Does anybody else feel like this? This year has been awful for money. I am self-employed and was ill in April and May and what I earned in two months was what I can earn in one month only. This really put me in the crap.
I have a £3k visa which I can never clear either indeed it is impossible each month to pay much more than the minimum payment.
In January I had over £400 to find for the car. Now I have over £100 for fixing the toilet leak, £200 for the roof (ridge tile fell off in Feb and flat roof has something wrong) and £250 for the car clutch that needs replacing.
Over the summer I will need over £400 for the usual childcare for ds and she is cheap.
It isn't a question of cutting back either I don't pay out any more on direct debits than I actually need to and I go through everything with a fine tooth comb.
If I want clothes I have started going to charity shops or ebay only and this is the way I will keep it. It just feels so depressing.
Me and ds go to London twice a year for a few days to stay as one of his dad's relatives but other than that and a weekend in Norfolk every summer to stay with a childhood friend we never go away cannot afford a holiday whatsoever.
To be honest now ds is 12 I don't think he would want to do holiday activities anyway.
It just feels soul destroying this year it really does.
At least I am not ill anymore it was awful in April when I was just too fatigued to work (menopausal issues!).
I really do hope these endless unexpected bills stop that must be four of them now this year (car twice, roof plus toilet). My house needs redecorating and it never gets done unfortunately I am hopeless at decorating. Perhaps I will pay for one room a year later in the year or something.
Does anybody else feel like this or is it just me this year?
I really do hope I can bring the visa debt down too. IT hasn't even been my fault as I have been trying to clear it all year and got nowhere.....!