Sneaky spend...

Is it just me or does everyone get very nervous about the sly spend?

Bob Jane and his ex wife, Laree are in court – generously allowing Australia a glimpse of life in the fast lane.

Apparently Laree likes to shop – Bob claims she has 41 credit cards and was unable to keep within her 800 thousand dollar a year allowance. In a year, according to Bob and his lawyers, Laree racked up 1.5 million dollars in credit - then took out a mortgage on the house to pay it off.

That’s a sneaky spend.

My dad once told my mum that we had no money, we were on a 'credit squeeze'. After breaking the news to Mum, he sat all the kids down and explained that he had big plans for the business and we had to reign in the spending to prepare.

I am not kidding – the very next day he went to Perth and bought a boat – a 17 foot Westerberg – so quite a big boat in fact. Dad’s been dead 20 years and I think Mum’s still getting over the Westerberg.

I used to work with a bloke called Neil whose wife just turned up at the office one day with a new car. I know I’m a little 1950’s housewife, but in my tiny world, new cars are more a bloke’s thing.

I’m not saying I’d be happy if John sneaked off and bought a new car without telling me – but there’s a lot more chance he’d do it than I would.

I was blown away by Neil's wife - very proud of her though - and proud of Neil too, because while he was shocked, he took it really well and agreed she got a really good deal.