spend and it's been brought up again this morning.

I use my credit card for food and petrol and that's about it (unless Christmas is coming up) as I had a huge bill left over from my wedding last year and our flight company going bust the day before so £1k was spent on last minute tickets. I'm now trying to get it down and am currently down £400 on what it was (in 6 months). My £50 a week cash money (as I told them) is spent on any food I need to buy mid week, presents for people, meals out, cinema, things my child needs for school, tickets for charitable events etc. And I often end up with money left over (like last week) and I then use the excess to pay off my credit card even more.

My colleagues, one has just paid £2500 for the balance for a weeks holiday (my holiday this year will cost £600 including petrol and excluding days out but we have entertainment permits) and regularly spends hundreds on shoes and trousers, another had £2200 worth of sofa delivered yesterday (mine cost was part of a £350 deal we did the lady who lived in our house before us to buy a bed, wardrobe, chest of drawers, 3 shelving units, a dining table and 6 chairs and our sofa bed), and the other has a fast car, a 2 bedroom house, no children, lives on fast food and ready made meals, always wears new clothes and will always buy you the cheapest crappiest present possible (I admit that's just a niggle).

Do you think it's unfair of me to be feeling bitter?!

I have a friend who's always talked about money. Whether it's a new sofa, computer, coffee table, holiday, or even how much her children's school uniform costs! She doesn't buy school uniform on the High Street like the rest of us do, she orders from certain catalogues, (such a better fit, more expensive but worth it!), she tells anyone who'll listen! Honestly, you can't tell the difference between her children's uniform + the others, (I can't anyway)!

My dh never discusses money outside the home + he doesn't like me to either, but I must admit if we'd booked a holiday or something I would occasionally drop the price into our conversation just to play her at her own game really.

It was only recently she confided in me just how much credit card debt they've got, (thousands)!

At one point every time she invited us over she'd have brochures laid out on the table, telling me exactly how much her new bathroom/holiday/carpet was costing!!

I was just amazed to find out how much in debt they are, I think she's insecure deep down + likes to impress, (I'm sad for her to have got into this much debt though).

I think you should be proud that you budget well and look after your money. It seems everyone else at work is allowed to groan and expect sympathy for sqandering theirs, but those of us (yes, I'm one too!) who are a bit more 'sensible' should feel guilty for not having money worries. I'll never forget an old friend who used to let me subsidise her everywhere we went because she didn't have any money, only to announce some months later that she'd actually been saving for a round-the-world cruise, which was why she didn't have any spending money! I learnt that lesson the hard way when I had to enthuse over the holiday snaps!