Today I nearly choked on my cornflakes for in the mail were two items of post that contained big bills. The first was the total sum to be paid to the estate agents: a whopping £8500. Wowser, I am in the wrong job. The second item was an application form from Menzines Distribution for me to fill in so that the newspaper delivery for our newsagents-to-be are transferred to me – the downside to this is that Menzies want a holding deposit of £3200. Ouch! So that’s about £12500 spent before I’d even finished my morning cup of tea.
Don’t fear. I have meticulously budgeted for this business and the house move and everything. Figures have been checked umpteen times and even though I shall have a hudge wodge of cash to spend on this stuff, at the moment I don’t have a brass farthing. Or as we’d say in the East End, I don’t even have a pot to piss in. Luckily, the agents fee will be paid on completion. I just wish the Menzies bill could be paid then too. It is fortunate that I had the foresight to clear my credit card bill last year so I have a credit buffer to pay these bills. You see, it was all a plan. Yup, I’ve been planning this for many, many years.
But this is just a little cash flow problem. Gee, I almost sound like a businessman already.

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