What's it all about?

So doing this blog has got me thinking...

What do I want to achieve from it? My goal is to get through a month and have money left, to live within the budget set by my debt management programme and not rely on handouts and free meals from (beloved) friends and family. I don't expect to be able to do that immediately. So it's going to be partly an exercise in budgeting but also a log of what I buy and how much I spend in excess of what I should.
With that in mind, I will still splurge, I know I will, I need to. I need to have the evidence of how much I waste in order to look at how I can improve it. I need to splurge now and then because I deserve a splurge!

I get paid the day after tomorrow, so I need firstly to work out what my budget is.
I'll be back later with my budget. Ciao.