tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096539495016451962.post2195758336573782601..comments2023-10-26T10:12:19.932+01:00Comments on Don't panic. RTFM.: money, money, moneyNota Benehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096539495016451962.post-11617271168527400902008-10-10T12:46:00.000+01:002008-10-10T12:46:00.000+01:00Ha! Hadriana...I also use Nulli Secundus for somet...Ha! Hadriana...I also use Nulli Secundus for somethings. But NB are my initals, so Nota Bene's been used since for ever. Definitely small and thoughtful is good. The other presents I like are the ones from the boy - usually he chooses it and I pay. errr ummNota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096539495016451962.post-26839806198971816332008-10-09T19:43:00.000+01:002008-10-09T19:43:00.000+01:00Couldn't resist your name "Nota Bene"...so here I ...Couldn't resist your name "Nota Bene"...so here I am! My parents have always been generous with presents and cash, however, I'm afraid I'm in my full rebellion phase (postponed from teenage years) and would just like a cheap but thoughtful present. Or maybe even just nothing. I reckon we all have too much! Or perhaps a book to treasure forever?Hadriana's Treasureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740533954842010870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096539495016451962.post-11957563638176848482008-10-09T17:48:00.000+01:002008-10-09T17:48:00.000+01:00auntiegwen...I so agree. Glad you don't worry abo...auntiegwen...I so agree. Glad you don't worry about savings/no savings...let the rest of the world do that!<BR/><BR/>the poet laura-eate...I'm clearly so ungrateful! I have a friend whose mother bought her a hammer and a saw for a birthday present and she's remained irritated for about fifteen years!<BR/><BR/>rosiero - it doesn't matter where you turn it seems impossible to avoid the financial scare. For a decade I've had a clever strategy to keep the books balanced...but that's gone to pieces in the last month...ooops<BR/><BR/>the dotterel..yes let's hope so..it's definitely 'what you give' rather than 'how much'Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096539495016451962.post-852258524361748072008-10-09T09:20:00.000+01:002008-10-09T09:20:00.000+01:00Your phrase 'hopefully my presents will be thought...Your phrase 'hopefully my presents will be thoughtful' is the key. Money can so easily be a cop out, and I'd rather choose something with a little care for someone (taking time) than throw money. Maybe there'll be a lot more of that in the near future?Tim Atkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00858684167484655029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096539495016451962.post-89534265276067267472008-10-08T22:34:00.000+01:002008-10-08T22:34:00.000+01:00I must confess that this financial scare is fright...I must confess that this financial scare is frightening me. Just wonder if we'll have to take our weekly spending money home from the bank in suitcases, like they did in the depression.ADDYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01018958238940897902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096539495016451962.post-45038806879441933712008-10-08T17:57:00.000+01:002008-10-08T17:57:00.000+01:00Wow, this is certainly the topic of the moment, th...Wow, this is certainly the topic of the moment, though most interesting how your own situation is suffused with a more emotional side.<BR/><BR/>I wish we could have swapped parents - mine gave me the naffest and most inapporpriate presents ever, when all I really wanted was cash!<BR/><BR/>If the presents they gave were any indication of what sort of people they are/what they thought of me - they need help! On second thoughts, I probably do too after receiving them! At least you were spared the Chemistry set you were never old enough to play with that still sat on top of the tallest cupboard when you were 25 (albeit with the iron fillings stolen!)<BR/><BR/>But I am still as we Irish say, 'sorry for your trouble'. I'm sure bereavement is a difficult enough process without this worry.The Poet Laura-eatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2096539495016451962.post-91798131114296195692008-10-08T14:29:00.000+01:002008-10-08T14:29:00.000+01:00I love my parents dearly and they are incredibly g...I love my parents dearly and they are incredibly generous to myself and the offspring but I'd rather have a gift. My mum justs transfers the money into my account and I then tear my hair out trying to buy something for the children from my parents as well as my own xmas shopping, work, normal day to day chores etc. My mum's retired she's got loads of free time to do this.<BR/><BR/>I have no real money saved, this used to worry me dreadfully, that's worked it's way out of my top 10 worries at the mo !auntiegwenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03605486752049211743noreply@blogger.com