Just as I'd got myself comfortable with my budget, too.

Since I started uni, my parents have been giving me an amount of money each week to live on, which gets spent mostly on food and laundry. I got some money for Xmas, too, which I've been using as 'fun' money - for non-essential things like larp kit and treats for me and mine.

Now, I had assumed that I would have the weekly money from parents while I was in York, i.e. when I was living away and thus unable to just add my food-needs to the family shopping list. It turns out that I'm only getting it during term time - which leaves me just shy of three months over the summer when I'll have no income whatsoever.

I wouldn't be irritated at this, had it been made clear before I allocated the Xmas money to other things. As it is, I need to earn a minimum of £400 (preferably double that, as I intended to work for more 'fun' money over the hols as well) so that I don't have to stay in Devon come August.

There'll be the two weeks between end-of-term (and thus end-of-accommodation) and going on holiday with my family, for which I'll need to be in Devon anyway, so I can try to work in the factory then, but ideally I'll want to come back at the end of July, and try to find some sort of holiday work then.

Grr. I want to sulk, but I'm not allowed to.