How good are you at managing your money?

[Nicola]

Are you good at managing your money or do you spend it without a care straight away?

I used to be really good at not spending my money and saving it up. I'm still not so bad now but I've noticed as I've got older I obviously have learnt more about what I want and I need more things. I still hate parting with my money at times but I spend it a lot more now than I used to. If I need to save for something important then I don't have a problem saving and I tend to only buy things that I need.

What about you?

[dirrty]

currently -1000 in my overdraft with no job, no more money until may, and spending nuff £££ a week suggests that i'm terrible at managing my money.

[buttons]

all my money goes straight to my mum, usually when i get a big payment i end up spending every last penny

[Conservative,]

Im pretty good, but as you have, I've noticed I've got worse as I've got older. When I was younger I used to save up for WEEKS/MONTHS for stuff that I really wanted. Now I spend my money on trivial things then borrow off my mum or Dad for stuff I really want.

But I can save, just not as well. Unfortunately my brother knows where I have all my money and I suspect him of nicking it because last week I had £20 in my wallet, and then £10 of it disappeared ;l

[Nemo]

I have phases. Like a couple months back i went nuts and spent like £100 in a day or something, but now ive been saving. Still got a lot of my bday money from august last year.

Depends if i need anything really.

[Rozi]

Lets not go there...

I'm absolutely terrible. I blame being piss poor while I was growing up so I like to spend money on stupid stuff (A)

[Metric1]

I used to be really good, not so much anymore..

[FlyingJesus]

In debt, unemployed. Got a load of money through child bonds maturing and as soon as it went in started internet shopping. Luckily there was nothing on ebay I wanted

[Inseriousity.]

I'm useless. It's not that I spend big, I spend little things like the odd packet of crisps or bottle of coke but it all adds up and I end up thinking 'hang on where've I spent all my money' In fact, I'm setting myself a budget as of now. I got my bank statement yesterday so ermm yeah I sorta need one (although thankfully I'm still living within my means for now so no debt... yet)

[Chippiewill]

I'm pretty terrible at money management, I spend money as soon as I have it. I'm definitely no money hoarder.