Day 6

Collected my giro - £65, a £2.20 increase rather than £4.40. Discussed this with mum, who reckons it's been calculated from April 6th. Spent £14 and put aside £9 each for this weekend and next weekend.

S. rang offering to provide drink and food if I visited, so I'd only have to pay for the fare. Of course I can't afford that, so I pretended to be very depressed over a mythical poll tax demand and said I couldn't face going anywhere 'for the next few months'.