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  1. Alex P Keaton

    Savings is being eaten away :( Need to take back control

    I cant believe how cheap markets are I went to the malaga markets yesterday. lettuce 99 cents, tomatoes 79 cents kilo, snow peas $7.99 a kilo (rather than $20 a kilo) grapes $4.99 a kilo (compared to $12.99 a kilo) I was also making sure to stick mostly to the cheaper types of fruit and...
  2. Alex P Keaton

    Savings is being eaten away :( Need to take back control

    Yeah I think I'll have to stick to these types of veg hey. lol I got a heap of snow peas the other day... I weighed them, it came to something like $20. I ended up putting half of it back. haha Lettuce is nice and cheap too $1-2. I did a google search. Apparantly Subi markets sell cheap...
  3. Alex P Keaton

    Savings is being eaten away :( Need to take back control

    Hi Does anyone know any good websites that list the cost of fruit and veges per kilo from different stores and/or the cheaper veges that you can buy. 70% of my diet consists of fruit and veg and I can make huge savings here :) I'm gonna have to go easy on the bananas. Maybe just treat...
  4. Alex P Keaton

    Savings is being eaten away :( Need to take back control

    lol yes, i now have a life haha and thats what is the problem! Now that i've lost so much weight i have been spending more and saving less. Out socialising more and all the expenses associated with it. ;) i agree with both you and oo. ng is not for me!
  5. Alex P Keaton

    Savings is being eaten away :( Need to take back control

    Keep at it mate. You'll get there! :) That is amazing that your saving $250 pw well done!!
  6. Alex P Keaton

    Savings is being eaten away :( Need to take back control

    Thanks for the encouragement skater. :) Yes... I'm starting to see that I need to be realistic. I'm not one who wants to retire when im young like some here. I dont mind retiring at the retirement age and picking up a property every few years as I am able to do so. My health/life balance is...
  7. Alex P Keaton

    Savings is being eaten away :( Need to take back control

    Looking back to my purchase in Dec 2009, the bank would only lend me $199 K on a property that cost me $210 K. I had to put $11 K of my own savings into the deal. After settlement my savings went down to $13 K. I got a loan from mum and dad for the $5 K stamp duty so that I'd have a bit of...
  8. Alex P Keaton

    Savings is being eaten away :( Need to take back control

    I can now see why there are a lot of people that only have the 1 ip. Its so easy to get back into that spending mentality. The more weight i lose the more i'm going out. I'm going to have to be careful with spending when i'm out. Also I'll be needing to buy some clothes. Theres all sorts of...
  9. Alex P Keaton

    Savings is being eaten away :( Need to take back control

    My savings is being eaten away! Over the last 11 months my priority has been to lose weight and my finances have taken a back seat. I'm really not even sure where the money has been going. I think I have been spending a lot on good healthy food (fruits and veges) and bananas are so expensive...
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