I paid over €1,200 January last, didn’t use it all summer and they sent us a bill of €1,400
http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/around-town/im-having-a-recession-christmas-miriam-2940651.htmlPRIME TIME host Miriam O'Callaghan says her family will enjoy a "recession Christmas" - as she braces herself to take another pay cut from RTE.
Maybe AAM should have a Money makeover section?After the initial pity, it has left me wondering if we are doing enough to educate people on how to live on little. It is a skill many people appear to have lost since the 80s..
Sunny I thought Tommy Hilfiger was a high end brand. Did you mean Dunnes.
I paid €210 for a filling recently. That included 2 - 3 flims, clinical exam, peridontic treatment so €120 wasn't too bad.
Sunny I thought Tommy Hilfiger was a high end brand. Did you mean Dunnes.
I don't know. I was in Brown Thomas yesterday evening looking around for a jacket when I suddenly realised that this was ridiculous. I went across to Tommy Hilfiger instead....
I think most people are very good at surviving on a budget. The one thing I do have a lot of smypathy for is when emergencies happen and you are trying to get by on a strict budget. I know someone whose heating broke down with young child in the house and is having to borrow the money off family and friends to get it fixed. It is soul destroying for him.
“I didn’t have dinner with my child today, I had a few plain crackers. There wasn’t enough for both of us to eat. Didn’t put cheese on them as I had to make sure there would be some for his lunch tomorrow.
“Dinner tomorrow....well I will see what I can rustle up...there's one egg left......potato pancakes and a fried egg for him tomorrow.....me.....I think there are some crackers left!
The quality of what you buy on a tight budget is also greatly reduced and that can have long term effects. Cheap processed foods that fill people rather then food that may be better from a nutrition perspective is a simple example
I work long hours and often pop into my local supermarket late in the evening on my way home. I've noticed that supermarkets heavily discount foods at the end of the day. I've bought meat, poultry and vegetables for a fraction of the cost (as in 75% less) towards the end of the day and either cook ahead or freeze what I can.
It irritates me when I hear about examples of people living on crackers, or an egg a day - I think they are in the minoity, but that doesn't make good stories for print or radio media. If anyone is in that situation, there is always the Community Welfare Officer and there are charities that can help.
How does someone with an internet connection justify feeding their child dry crackers for dinner?
How do you know they have an internet connection, maybe they are using the free service in the library or a friend's connection.
But remember not everybody lives close to a large supermarket such as Dunnes or Tesco so can't avail of the cheap deals late in the evenings. Also people have their pride and wouldn't dream of asking for help from charities or to approach the Community Welfare Officer for help. Once I knew a young single mother who went to the CWO and he basically screamed at her for daring to ask for more help. There are no easy solutions here.
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