I mean, this jumper was an impulse buy.
this was like, 300 pounds,
I was just like, d'you know what, I deserve it, I'm gonna get it.
My name is Talah.
I'm 28 years young.
I'm a single mother and currently working as a broadcast journalist.
My rent is 825 pound.
My childcare isn't too bad cause my son's at school now,
so I just pay a little bit, a few quid a few days a week to send
them in early. My bills come in at about just over 400.
Like, food shop,I said about 200 quid, about 150 on eating out.
Personal care,
I like to get my nails done. I like to get my lashes done.
And transport – I spend upwards of 150
pounds on diesel a month I reckon.
Streaming music subscriptions and stuff, all of that
comes to about 60 pound a month.
30 pounds a month, gym. My phone bill's 65 pounds.
What I used to be spending my money on was impulsive trips.
I'd book a weekend away, go Holland, go Berlin.
Like, oh yeah, I'm bored.
Boom, bang, oh yeah –
I'll do that.
Like thinking, ah that's a cheap trip. These times you go and you spend 400, 500 euros
In two days and you come back like 'ah'.
As a single mother.
I have to prioritise, you know, making sure that those really
vital outgoings are paid.
The only saving I managed to do every month is into my son's savings account
That I opened for him when he was born.
The little bits that I do, you know, that I do put away,
if I can maximize that, but it's a low risk way of saving, you know, I'm not
willing to lose the money that I put away for him, my money, you know, can come
and go, but that's like, his nest egg.
I would love to one day be able to move abroad.
That's, that's definitely one of my lifelong ambitions.
My circumstances,
I think, aren't,
could be a lot worse, they're not too bad.
They could, but they could also be a lot better.
So I'm taking conscious steps to try and look at the bigger picture and yeah,
just be in a position to support my son when, when the time comes, when he's an
adult, I'd like to be financially stable enough to help him out if he needs it.