Saturday 16 July 2011

Kirstie Allsopp: My greatest mistake | Money | The Guardian

Kirstie Allsopp: My greatest mistake | Money | The Guardian

I worked for Country Living magazine as an editorial assistant, the lowest of the low, earning about £12,000 a year. I had a mortgage at a time when interest rates were 15% so I could only afford to buy a pizza and a lipstick once a month when I got paid. They were my treats.

At the end of my four years at NatMags, which published Country Living, I discovered I had made a major mistake with my finances. I had already handed back my annual season ticket for London public transport, so I was paying for the bus in cash one day. The driver asked me where I wanted to go and I said Chelsea Bridge.

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