Word to the drinking before you go out... Its so much cheaper to buy alcohol in supermarkets than it is out in a club/union. A £2 Snakebite may seem cheap at the time, but you can get half a litre of decent, 7+% cider at a supermarket for cheaper than that. Food wise, things that require someone elses labour cost more. Sliced bread often costs more than an organic loaf from the bakery section of a supermarket, pre-shelled prawns are about double the price of prawns witrh shells on, chopped/washed veg is again about double the price (eg a carrot costs about 20p, a bag of pre-chopped carrot costs about 99p) etc. Also, you can pretty much always go to the supermarket and buy whatever you need and pay less than usual for it. Whether its on special offer, or 'yellow stickered' or you choose the own brand rather than a posh brand. Unfashionable foods cost less, eg turkey breast is often 2-3 quid cheaper than the same amount of chicken breast. If you fancy a takeaway pizza, it'd cost about £7 for a decent sized, loaded one. Go to Sainsburys, you can buy pizza express pizzas/dough balls for less than half price you buy them in the resturant. Get your essentials (toilet roll etc) from Wilkinsons or similar, and check places like Spa/Co op for buy one get one free deals, they're often really good. Go to TK Maxx. Use your NUS card. Good luck!