Right so my salary went up one level in my grade and 5%- great

So the rent went up £20.....

Doesn't matter my First Aid payment goes in my pay packet this month £50

As my car parking permit does- minus £50.

It's all swings and roundabouts this money lark- near me one petrol station is 99.9p per litre and the other 107.9, it's 8p difference so would probably cost you the price of a pint difference to fill your tank....

we spent £31.24 last week on shopping- the week before £79 (both not including beer!)

it's relative I think.....

listening to an African woman moan about how she cannot get the right tomatoes for her recipe... but she still gets tomatoes. I think we have all become accustomed to too much choice and too much freedom with those choices. One day we just wanted tomatoes and now we want Italian Vine Ripened...

I blame Sainsbury's

:)