Assumptions about spending
Dec. 2nd, 2017 09:36 amWikipedia annoyed me this morning by claiming that a £2 donation is ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
mst3kmoxie. Wikipedia's thinking seemed up there with the too-common helpful household budgeting advice that seems to start with a guess that we throw money away like idiots. My inability to save for a deposit on a house has far more to do with issues like the £2,297 visa fee we must pay next Spring rather than the nights out and overseas holidays that we already do not spend money on. I should ask my MP about the moral basis on which HMG's service charges sometimes far exceed delivery cost but at least they are not making light of it at me.
the price of your Saturday coffee. Ha, my Saturday coffee costs just over 20p and I consider it a luxury of such dizzying height that, along with my sometimes making use of non-stick foil, I have on multiple occasions discussed and cleared such indulgent expense with
mst3kmoxie. Wikipedia's thinking seemed up there with the too-common helpful household budgeting advice that seems to start with a guess that we throw money away like idiots. My inability to save for a deposit on a house has far more to do with issues like the £2,297 visa fee we must pay next Spring rather than the nights out and overseas holidays that we already do not spend money on. I should ask my MP about the moral basis on which HMG's service charges sometimes far exceed delivery cost but at least they are not making light of it at me.
