Bridesmaid Revisited 

Friday 4th July, 2008 - £8,850.98 in debt…

I’ll tell you what I hate about being in debt. Yesterday, a good friend asked me to be her bridesmaid, and my first thought wasn’t “Wow, I’m so honoured she asked me - I hope I do a good job of it”, but ”Can I afford this?”

As I think I’ve mentioned before, I am scum.

The bride-to-be lives in Nottingham which, according to the RAC route planner, is a good 500-mile round trip. A few of those over the next nine months, plus the wear and tear on my poor little car, plus any accessories I have to buy for the big day, plus organising the hen night… I feel like I’m losing money just thinking about it.

I said yes, obviously. It’s not every day someone offers to buy you an incredible floor-length dress, hopefully in purple.

Oh, and I am honoured to be asked, of course. It’s just hard to concentrate on looking forward to it when you’re counting the pennies…